Texas, Florida lead GOP battle against Muslim advocacy groups [View all]
Source: The Hill
12/26/25 6:00 AM ET
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.
“The way that we see this is as a coordinated, multipronged attack on Muslims in the United States through legal, executive and legislative measures aimed at silencing dissent, aimed at weakening and putting on the defensive Muslim-led organizations,” said Tuqa Nusairat, executive director of the Institute of Social Policy and Understanding.
CAIR has often been the stated target of proposed legal measures against nonprofits, with politicians consistently linking the organization with Hamas or the Muslim Brotherhood.
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5661298-texas-florida-gop-target-muslim-advocacy-cair/
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