GOP lawmakers push to designate CAIR as a foreign terrorist organization
The bill has 16 Republican cosponsors and would direct federal agencies to evaluate whether CAIR meets terrorist designation criteria.
- Several Congressional Republicans are pressing the Trump administration to designate the Council on American-Islamic Relations as a foreign terrorist organization, with Sen. Ted Cruz urging the administration to follow Texas's lead.
- Florida Rep. Randy Fine sponsored legislation directing the State Department to determine if CAIR meets FTO criteria, alleging the group maintains ties to violent Muslim organizations.
- An FTO designation would suspend CAIR's federal tax exemption and criminalize material support, though the legislation has 16 Republican cosponsors and has yet to receive a vote in Congress.
- Texas Democrat Rep. Marc Veasey noted his constituents have not complained about CAIR, while Maryland Democrat Rep. Jamie Raskin said he was unaware of Fine's bill.
- At a Republican Party conference in Dallas, Cruz denounced a "red-green alliance" between communists and Islamists as the 119th Congress nears its end in early January.
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GOP lawmakers push to designate CAIR as a foreign terrorist organization | The Highland County Press
Several key Congressional Republicans are urging the Trump administration to consider designating the Council on American-Islamic Relations, a group that promotes Muslim rights, as a foreign terrorist organization, with U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz calling for an FTO designation last week.
‘Needs to happen’: U.S. lawmakers move to designate American Muslim activists as foreign terror organization * WorldNetDaily * by Bob Unruh
Source link Members of the Islamic terror group Hamas publicly execute their enemies on Monday, Oct. 13, 2025 The state of Texas already considers CAIR, the Quran-promoting Council on American-Islamic Relations, a terror group. So do several foreign nations. Now there’s a move developing in Congress to have CAIR officially labeled as a foreign terrorist group. A report
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GOP lawmakers push to designate CAIR as a foreign terrorist organization
(The Center Square) – Several key Congressional Republicans are urging the Trump administration to consider designating the Council on American-Islamic Relations, a group that promotes Muslim rights, as a foreign terrorist organization, with U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz calling for an…
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