\n An Authentic Ilm Mission promotional video shows a speaker outside Korean World Mission Baptist Church in Richardson while identifying the property as a \u201cKorean Evangelical Church in Dallas.\u201d AIM says Salahuddin Future Academy completed the purchase for a planned Islamic education campus. | Image by Authentic Ilm Mission\/Facebook. <\/p>\n
An Islamic education organization says an affiliated nonprofit completed the purchase of a Richardson Baptist church campus months after the buyer sued the congregation to enforce a disputed $3.8 million sales contract.<\/p>\n
Authentic Ilm Mission<\/a> told The Dallas Express that Salahuddin Future Academy<\/a> purchased the property at 201 N. Plano Road from Korean World Mission Baptist Church<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cI can confirm that the purchase of the property has been completed,\u201d Dr. Karim Ab\u016b Zaid said in a written response on behalf of AIM. He identified Salahuddin Future Academy as the purchaser.<\/p>\n The church\u2019s website describes the congregation as Southern Baptist and lists the Richardson property as its campus. Ab\u016b Zaid signed a sworn court filing in March as Salahuddin Future Academy\u2019s executive director and authorized agent, connecting the purchaser and AIM through the same representative.<\/p>\n Buyer sued to enforce sale<\/p>\n Salahuddin Future Academy sued Korean World Mission Baptist Church on February 26 in Dallas County\u2019s 191st District Court. The lawsuit<\/a>, case DC-26-03563, alleged that the church signed a contract on October 31, 2025, to sell the property for $3.8 million.<\/p>\n Salahuddin alleged that it paid $38,000 in earnest money and expected the transaction to close in May. The petition said the church later asserted that its pastor did not realize he had signed a sales contract, believed he was signing a listing agreement and lacked authorization from the church\u2019s board of trustees.<\/p>\n The academy disputed that account. It alleged that the pastor discussed the proposed sale with church leaders, said he was obtaining the required approvals and later confirmed the board\u2019s approval.<\/p>\n Salahuddin accused the church of breaching the contract and asked the court to force the sale. It alternatively sought more than $1 million in damages.<\/p>\n Korean World Mission Baptist Church filed a general denial on March 27, disputing every allegation and demanding that Salahuddin prove its claims.<\/p>\n The case closed after Salahuddin filed a notice of nonsuit without prejudice on April 7. The filing did not explain why it dropped the claims, and the court did not rule on the merits.<\/p>\n AIM now says the purchase has been completed. Court records do not establish whether the property ultimately sold under the original $3.8 million terms.<\/p>\n Campus planned for school, seminary and mosque<\/p>\n AIM said the property will house Salahuddin Future Academy, a K-12 school; AIM Dawah Academy & Seminary; Ansar Pantry; and a mosque.<\/p>\n \u201cAIM Dawah Academy & Seminary will offer higher Islamic education, Qur\u2019anic studies, Arabic language instruction, leadership development, and community education,\u201d the organization said.<\/p>\n AIM\u2019s website<\/a> calls the project \u201cAmerica\u2019s first national residential Dawah seminary\u201d and says its programs will include short intensive courses, a diploma in Islamic studies and a bachelor\u2019s degree in Islamic studies.<\/p>\n Two days before its announced closing, AIM asked supporters to help raise a final $100,000 for the property.<\/p>\n \u201cEvery donation\u2014large or small\u2014brings us closer to establishing a place where future generations will learn the Qur\u2019an, Sunnah, Arabic, and Islamic sciences,\u201d the organization wrote on Facebook.<\/p>\n Video highlights church\u2019s Christian past<\/p>\n AIM promoted the project in a Facebook video<\/a> filmed outside the church property.<\/p>\n \u201cThis was used to train missionaries \u2026 to leave Islam,\u201d a speaker said in the video.<\/p>\n During that portion of the video, the words \u201cMuslim Haters!!\u201d appeared on screen.<\/p>\n \u201cThe first of its time in the entire Western Hemisphere \u2026 where it is a Dallas Seminary,\u201d the speaker said.<\/p>\n AIM described the video as an announcement for Muslim supporters about the completed purchase and a message of thanks to donors.<\/p>\n \u201cAlthough it was intended for that audience, it was subsequently circulated more broadly on social media and received numerous hostile anti-Muslim comments,\u201d the organization told The Dallas Express.<\/p>\n AIM said its mission focuses on education, community service and becoming a positive contributor to Richardson and the Dallas-Fort Worth area.<\/p>\n North Texas debate<\/p>\n The purchase comes amid continuing debate over Islamic institutions and Sharia in North Texas.<\/p>\n The debate also reached theaters and digital platforms in recent weeks. The documentary Remember The Alamo: Don\u2019t Sharia My Texas premiered June 28 in Dallas before its digital release July 4, as previously reported<\/a> by The Dallas Express. The film argues that Sharia poses a threat to American constitutional values and calls on communities to recognize and respond to Sharia-related influence.<\/p>\n At a July 18 open house at the Islamic Association of Collin County, Muslim outreach leader Dr. Sabeel Ahmed said Sharia \u201cis already here,\u201d describing it as personal religious guidance practiced through charity, family responsibilities and individual conduct, as previously reported<\/a> by The Dallas Express.<\/p>\n Outside the event, Iran-born Christian Edwin Isagholi warned about Islamic law when religious authority gains political power.<\/p>\n \u201cIslam becomes offensive the minute it takes power,\u201d Isagholi told The Dallas Express. \u201cThat is when you see blasphemy laws kick in. That is when you see apostasy laws, where they\u2019re being killed for leaving their religion in my country, Iran.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An Authentic Ilm Mission promotional video shows a speaker outside Korean World Mission Baptist Church in Richardson while…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":387011,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[136400,136403,136399,136402,73927,430,160,162,161,959,136401],"class_list":["post-387010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-plano","tag-authentic-ilm-mission","tag-islamic-education","tag-islamic-seminary","tag-korean-world-mission-baptist-church","tag-mosque","tag-north-texas","tag-plano","tag-plano-headlines","tag-plano-news","tag-richardson","tag-salahuddin-future-academy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=387010"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387010\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/387011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=387010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=387010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=387010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}