CAIR Suspends Operations in Florida After Federal Judge Rejects Emergency Request
The ruling leaves restrictions on public funding, government contracts and material support in place while CAIR continues its constitutional challenge.
- On Thursday, Federal Judge Allen C. Winsor of the Northern District allowed Florida to enforce the domestic terrorist designation for the Council on American-Islamic Relations , rejecting an emergency request to stop the measure.
- Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Cabinet approved the labels under House Bill 1471, which empowers state officials to designate groups as terrorist organizations and prohibits public funding or support for them without jury trials.
- CAIR-Florida suspended operations indefinitely, citing the "baseless designation of us" as untenable, while Executive Director Hiba Rahim affirmed the organization's mission remains "rooted in faith, is to enhance the public" understanding of Islam.
- Attorney General James Uthmeier celebrated the ruling as a "great win," though the organization contests the designation with the American Civil Liberties Union and the Southern Poverty Law Center on constitutional grounds.
- The state previously designated more than 90 organizations, including the Muslim Brotherhood and Antifa, though Judge Winsor granted narrow relief allowing the continued provision of legal services to the designated groups.
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CAIR Florida Leaves the State for Now Ahead of 'Baseless' Terrorist Designation
The Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) has suspended operations in Florida, the organization has announced. It did so after a federal judge rejected an emergency request Wednesday by the Muslim civil rights organization to stop the state from designating the group and its state chapter as domestic terrorist organizations, allowing the designation to take effect while its legal challenge, litigated by the ACLU and the Southern Poverty L…
Between classification decisions and freedom of expression battles, the U.S. Islamic Relations Council (IRRC) finds itself in a confrontation with the Florida authorities, which ended with the suspension of its activities and the pursuit of justice.
Largest US Muslim advocacy group suspends Florida operations over ‘terrorist’ designation law - Regional Media News
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Muslim advocacy group Council on American-Islamic Relations has suspended operations in Florida after the enforcement of a law that gave state officials power to designate groups as "terrorist organizations," state officials and CAIR said. Earlier this year, Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law a measure giving him and other state officials the power to designate groups as "terr…
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