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Muslim Rights Group Sues Gov. DeSantis over 'Foreign Terrorist' Label
Texas and Florida governors cite alleged ties between CAIR and terrorist groups to restrict its activities while other GOP leaders resist similar designations amid ongoing legal challenges.
- Last month, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued a proclamation accusing the Council on American-Islamic Relations of ties to Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood, and last week Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis issued an executive order designating both groups as terrorist organizations.
- Governors pointed to past prosecutions and convictions, citing the Holy Land Foundation trial and internal documents linking the Council on American-Islamic Relations to the Muslim Brotherhood, while Texas Gov. Greg Abbott listed six associates convicted or deported for supporting terrorism.
- Texas' proclamation bars CAIR from buying land, while DeSantis ordered Florida agencies and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and Florida Highway Patrol to monitor CAIR's Austin, Dallas, Houston, Tampa chapters and presence in at least 21 other states.
- CAIR and allies have sued in Texas asking a federal court in Texas to strike down Abbott's order, while Edward Ahmed Mitchell called DeSantis's order defamatory and Ibrahim Hooper said it's a coordinated campaign.
- The U.S. State Department has not listed CAIR as a foreign terrorist organization, and none of the other Republican governors contacted last week signaled they would follow Abbott and DeSantis.
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My Mother LodeMuslim rights group sues Florida Gov. DeSantis over ‘foreign terrorist’ label
A leading Muslim civil rights group in the U.S. has sued Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis over his order designating it and another organization as a “ foreign terrorist organization.”
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Muslim rights group sues Florida Gov. DeSantis over 'foreign terrorist' label
A leading Muslim civil rights group in the U.S. has sued Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis over his order labeling it a “foreign terrorist organization.”
·United States
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Two states designate Muslim group as terrorist, but other GOP governors mum
(The Center Square) – The governors of Texas and Florida have declared the nation’s largest Muslim advocacy group a foreign terrorist organization, but they may stand alone. None of their Republican counterparts in other states seem ready to follow suit.
·Calhoun, United States
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