DeSantis, Florida Cabinet designate more than 90 groups as terrorist organizations
The move triggers criminal penalties, funding restrictions and campus limits, while CAIR and allies prepare an injunction.
- On Tuesday, Governor Ron DeSantis and the Florida Cabinet voted to designate the Council on American-Islamic Relations and over 90 other groups as domestic terrorist organizations under state law HB 1471.
- Florida Department of Law Enforcement documents presented Tuesday cited CAIR's identification in a 2008 Holy Land Foundation trial as an "unindicted co-conspirator," alleging connections to the Muslim Brotherhood's Palestine Committee structures.
- The American Civil Liberties Union plans to challenge the designation in court. ACLU National Security Project Director Hina Shamsi stated the move serves a "political agenda" and lacks evidence of violent acts.
- Unless blocked by courts, the designations take effect November 5, potentially barring affiliated schools from state scholarship programs and prohibiting state contracts. A federal judge previously struck down a similar executive order.
- Critics argue the state's reliance on "stale reporting" fails to meet evidentiary standards. Jason Blazakis, a Middlebury Institute of International Studies professor, noted the governor failed to assemble a proper administrative record.
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Florida designates Antifa, Muslim Brotherhood, and CAIR as terrorist organizations
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced that the governor and the Florida Cabinet voted to formally designate Antifa, the Muslim Brotherhood, and the Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR, as terrorist organizations under state law. The vote by the Florida Cabinet also officially adopts more than 100 foreign groups currently identified on… The post Florida designates Antifa, Muslim Brotherhood, and CAIR as …
'Antifa engaged in terror activity…': Florida designates 90+ groups as terrorist organisations
Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Florida Cabinet on Tuesday voted to name more than 90 groups as terrorist organisations, and a legal challenge is already in the works to overturn the move. With little comment from the state panel and none from the public, the Cabinet voted to apply domestic or international terrorism labels to a series of groups, including the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the Muslim Brotherhood, and the anti-fascist movement…
Florida expanded the designation to include the label "national terrorist group" and also called Al Qaeda, the Houthis and the Irish Republican Army of Continuity foreign terrorist organizations.
DeSantis Cabinet Labels More Than 100 Groups Terrorist Organizations
Tallahassee, FL — Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Florida Cabinet have approved designating more than 100 organizations as domestic or foreign terrorist organizations under a new state law that gives Florida officials broad authority to impose penalties on designated groups and their supporters. The list includes antifa, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, CAIR-Florida and the Muslim Brotherhood. Florida Department of Law Enforcement Commission…
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