Blue Ridge, Texas, is the kind of town that still feels like America. Just 1,200 people live here. Only 300 students attend the local high school. It’s quiet, rural, and close-knit—exactly the kind of place where neighbors look out for each other, and city politics used to be a simple matter of potholes, permits, and high school football.
But something has changed.
Behind closed doors and under the cover of routine development approvals, ideological developers with documented ties to Sharia-based education networks and radical affiliations have advanced two major projects—securing annexation, rezoning, and preliminary infrastructure support for what they present as “residential communities.” However, public records, council minutes, and developer statements tell a different story: these appear to be sectarian enclaves, designed to function under religious governance and insulated from public transparency.
These efforts are not isolated—they appear to be part of a broader, well-funded campaign by shadowy groups with radical ties to quietly Islamize Texas through land acquisition, legal maneuvering, and municipal capture.
The twin proposed enclaves—Qariyah of Princeton (141 acres) and Baladeyah (32 acres)—are being marketed as housing developments, but are structured in a way that suggests a broader ideological purpose.
Each project is jointly owned:
- Qariyah of Princeton is co-owned by Qariyah, LLC and Hamra Princeton 18, LLC (a subsidiary of Hamra Homes).
- Qariyah, LLC is the primary land-holding company, while “Qariyah of Princeton” is its public-facing name.
- Baladeyah is co-owned by Qariyah, LLC and Hussein A. Qattan, a man linked to the Islamic Services Foundation and Sharia-compliant educational initiatives.
These developments raise serious concerns about transparency, legal compliance, and potential misuse of public resources. They also represent a direct and unprecedented challenge to the legal, constitutional, and civic framework of the State of Texas.
And here’s the most alarming part: City officials appear to have enabled it.
Without notifying the public and while bypassing basic legal safeguards, the City of Blue Ridge approved key actions: annexing land, rezoning agricultural parcels, and even entertaining a developer’s request to strip Texas’s mandatory anti-BDS clause from a municipal contract. That request came just weeks after Suhana Karim—a key developer and listed manager of Hamra Princeton 18, LLC—publicly praised Hamas, a U.S.-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization. The clause remained intact, but the request itself should have triggered immediate escalation to the Texas Attorney General. It didn’t.
Zoning was approved without a filed plat. Land was annexed without a disclosed service plan. Residents were reportedly intimidated and, in some cases, denied the opportunity to voice concerns in open meetings. Meanwhile, developers continue to promote religious facilities on tracts where deed restrictions prohibit such use—raising serious questions about enforcement and municipal complicity.
This is not simply poor governance—it is a breakdown of democratic safeguards and a warning sign of creeping parallel legal systems.
What’s unfolding in Blue Ridge mirrors the troubling pattern seen in EPIC City in Plano. These projects follow the same model: acquire large parcels of land, obscure religious intent behind community branding, then use municipal systems to entrench ideological control under the legal cover of “diversity” and “growth.”
This report is based on firsthand testimony from local residents, legal records, city council documents, public filings, and land ownership data—combined with detailed analysis of similar efforts across Texas.
If Qariyah and Baladeyah succeed in Blue Ridge, it will not stop here. This is the test case for a new strategy: ideological colonization of rural America—not with violence, but through zoning, silence, and legal manipulation.
The Leadership Behind Qariyah: Business Power, Ideological Alignment, and Alarming Affiliations
The 141-acre Qariyah development is co-owned by Qariyah, LLC and the newly formed Hamra Princeton 18, LLC, a subsidiary of Hamra Homes, LLC.
Qariyah, LLC is led by Mohammed Abdul Hannan, who has been linked to multiple business entities, including Meher Property LLC, registered in both Texas and New York. Hannan has consistently appeared before the Blue Ridge City Council as the face of the Qariyah project and plays a central role in its public and legal advancement.
Hamra Princeton 18, LLC was established in January 2023 and is registered at a residential address in Irving, Texas. The company is led by Thundil Parayidom S. Ansari Faizal—also known as Ansari Faizal—and Suhana Karim, a highly controversial and radicalized figure. Karim is officially listed as the manager of Hamra Princeton 18, LLC, and also serves as Purchase Manager for Hamra Homes, LLC, further tying her to the project’s construction and financial operations.
Faizal is the President of Hamra Homes, a custom home builder that appears to concentrate on developments near mosques and in enclaves that feature overt Islamic identity markers—including Arabic street names. His company is listed as co-owner on multiple land parcels alongside Qariyah, LLC, signaling deep integration into the development’s design and execution.
In addition to his role in real estate, Ansari Faizal has significant ties to state and federal government systems. He is the Executive Vice President of Absolvet LLC, a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) that contracts with federal, state, and local government agencies across IT, healthcare, and logistics sectors. He also leads PriceDelta Inc., a consulting firm that supports Fortune 500 companies with federal pricing and contracting systems. Educated in India with a degree in Mechanical Engineering, Faizal now operates across construction, real estate, and federal procurement—positioning him as a developer with privileged access to public systems. These connections raise legitimate concerns about whether insider channels are being used to shield ideological developments from public scrutiny.
Faizal’s LinkedIn Profile reveals that he has been a volunteer for the terror-tied Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA) since 2012.
But the most disturbing connection comes through his partner, radical Suhana Karim. On her LinkedIn profile, Karim displays her gender pronouns—a dog whistle to the progressive left and a symbolic gesture often used to signal alignment with pro-LGBT ideology. Yet this public posturing stands in stark contradiction to the Islamic doctrine she appears to support. As reported by RAIR Foundation, multiple Hadiths prescribe death for homosexuals—by stoning, burning, or being thrown from rooftops. This isn’t fringe interpretation; it’s codified Sharia in many Islamic countries.
Even more disturbing, Karim publicly “celebrated” a LinkedIn post glorifying Hamas—the U.S.-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization responsible for the October 7 Islamic massacre of innocent civilians and Americans in Israel. The post she endorsed included the following statements:
- “Hamas… is victorious on the battlefield”
- “Hamas… is victorious in winning the public opinion”
- “Hamas… is still working and effective despite the destruction”
- “Hamas… still retains almost all the prisoners it took 8 months ago”
- “Hamas… defeated Israel and the entire WEST”
- “History will judge the 8 months as one of the most brilliant and amazing military achievements in all of military history.”
- “Hamas changed history forever.”
- “Gaza wins”
This is not neutral political commentary—it is explicit celebration of a Islamic jihadist terror group that raped, tortured, beheaded, and kidnapped civilians. That this post was not just tolerated but actively celebrated by one of the top figures behind the Qariyah development should shock every member of the Blue Ridge City Council and every resident in Texas.
But the clearest proof that this development is ideologically motivated came in November 2024—when the developers launched a direct assault on Texas law. They didn’t just ask for zoning favors or infrastructure perks. They tried to gut the state’s legal firewall against foreign political interference by demanding the removal of Texas’s anti-BDS clause from their agreement with the City of Blue Ridge.
The BDS Bombshell: Developer Attempted to Remove Anti-BDS Clause After Public Hamas Support
This is one of the most explosive revelations to date—and it makes perfect sense in light of what we now know. Just weeks after Suhana Karim, the registered manager of Hamra Princeton 18, LLC, publicly celebrated a post glorifying Hamas and praising the October 7 massacre of civilians and Americans, the developers behind the Baladeyah project attempted to remove a key legal protection from their agreement with the City of Blue Ridge: Section 4.22 – Boycott of Israel.
“Another question that we need to have openly with our City Attorney is Section 4.22 of the Development Agreement. It is in regard and titled Boycott of Israel. The purpose of asking the question of having this section removed from the agreement is because the developer is privately funded.” — City Council Minutes, Nov. 12, 2024
This clause is required under Texas Government Code §2271, which prohibits public entities from entering into contracts with any business that engages in or promotes boycotts of Israel. The clause is not optional—it is a legal safeguard designed to prevent economic and ideological warfare against the State of Texas and its allies. This is not a discretionary policy—it is binding state law that applies to all municipal agreements, regardless of whether a developer claims to be “privately funded.”
Had the City approved the agreement without it, the contract would have been legally void and the Council would have been in direct violation of state law.
The developers, Qariyah, LLC and Hamra Princeton 18, LLC, formally requested that this clause be stripped from the contract. The justification offered was that the developer is “privately funded,” a claim that ignores the fact that municipal zoning approvals, infrastructure agreements, and development partnerships with cities constitute public action and trigger §2271 compliance.
City Attorney Amy Stanphill advised the Council to table the agreement for further legal review.
However, based on all available records, no one—neither Stanphill, the mayor, nor any member of the City Council—appears to have notified the Texas Attorney General’s Office, as would be expected when a developer attempts to override or undermine binding state law.
This glaring omission raises urgent questions. Was it incompetence? Ideological sympathy? Political cowardice?
One thing is certain: this was not a clerical oversight. It was a deliberate attempt by an ideological developer—whose leadership has publicly glorified a U.S.-designated terrorist organization—to strip a state-mandated legal safeguard from a public contract. The fact that this effort went unreported to the proper state authorities is not just alarming—it’s an indictment of the entire process.
What we are witnessing is glaring proof of the ideology behind this development. When the same individual who praises Hamas also seeks to remove Texas’s anti-BDS law from a binding agreement with a city government, it becomes clear that this project is not about housing. It is about advancing a hostile, anti-Western agenda through legal, municipal, and financial infiltration.
This case demands immediate investigation by the Texas Attorney General, and every resident of Blue Ridge—and Texas—should demand answers.
The BDS scandal wasn’t an isolated anomaly—it was one piece of a much larger ideological puzzle embedded in the very structure of the Qariyah and Baladeyah landholdings.
Religious Real Estate and the Baladeyah Connection
The 31.969-acre (32 acres) Baladeyah development is co-owned by Qariyah, LLC and Hussein A. Qattan. He is believed to be the same Hussein Qattan who serves as President of the Islamic Services Foundation (ISF), which oversees Brighter Horizons Academy, a major sharia-adherent Islamic school in Texas. If this is the same individual—and the evidence strongly suggests it is—his involvement raises significant concerns that the Baladeyah development is intended to include, or support, another full-scale Sharia-adherent Islamic school or educational facility. Given Qattan’s leadership in ISF and Islamic education, one could reasonably surmise that his co-ownership of Baladeyah signals plans to replicate or expand their controversial religious educational infrastructure within this enclave.
An additional 17.5-acre tract adjacent to Qariyah is also owned by Qariyah, LLC and Hamra Princeton 18, LLC. This parcel, listed as CAD 2843662 (Tract 8), is explicitly restricted from any use as a religious facility. Despite this legal restriction, the Qariyah development is publicly represented as including religious facilities—making this restriction a key contradiction and source of legal vulnerability.
A detailed parcel map shows:
- Tract 1: CAD 2687841 (35.160 acres)
- Tract 2: CAD 2833074 (33.24 acres)
- Tract 3: CAD 2901150 (10.062 acres)
- Tract 4: CAD 2878798 (6.873 acres)
- Tract 5: CAD 2878797 (21.32 acres)
- Tract 6: CAD 1191365 (4.441 acres)
- Tract 7/8: CAD 2843662 (29.938 acres) – subject to religious use restrictions
Habiba Sultana, a recurring figure at Blue Ridge council meetings, consistently accompanies Hannan and is believed to hold influential standing in the project’s religious and operational direction. Resident reports confirm that Sultana presented the original preliminary plat to the council in 2022 alongside Hannan.
A plat is a legally required document that shows how land will be divided into lots, where streets will run, and where infrastructure like water and sewer lines will go. Without a plat, the city and public have no idea what is being approved. Approving zoning changes or developments without a submitted plat is not only irregular—it’s dangerous. It eliminates all public oversight.
But the developers didn’t achieve all this on their own. From banking irregularities to silenced residents, their ambitions were aided—if not actively enabled—by those in City Hall.
These ideological ambitions were not pursued in isolation—they were quietly aided by municipal leadership.
Municipal Complicity, Transparency Concerns, and Legal Violations
On March 10, 2025, the Blue Ridge City Council included a proposal involving CapTex Bank on its agenda (Item 16), linked to financial arrangements tied to the controversial Baladeyah and Qariyah developments. Although the item was not openly discussed during the meeting, its presence was confirmed during public comment by a concerned citizen who flagged “CapTex banking” as a red flag.
In the midst of growing public pressure, City Secretary Edie Sims announced her retirement. Around the same time, the Council moved to restructure city leadership—actions examined in greater detail below.
Residents have also alleged that the Council failed to post proper public notices before key votes, including the annexation of 141.254 acres tied to the developments. Texas law mandates public notice prior to such actions, and failure to do so may render these decisions legally challengeable.
Even more concerning, numerous residents report being silenced or excluded when trying to speak at meetings. Some were told by Sims that they could not address concerns unrelated to narrowly defined agenda items, even when those concerns involved zoning, water access, deed restrictions, and the developments’ religious governance structure. This suppression of public comment reflects a broader breakdown in democratic transparency and raises serious questions about the legality of these proceedings.
The Quiet Power Grab: Edie Sims’ Exit Strategy and the Sudden Rise of Jeff Stanley
As citizen pressure mounted and legal irregularities surrounding the Qariyah and Baladeyah projects came to light, City Secretary Edie Sims announced her retirement, effective April 2, 2025. In the weeks leading up to her departure, Sims and the Blue Ridge City Council took sweeping steps to reshape the city’s power structure—quietly establishing a new “City Administrator” position and accelerating the appointment of Jeff Stanley, a candidate widely understood to have been personally recruited by Sims.
A special meeting was held on March 20, 2025, to interview Stanley, and on April 1, 2025—just one day before Sims’ retirement takes effect—the Council is scheduled to finalize his appointment. This timing is no coincidence. RAIR was informed by members of the local community that Sims has long operated behind the scenes, using what residents call intimidation to push her preferred agenda—including in other cities.
What makes this even more troubling is Jeff Stanley’s controversial track record. He previously served as mayor of Howe, Texas, but resigned in 2019. He then transitioned to the role of City Administrator in Howe—yet by 2023, his tenure became mired in public controversy. Local officials flagged a $2,650 payment made to Stanley through his consulting firm, reportedly lacking proper documentation. In a separate incident, Howe’s newly elected mayor accused Stanley and a police sergeant of retaliating against her after she raised concerns about a data privacy breach involving confidential police records. These allegations cast a long shadow over Stanley’s sudden emergence as the top candidate for Blue Ridge’s newly created City Administrator position—especially as the city faces mounting scrutiny over two highly controversial Islamic enclave projects.
The concern here is not just about one appointment—it’s about a deliberate transfer of power from public oversight to centralized control, timed precisely to ram through controversial decisions with minimal accountability.
Notably, Edie Sims previously served as City Secretary in Farmersville, Texas, where she reportedly played a central role in pushing through an Islamic cemetery despite intense local opposition. That case became so controversial that it prompted a federal civil rights investigation and settlement. As part of the settlement, Farmersville officials were forced to undergo religious discrimination training.
This outcome highlights a broader pattern: Islamic developers and their political allies have refined a playbook for overcoming public resistance—deploying federal pressure and legal tactics to force projects through over local objections. Blue Ridge may be the next test case in this well-worn strategy. Despite the Islamic community’s use of these federal pressure tactics, there are still core legal violations that the State of Texas should be flagging immediately.
Key Legal Red Flags
- Violation of Texas Local Government Code Chapter 105: CapTex Bank is not the city’s designated depository; no competitive bid process was held.
- Violation of Texas Government Code Chapter 2257 (Public Funds Collateral Act): There is no evidence that required collateralization or reporting protocols were followed.
- Violation of Article I, Section 7 of the Texas Constitution: Providing public infrastructure or banking access to sectarian developments violates the separation of church and state.
- Potential Violation of Anti-BDS Law (§2271): The developer attempted to strip a clause opposing boycotts of Israel from the development agreement—evidence of potential ideological noncompliance with state law.
- Lack of Transparency: No final development agreement is on file, yet rezoning and annexation proceeded, bypassing standard procedural safeguards.
Religious Enclave Disguised as Housing Project
The Qariyah of Princeton development—despite its branding as a standard residential neighborhood—is structured more like a religious microstate.
Qariyah of Princeton (South of FM 2756) includes:
- 56 single-family 1-acre residential lots
- 10.22-acre apartment complex
- Two strip malls (nearly 10 acres)
- 11.52-acre “Center for Peace & Mercy,” school, and community center (sectarian)
- 10-acre townhome complex
- 6.85-acre “House & Family Farm”
- 6.05-acre agricultural zone (potential Halal Slaughterhouse)
Qariyah (North of FM 2756) adds:
- 23 single-family homes
- 1.79-acre small business office
- 3.86-acre medical office or clinic
Baladeyah includes:
- 25 single-family homes
- 4.68-acre commercial zone (along FM 1377)
The Arabic names themselves—Qariyah (“village”) and Baladeyah (“municipality”)—are not coincidental. They reflect an ideological blueprint: a self-governed, religiously defined enclave operating outside traditional American civic norms.
Violations: Blueprint for a Stealth Takeover
Over the course of two years, the City of Blue Ridge enabled the Qariyah and Baladeyah developments through a series of alarming legal and procedural failures. What began as a quietly introduced “concept plan” ballooned into a sprawling religious compound—without proper plats, without public notification, and without critical infrastructure agreements.
Zoning was granted without engineering review. Land was annexed without service plans. And perhaps most egregiously, the developers attempted to gut Texas’s mandatory anti-BDS clause—just weeks after glorifying Hamas online.
Public meeting records reveal that the Council repeatedly ignored state law, silenced residents, and manipulated city planning protocols to advance these ideological enclaves under the radar. Easements were granted on religious-restricted land. Key development votes occurred without required public notice. Infrastructure approvals were used as bargaining chips under threat of developer withdrawal. At one point, the city even prepared to rewrite its entire Comprehensive Plan to retroactively legalize what had already been approved in violation of zoning norms.
These are not minor clerical missteps. This is a roadmap for how ideologically motivated developers—with the help of complicit city officials—can infiltrate a town, bypass legal safeguards, and construct parallel religious governance structures disguised as housing projects.
RAIR Foundation has obtained and has been reviewing the full set of city council minutes, zoning records, and annexation documents. For those who wish to examine the full scope of the violations in detail, a comprehensive forensic timeline is provided below. and will be continuously updated as we pour through the records.
Appendix: Qariyah – A Test Case for Islamic Governance via Public Funds
The municipal bank account proposal alone could violate:
- Texas Government Code §2257 – no public fund collateral or compliance
- Local Government Code §105 – no proper depository designation
Why It Matters
Qariyah and Baladeyah are not isolated experiments. They mirror the model used in EPIC City—privately governed, religiously driven, and increasingly reliant on public infrastructure while trying to bypass local and state law.
Blue Ridge property owner Barbara Isaacs compared the Qariyah and Baladeyah developments to EPIC City, questioning their inclusivity: “The Qariyah and Baladeyah developments sound similar to the East Plano Islamic Center’s EPIC City. “
Texans Must Act Now
If the Qariyah and Baladeyah projects are allowed to proceed, the consequences will ripple far beyond Blue Ridge:
- Public funds will subsidize religious governance.
- Texas constitutional protections will be undermined.
- The door will open to ideologically driven enclaves across the state.
This is not just a local issue—it’s a statewide test of legal enforcement and constitutional integrity.
Contact Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Immediately
The Texas Attorney General’s Office must investigate:
Call AG Paxton’s Office: 512-463-2100
Email: Here
Demand a full legal review of the Qariyah and Baladeyah developments in Blue Ridge.
Current City Leadership:
The City of Blue Ridge City Council acts as the legislative branch of the local government and serves as its primary policy-making body. The council oversees these major projects: infrastructure, land use, finance, and strategic planning.
Rhonda Williams, Mayor – Term ends May 2026
Keith Chitwood, Mayor Pro-Tem, Council – Term ends May 026
Colby Collinsworth, Council – Term ends May 2025
David Sturgeon, Council – Term ends May 2025
Tammy Crosswhite, Council – Term ends May 2025
David Apple, Council – Term ends May 2026
Stop Qariyah. Stop Baladeyah. Save Blue Ridge.
Final Summary: A Pattern of Ideological Circumvention
What this timeline reveals is not a series of bureaucratic mistakes, but a pattern of calculated circumvention. From zoning approvals without plats, to annexations without service plans, to legal attempts to strip out state-mandated protections like the anti-BDS clause—every step reflects a coordinated effort to impose a religiously governed enclave under the cover of suburban development.
The City of Blue Ridge appears to have enabled these violations—through a pattern of bending rules, suppressing public comment, and prioritizing ideological developers over citizen concerns.
This isn’t just about local corruption. It’s about testing whether Texas laws can be bypassed in plain sight—setting a precedent for EPIC City-style religious governance, backed by public infrastructure and shielded from scrutiny.
For those who want to examine each violation in detail, the full legal timeline appears below. But the conclusion is already clear:
Qariyah and Baladeyah represent the single greatest test of Texas’s civic integrity in a generation. If these projects are allowed to stand, the rule of law may not.
Appendix: Chronology of Violations: A Forensic Breakdown
Review the City’s official meeting minutes here. If you uncover any legal violations, irregularities, or red flags, we urge you to contact us without delay.
December 6, 2022 – Project Quietly Introduced Under the Radar
“Consider, discuss and act upon a Concept Plan for Qariyah Addition Extension, an original development of 33.24 acres known as Abstract A0936 D Van Winkle Survey, Sheet 3, Tract 215…”
— Blue Ridge City Council Minutes, Dec. 6, 2022
This was the first formal city meeting where the Qariyah of Princeton project appeared on public record. Developers Mohammed Abdul Hannan and Habiba Sultana presented a concept plan—not a legally binding plat—for what would become a massive ideological residential enclave.
According to multiple Blue Ridge residents who spoke with RAIR Foundation, no public notice was issued before the meeting, and neighbors were unaware that a religious compound was being planned on land previously understood to be rural residential.
First Appearance of Core Qariyah Tracts
The developers proposed three tracts totaling 108.4 acres:
- 33.24 acres on FM 2756/FM 1377 (Tract 215)
- 40 acres west of the existing Qariyah boundary (Tract 116) – proposed for 19 one-acre homes
- 35.16 acres east of Qariyah, fronting FM 2756 (Tract 164) – proposed for 9 one-acre homes
These parcels now form the foundation of what is being marketed as Qariyah of Princeton.
Project Located in the ETJ—Not Yet Annexed
At the time, all three tracts were located in the Extra-Territorial Jurisdiction (ETJ) of Blue Ridge—not within city limits. Despite this, the City Council allowed the project to proceed without annexation, plat approval, or public infrastructure planning.
“This presentation is a Concept Plan only and has not been processed through the City Engineer to date.”
— Council Minutes, Dec. 6, 2022
Why This Matters
The council allowed a major ideological housing project to begin development without formal review, public input, or annexation oversight—a procedural failure that opened the door to future zoning and funding approvals without transparency.
City Simultaneously Passed Annexation and Zoning Changes
In the same meeting, the Council also:
- Annexed 36.832 acres near Business Highway 78 (Ordinance 2022-1206-001)
- Created a new zoning category called “PD – Planned Development District” (Ordinance 2022-1206-002)
- Rezoned 42.572 acres from A-1 Agricultural and R-1 Single-Family to PD (Ordinance 2022-1206-003)
While these ordinances did not explicitly list Qariyah parcels, they established the legal foundation that would later benefit the Qariyah and Baladeyah projects.
School and Religious Facilities Now Legally Viable
The newly created PD zoning category allows for:
- Schools
- Strip malls and commercial centers
- Community centers and places of worship
- Higher-density and multi-family housing
This zoning structure cleared the path for the inclusion of mosques, Islamic schools, and ideological infrastructure under the guise of standard residential development.
Developers Approved Without Filing a Plat
No preliminary or final plat was submitted. No engineering review occurred. Yet the council voted unanimously to allow the project to proceed, relying solely on verbal representations and a concept sketch.
Conclusion
The December 6, 2022, meeting laid the groundwork for the Qariyah of Princeton enclave—not by name, but by enabling its zoning, annexation, and regulatory framework. The City of Blue Ridge greenlit major legal tools for ideological developers to reshape land use policy without public scrutiny—approving the first phase of a religious compound before most residents even knew it existed.
October 1, 2024: The Day Blue Ridge Surrendered 141 Acres
The Blue Ridge City Council unanimously passed Ordinance 2024-1001-003, officially annexing 141.254 acres of land tied to Qariyah, LLC and Hamra Princeton 18, LLC—the developers behind the controversial Qariyah of Princeton and Baladeyah projects. The annexation covered multiple parcels confirmed by abstract and Collin CAD numbers, all tied to planned residential enclaves that include a school, a mosque, and facilities explicitly labeled as a “Center for Prayer & Islamic Community Outreach.” While not described as religious housing in official documents, the project’s branding, developer affiliations, and public statements suggest a deliberate sectarian orientation. Critically, the ordinance vaguely referenced a “service plan,” yet no plan was presented, attached, or reviewed—violating the transparency required under Texas law.
Even more troubling, the corresponding Development Agreement (Resolution 2024-1001-003)—which would detail infrastructure, water, sewer, and public service obligations—was tabled due to missing details, meaning the land appears to be annexed without any binding municipal commitments. This procedural failure directly contradicts the requirements of Texas Local Government Code §43.056, which mandates that annexed territories receive defined, timely services.
The Council’s actions allowed ideological developers to gain jurisdictional access while evading infrastructure accountability, exposing the city to legal risk and enabling religious territorial expansion without oversight. It appears that the Council barely questioned the developers, and few public objections were recorded, despite the massive scale and implications of the annexation. In doing so, Blue Ridge officials effectively surrendered 141 acres of strategic land to a foreign-aligned development with no enforceable controls in place.
November 12, 2024 – Cascade of Violations and Ideological Red Flags
Zoning Approved Without Plat
- Verona Water’s president confirmed no plat was submitted.
- Despite this, the City Council approved zoning changes for Qariyah and Baladeyah.
Why This Matters:
Zoning approvals without an accompanying plat are a violation of basic municipal law and eliminate public transparency. A plat is legally required to show lot divisions, roads, and infrastructure—without it, the public has no idea what is being built or how. This is urban planning in the dark.
Developer Attempted to Remove Anti-BDS Clause After Public Hamas Support
This is one of the most explosive revelations to date—and it makes perfect sense in light of what we now know. Just weeks after Suhana Karim, the registered manager of Hamra Princeton 18, LLC, publicly celebrated a post glorifying Hamas and praising the October 7 massacre of civilians and Americans, the developers behind the Baladeyah project attempted to remove a key legal protection from their agreement with the City of Blue Ridge: Section 4.22 – Boycott of Israel.
“Another question that we need to have openly with our City Attorney is Section 4.22 of the Development Agreement. It is in regard and titled Boycott of Israel. The purpose of asking the question of having this section removed from the agreement is because the developer is privately funded.” — City Council Minutes, Nov. 12, 2024
This clause is required under Texas Government Code §2271, which prohibits public entities from entering into contracts with any business that engages in or promotes boycotts of Israel. The clause is not optional—it is a legal safeguard designed to prevent economic and ideological warfare against the State of Texas and its allies. This is not a discretionary policy—it is binding state law that applies to all municipal agreements, regardless of whether a developer claims to be “privately funded.”
Had the City approved the agreement without it, the contract would have been legally void and the Council would have been in direct violation of state law.
The developers, Qariyah, LLC and Hamra Princeton 18, LLC, formally requested that this clause be stripped from the contract. The justification offered was that the developer is “privately funded,” a claim that ignores the fact that municipal zoning approvals, infrastructure agreements, and development partnerships with cities constitute public action and trigger §2271 compliance.
City Attorney Amy Stanphill advised the Council to table the agreement for further legal review.
However, based on all available records, no one—neither Stanphill, the mayor, nor any member of the City Council—appears to have notified the Texas Attorney General’s Office, as would be expected when a developer attempts to override or undermine binding state law.
This glaring omission raises urgent questions. Was it incompetence? Ideological sympathy? Political cowardice?
One thing is certain: this was not a clerical oversight. It was a deliberate attempt by an ideological developer—whose leadership has publicly glorified a U.S.-designated terrorist organization—to strip a state-mandated legal safeguard from a public contract. The fact that this effort went unreported to the proper state authorities is not just alarming—it’s an indictment of the entire process.
What we are witnessing is glaring proof of the ideology behind this development. When the same individual who praises Hamas also seeks to remove Texas’s anti-BDS law from a binding agreement with a city government, it becomes clear that this project is not about housing. It is about advancing a hostile, anti-Western agenda through legal, municipal, and financial infiltration.
This case demands immediate investigation by the Texas Attorney General, and every resident of Blue Ridge—and Texas—should demand answers.
Easement Granted on Religious-Use Restricted Tract
- The Council approved a 20-foot easement on CAD 2843662 (Tract 8) — a tract legally restricted from use as a religious facility.
Why This Matters:
By approving utility easements on a legally restricted religious-use parcel, the city may be enabling future illegal development (such as a mosque or Islamic school) under the radar. This raises concerns of backdoor manipulation of land restrictions.
Easement Granted on Religious-Use Restricted Tract
The Council approved a 20-foot utility easement on CAD 2843662 (Tract 8) — a tract legally restricted from use as any religious facility.
Why This Matters:
This land is already restricted to prevent mosque or school development, yet infrastructure approvals are being quietly granted. It raises strong suspicions that the city may be enabling future violations of the restriction through legal sleight of hand.
City Prepares to Alter Its Comprehensive Plan
A future agenda item was added to revise the city’s Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Map.
Why This Matters:
Rather than follow the rules, the city appears prepared to rewrite them after the fact to protect these projects. It’s a classic tactic in corrupt or ideologically captured municipalities—legalize the illegal by changing the law midstream.
Massive Public Opposition Ignored
At least 20 residents testified against the Qariyah and Baladeyah projects in emotionally charged and legally pointed statements. Concerns included:
- Destruction of trees and farmland
- Overburdened water systems
- Traffic chaos and school overcrowding
- Cultural displacement and fears of religious indoctrination
- A stated plan for a school within the development
Why This Matters:
The Council proceeded despite overwhelming opposition, showing contempt for the public and suggesting the outcome was predetermined. This violates the spirit, if not the letter, of democratic governance.
Developer Engineer Confirms On-Site School Planned
Engineer Naim Khan, speaking on behalf of the developer, confirmed that:
“There are plans for a school on site.”
Why This Matters:
This statement undermines earlier claims that the project is merely residential. It confirms that the development intends to include an ideological educational institution—likely Islamic in nature—raising major constitutional and civic concerns.
Public Notice and Process Failures Documented
Residents repeatedly stated they only learned of the project after it was already annexed or too late to prepare objections. One resident, Kathy Smith, was told she would’ve needed to “bring her neighbors” had she known sooner.
Why This Matters:
This raises possible violations of Texas Open Meetings Act and public notice requirements. If true, some actions taken by the council—such as zoning approvals—may be legally challengeable.
January 7, 2025 – Developer Threatens to Withdraw If Infrastructure Demands Not Met
“Owner of property stated if asphalt roads not approved, he revokes request for annexation.” — Blue Ridge City Council Minutes, January 7, 2025 (Page 21)
Why This Matters:
This statement reveals the developer’s attempt to condition annexation—a public process meant to serve the city—on receiving costly infrastructure approvals, likely at taxpayer expense. This tactic amounts to coercion, not negotiation. Rather than uphold municipal standards and pause the process, the Council allowed the annexation and zoning to continue. This set a dangerous precedent: developers dictating terms to a city government under threat of withdrawal, undermining both public interest and lawful procedure.
February 24, 2025 – Zoning Approved Despite Public Opposition
Meeting notes show “7 opposed.” Earlier meetings record “6 opposed,” “8 opposed,” and “5 opposed + 1 written.”
- Why This Matters: The council reportedly bulldozed over vocal resident opposition, ignoring due process and transparency.
Parcel CAD 2843662 (Tract 8) Restricted from Religious Use “*Restricted against use as any type of religious facility” — Tract 8 (29.938 acres)
- Why This Matters: This legal restriction directly contradicts the project’s stated purpose of including a mosque and Islamic school.
Disclaimer: This report is based on publicly available records, including city council minutes, official filings, and resident testimony. All conclusions reflect the author’s analysis and opinion, supported by documented evidence and protected under the First Amendment. If any party believes a correction is warranted, we welcome contact with supporting documentation.
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