Texas, Florida lead GOP battle against Muslim advocacy groups
(The Hill) Republicans in Texas and Florida are leading efforts to target Muslim advocacy organizations in what civil rights advocates say is a coordinated effort to present Islam as a “national security threat.”
According to advocates, these politicians — including state and federal lawmakers as well as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) — have sought to restrict funding to Muslim organizations, particularly in the wake of the Israel-Gaza conflict, by tying them to terrorist groups.
Legal efforts have also sought to designate one of these organizations — the Council of American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the self-described largest Muslim advocacy group in the U.S. — as a foreign terrorist organization.
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