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Wednesday, Mar. 11, 2026

Is Qatar building a Sharia compound in Arizona called ‘Qatar City’?

Mia Osmonbekov, Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting
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Arizona officials say there are no plans to build a Sharia compound called “Qatar City” in the state. The land in question, 6,354 acres near the southwest corner of the I-17 and Loop 303 in Phoenix, is part of a planned residential development called NorthPark. 

In October 2021, national home construction company Pulte Homes submitted an application with the Arizona State Land Department to develop the property, in part to house Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) employees. Roughly 900 acres of the land is zoned for industrial usage, which was purchased in a public auction by TSMC earlier this year. 

According to the State Land Department, the “Qatar City” concept was created by a local real estate brokerage firm and was circulated widely online without the department’s input or knowledge.

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