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A group of Muslim and interfaith leaders are urging Texas Gov. Greg Abbott<\/a>, a Republican, to reverse his proclamation designating the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) as a “foreign terrorist organization.”<\/p>\n

Texas\u2019s designation is state-level only. It does not carry the legal force of a federal Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) listing, which only the U.S. State Department can issue. Abbott\u2019s proclamation, therefore, does not trigger federal terrorism penalties or authorities.<\/p>\n

The leaders of several Muslim groups held a news conference on Tuesday to denounce the governor\u2019s proclamation, which also labeled CAIR as a “a transnational criminal organization.”<\/p>\n

The groups called on the governor to retract his labeling of the civil rights group, calling it defamatory, destructive and dangerous, according to Fox 4.<\/p>\n

MUSLIM CIVIL RIGHTS GROUP CAIR SUES TEXAS OVER ABBOTT’S \u2018TERRORIST\u2019 DESIGNATION<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

This comes after CAIR filed a lawsuit against Texas over the governor’s declaration, arguing that it violates both the U.S. Constitution and state law.<\/p>\n

CAIR argues the order violates its First Amendment rights and due-process protections, and that Texas overstepped its authority because terrorism designations fall under federal, not state, jurisdiction.<\/p>\n

“The governor is attempting to punish the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization simply because he disagrees with its protected First Amendment rights to criticize a foreign state that is conducting genocide. This is not only contrary to the United States Constitution, but finds no support in any Texas law,” Mustaffa Carroll, the executive director for CAIR Dallas Fort Worth, said at the news conference on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

“You know that CAIR has condemned Hamas attacks. You know that CAIR has spent 31 years fighting terrorism and bigotry. You know that the terrorism boogeyman you invoke is nothing more than a tired, formulated playbook to stoke fear of Muslims,” Marium Uddin of the Muslim Legal Defense Fund said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Leaders from other faiths<\/a>, including Jewish voices, also spoke out against Abbott’s label.<\/p>\n

“We stand steadfast in solidarity with our comrades in CAIR and in unwavering support in their lawsuit against Abbott\u2019s false and unconstitutional proclamation,” Jewish Voice for Peace’s Deborah Armintor said.<\/p>\n

State Rep. Terry Meza, a Democrat, added that the governor’s words “are not just wrong, they\u2019re dangerous. Making comments like this is dangerous to our Muslim community.”<\/p>\n

TEXAS GOV ABBOTT DECLARES CAIR, MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD AS TERRORIST GROUPS, PREVENTING LAND PURCHASES<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The lawsuit is ongoing, and it remains unclear whether a court will uphold Abbott\u2019s order or strike it down as exceeding state authority.<\/p>\n

The governor\u2019s decree bars CAIR from buying land<\/u><\/a> in the Lone Star State under a new statute aimed at curbing purchases tied to “foreign adversaries.”<\/p>\n

Abbott\u2019s order also extended the “terrorist” label to the Muslim Brotherhood, despite the federal government never classifying either group that way.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/muslim-groups-other-leaders-demand-abbott-rescind-cairs-terrorist-designation-defamatory <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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