{"id":426875,"date":"2026-09-05T05:56:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T05:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/426875\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T05:56:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T05:56:14","slug":"viral-sean-feucht-video-claims-more-mosques-in-dallas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/426875\/","title":{"rendered":"Viral Sean Feucht video claims more mosques in Dallas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> By <a class=\"reporter\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/by\/ian-m-giatti\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Ian M. Giatti<\/a>, Christian Post Reporter Friday, September 04, 2026<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/160079_w_850_414.jpg\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" alt=\" McKinney Islamic Association and mosque in McKinney, Texas. \" width=\"850\" height=\"414\"\/> McKinney Islamic Association and mosque in McKinney, Texas.  | Screengrab\/X\/@AmyMek<\/p>\n<p>A viral video from worship leader Sean Feucht claims there are more mosques in the Dallas-Fort Worth region than the entirety of the capital of Afghanistan \u2014 but is that accurate?<\/p>\n<p>Feucht, best known for his &#8220;Let Us Worship&#8221; rallies during the COVID-19 church lockdowns, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/SLMOwaywR-Y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">shared the video<\/a> on Sept. 1 in which he compared two maps showing the locations of mosques located in the DFW Metroplex compared with Kabul, Afghanistan, the city which the U.S. military attacked in response to the 9\/11 attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere do you think this city is? Cairo, Egypt, Istanbul, Turkey, Mecca, and Saudi Arabia? No, this is Dallas, Fort Worth, Texas, guys,\u201d Feucht says in the video. \u201cDallas, Fort Worth, Texas, the home of megachurches, is now filled with mosques. What are we doing? Why is this takeover allowed to happen and almost no one is talking about this?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So where did Feucht get his numbers?<\/p>\n<p>According to the most recently available census data, roughly <a href=\"https:\/\/fred.stlouisfed.org\/series\/DFWPOP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">8.4 million people<\/a> live in the DFW Metroplex, while Kabul has approximately <a href=\"https:\/\/worldpopulationreview.com\/cities\/afghanistan\/kabul\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">4.9 million people<\/a>. Roughly 99% of Afghanistan&#8217;s entire population identifies as Muslim.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the lack of official records, estimates suggest Kabul has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.academia.edu\/143865482\/Historical_Mosques_of_Kabul_and_Their_Current_Status\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">as many as 15 major mosques<\/a>, including historic and large ones such as the Bala Hissar Mosque and the Imam Mosque.<\/p>\n<p>In Texas, meanwhile, Muslims make up about<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/religious-landscape-study\/metro-area\/dallas-fort-worth-tx\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> 1% of the adult population in DFW<\/a> \u2014 with estimates of around 130,000 residents, according to the most recent data. Yet the metroplex is home to about 67 mosques, according to figures from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.muslimdirectoryapp.com\/cities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Muslim Directory<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/imam-us.org\/locations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Imam-US<\/a>&#8216;s list of Islamic centers, which put the count at 62 Sunni mosques and five Shia mosques. However, the mosque directory service\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fajrlabs.com\/masjid-map\/dallas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Fajr Labs<\/a> lists 108 mosques and masjids in the DFW area.<\/p>\n<p>The Lone Star State has made headlines in recent years for proposals to build \u201cMuslim-only\u201d developments in rural areas, including the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/news\/texas-county-officials-urged-to-reject-future-epic-city-plans.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">now-stalled \u201cEPIC City\u201d development<\/a> linked to the East Plano Islamic Center.<\/p>\n<p>Last November, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott <a href=\"https:\/\/gov.texas.gov\/news\/post\/governor-abbott-designates-muslim-brotherhood-cair-as-foreign-terrorist-organizations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">designated <\/a>CAIR and the Muslim Brotherhood as \u201cterrorist organizations\u201d because of their stated goal to \u201cforcibly impose sharia law and establish Islam\u2019s \u2018mastership of the world.\u2019\u201d The order prohibits either organization from acquiring real property interest in Texas.<\/p>\n<p>In May, Abbott<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tpr.org\/news\/2026-05-07\/greg-abbott-threatens-to-pull-state-funding-over-islamic-water-park-celebration-in-grand-prairie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> threatened to pull $530,000 in state funding<\/a> from Grand Prairie unless the city canceled a private Eid celebration at a water park. He also<a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2026\/08\/14\/texas-greg-abbott-dfw-iah-airport-islam-ablution-facility-grant\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> threatened to withhold funding<\/a> from Dallas Fort Worth International Airport unless it dropped plans for ablution stations, the washing facilities Muslims use before prayer.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, city officials in McKinney <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/news\/texas-pastor-son-speak-out-against-32000-square-foot-mosque.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">approved <\/a>a site plan for a roughly 32,000-square-foot mosque complex \u2014 including a 15,000-square-foot sanctuary, classroom building, and gymnasium \u2014 on about 5.5 acres.<\/p>\n<p>Pastors and other Christian leaders have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/news\/pastor-rails-against-sharia-law-in-dearborn.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">spoken out<\/a> against the potential rise of Islamic law, or Sharia, as a rising threat to religious freedom. That warning has also been echoed from the halls of Washington, D.C., where House Speaker Mike Johnson in March <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/news\/mike-johnson-warns-of-encroaching-sharia-law-in-us.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">warned<\/a> that Sharia \u201cis in conflict with the Constitution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ian M. Giatti is a reporter for The Christian Post. He can be reached at:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/news\/mailto:ian.giatti@christianpost.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">ian.giatti@christianpost.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Ian M. 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