Florida’s CAIR vows lawsuit against DeSantis over ‘foreign terrorist’ label
CAIR challenges DeSantis's designation as symbolic and politically motivated amid rising anti-Muslim rhetoric, with similar moves in Texas stirring national debate.
- On Tuesday, the Council on American-Islamic Relations announced it will sue after Florida Governor Ron DeSantis labelled it a `foreign terrorist` organisation and urged state agencies to act.
- Amid rising Islamophobia, Republican lawmakers close to Donald Trump escalate anti-Muslim rhetoric, while Florida's move mirrors Texas Governor Greg Abbott's last month and DeSantis' last-year Muslim Brotherhood designation.
- Legally, such `terrorist` designations can only come from the US State Department, and CAIR is a domestic group with dozens of CAIR chapters and no formal accusations of material support to terrorism.
- DeSantis said he would `welcome` a lawsuit to subpoena bank records, while Hiba Rahim, interim executive director of CAIR's Florida chapter, vowed, `We welcome it as well, and we will see him in the courtroom,`
- Given CAIR's litigation history, rights advocates say the measure aims to demonise Muslims and note challenges could reach the US Supreme Court.
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Muslim Group Threatens With Lawsuit After Florida Gov. DeSantis Designates It as a Foreign Terrorist Organization
DeSantis said CAIR "was founded by persons connected to the Muslim Brotherhood," which his order links to Hamas. He added that individuals "associated with CAIR have been convicted of providing, and conspiring to provide, material support to designated terrorist organizations."
DeSantis Torches CAIR’s Meltdown and Drops the Real Bomb: Discovery Is Coming
For the first time in 30 years, a governor isn’t backing down. He’s inviting CAIR into court so the state can drag their financial pipelines, partnerships, and political networks into the light. While CAIR-Florida trembled through its victimhood press conference, Ron DeSantis stepped up and said the one thing guaranteed to send their entire network into panic mode: “I welcome the lawsuit.” Because a lawsuit doesn’t just give CAIR a microphone.
Muslim Group Says DeSantis Order ‘Defamatory’
By The News Service of Florida The Council on American-Islamic Relations said Tuesday it will go to court to challenge an executive order issued by Gov. Ron DeSantis that designated the group as a “terrorist” organization. “As you know, your designation has no basis in law or fact,” the group, commonly known as CAIR, said in a letter to DeSantis. “You do not have the constitutional authority to unilaterally declare any Americans or American inst…
Florida governor designates CAIR as foreign terrorist organization
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Monday signed an executive order designating the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) as a foreign terrorist organization. The executive order, an unprecedented step at the state level, declares a connection between the Muslim Brotherhood and CAIR as the primary justification for the designation. The Florida order specifically targets CAIR as a domestic faction of the Muslim Brotherhood. It draws a histor…
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