Florida declares US Muslim civil rights group a foreign terrorist organization
Ron DeSantis’s legally dubious order designating Cair – and Muslim Brotherhood – follows similar move by TexasFlorida is declaring the Council on American-Islamic Relations (Cair) – a US civil rights and liberties group – a foreign terrorist organization, the Republican governor, Ron...
<p>Ron DeSantis’s legally dubious order designating Cair – and Muslim Brotherhood – follows similar move by Texas</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/florida">Florida</a> is declaring the Council on American-Islamic Relations (Cair) – a US civil rights and liberties group – a foreign terrorist organization, the Republican governor, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ron-desantis">Ron DeSantis</a>, announced on Monday.</p><p>The move closely follows a similar <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/05/gregg-abbotts-cair-terror-label-stokes-legal-fight-in-texass-long-struggle-with-islamophobia">order issued in November by Texas’s governor, Greg Abbott</a>, DeSantis’s fellow Republican, even though only the federal government can designate terrorist organizations.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/09/florida-cair-foreign-terrorist-organization-desantis">Continue reading...</a>
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