Yasir Qadhi is an American Muslim scholar and theologian. He is dean of The Islamic Seminary of America, resident scholar of the East Plano Islamic Center in Plano, Texas, and chairman of the Fiqh Council of North America. He studied at the Islamic University of Madinah and earned a PhD from Yale University, and he lectures and writes widely on Islam and contemporary Muslim life.
We have documented 1 statement by Yasir Qadhi, in 1 case. Each statement below gives the quotation, its original source and a link to the full case.
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Role at the time: Resident scholar of the East Plano Islamic Center, posting on X
Condemned
Statement summary
Qadhi, citing Texas Monthly's investigation, says the state's securities regulator found no securities violation, that Paxton sued anyway, and that the regulator was pushed out after publicly disputing Paxton's claim.
“In March of last year, Abbott’s office drew up a secret memo listing every law the state could use against EPIC. However, the state’s own securities regulator reviewed 100,000 pages and found no securities violation. Paxton sued us anyway, and when that regulator publicly called Paxton’s claim “a wholly false statement,” he was pushed out of his job.”
The reference point is the Texas government's pursuit of a securities fraud case against the EPIC City developers. Qadhi says the state's own regulator found no securities violation, that Paxton "sued us anyway" and that the regulator was pushed out, so we labeled it Condemned. The closest competing label is Challenged characterization; it loses because he goes beyond disputing the securities theory and criticizes the suit and the officials behind it.
Paxton says EPIC City's developers violated Texas securities law. The state securities board says its staff concluded the units were not securities. Texas Monthly reports Abbott's advisers pressed for the referral; Abbott's office calls that routine.
