CAIR FLORIDA: SUES RON DESANTIS OVER 'FOREIGH TERRORIST' LABEL

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A leading Muslim civil rights group in the US has sued Ron DeSantis, the Florida governor, over his order designating it and another organization as a “foreign terrorist organization”, saying the directive was unconstitutional.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations, known as Cair, has more than 20 chapters across the United States and its work involves legal actions, advocacy and education outreach.

The lawsuit was filed late Monday by the Cair-Foundation and Cair-Florida, its affiliate in the state. The suit asked a federal judge in Tallahassee to declare DeSantis’s order unlawful and unconstitutional and prevent it from being enforced.

“He has usurped the exclusive authority of the federal government to identify and designate terrorist organizations by baselessly declaring Cair a terrorist organization,” the lawsuit says.

Cair said in the lawsuit that it was targeted by DeSantis for defending the free speech rights of people in cases in which state officials and officials elsewhere had tried to punish or silence those who had expressed support for Palestinian human rights.

The order by DeSantis last week also gives the same “foreign terrorist” label to the Muslim Brotherhood, a pan-Arab Islamist political movement. Donald Trump last month issued an executive order that sets in motion a process to designate certain chapters of the Muslim Brotherhood as a foreign terrorist organization.

Full article:  https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/16/cair-muslim-ron-des...

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Hiba Rahim is an American Muslim activist and community organiser. She is a graduate of Florida State University's International Affairs Masters program and currently works for the Council on American-Islamic Relations - Florida.

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Middle East Monitor 

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December 11 at 3:06 PM ·

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) filed an open records demand Thursday with the US state of Florida, seeking communications between Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office, Israeli government officials and “anti-Muslim hate groups,” Anadolu reports.

CAIR said on US social media company X that it is seeking “any and all communications” related to DeSantis’ “lawless and defamatory attack on CAIR-Florida and the Florida Muslim community.”

CAIR’s Director of Government Affairs Robert McCaw accused DeSantis of having a “long history of close collaboration with anti-Muslim hate groups and Israeli government officials who have spent years trying to silence Americans advocating for Palestinian human rights.”

“The people of Florida have a right to know whether Governor DeSantis collaborated with a foreign government or hate groups,” said McCaw.

The demand follows DeSantis’ designation of CAIR as a foreign terror organization. CAIR-Florida has vowed to fight the order, calling it unlawful and an escalating attack on civil rights advocacy in the state. DeSantis defended the designation and said he welcomed the lawsuit.

Texas also designated CAIR as a terror organization.

CAIR, founded in 1994 and headquartered in Washington, is the largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy group in the US.

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