Florida lists Muslim rights group CAIR a ‘terror organisation’
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Florida lists Muslim rights group CAIR a ‘terror organisation’
Council on American-Islamic Relations has responded to the designation, calling it an ‘unconstitutional’ and ‘defamatory’ proclamation.
Florida’sgovernorhasdesignatedtheCouncilonAmerican-IslamicRelations(CAIR)a“foreignterroristorganisation”.
RonDeSantispostedhisexecutiveordertolisttheUnitedStates-basedMuslimcivilrightsandadvocacygrouponsocialmediaonMonday.
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ThemovefollowsasimilardeclarationbytheRepublicangovernorofTexaslastmonth.CAIRhasrejectedthelabellingbybothstatesandmountedlegalchallenges.
Inaseparatepost,DeSantisassertedthattheFloridaLegislatureis“craftinglegislationtostopthecreepofSharialaw,andIhopethattheycodifytheseprotectionsforFloridiansagainstCAIRandtheMuslimBrotherhoodintheirlegislation”.
Thedesignation,whichtriggersheightenedoversightbystatelawenforcementagenciesandestablishesfinancialandoperationalrestriction
