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republican texas Governor greg abbott One of the biggest was declared on Tuesday Muslim He said civil rights and advocacy groups in the US have been declared a “foreign terrorist organization”, which allows the state to attempt to shut them down.
He also designated the Council on American-Islamic Relations as “an international criminal organization” and said it would not be allowed to purchase land in the state. The proclamation also included Muslim Brotherhood,
Neither CAIR nor the Muslim Brotherhood have been designated as foreign terrorist organizations by the US government.
CAIR told Abbott in a letter that his announcement had no basis in “law or fact.” The group accused his office of spreading “anti-Muslim hysteria”.
Robert S. McCaw, CAIR’s director of government affairs, wrote, “You have no authority to unilaterally designate any American or American institution a terrorist group, nor do you have any basis to make such a charge against our organization.”
Months ago, Texas Republicans moved aggressively to try to stop a Muslim-focused planned community around one of the state’s largest mosques near Dallas. Abbott and other GOP state officials launched an investigation into developments tied to the East Plano Islamic Center, saying the group was trying to create a Muslim-exclusive community that would enforce Islamic law.
EPIC City representatives described the attacks as misleading, dangerous, and without merit regarding Islamic law and other claims. Earlier this year, the Justice Department closed a federal civil rights investigation into the planned community without filing any charges or lawsuits.
In his proclamation, Abbott cited a law signed this year that he said prevents “foreign adversaries” from buying or acquiring land. The Republican author of that bill praised the governor’s announcement.
“Today proved exactly why that law was needed,” Republican state Rep. Cole Heffner posted on Twitter.
The Muslim Brotherhood was founded in Egypt nearly a century ago and has branches around the world. Its leaders say they abandoned violence decades ago and want to establish Islamic rule through elections and other peaceful means. Critics, including autocratic governments in the Middle East region, see it as a threat.