“Congress Ecosystem-Linked CAIR Designated As Terrorist Orgnization By Florida Govt In USA”, TheCommuneMag, 06 Oct 2026.
“Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and the state Cabinet have formally designated the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the Muslim Brotherhood and Antifa as terrorist organisations under Florida’s state law, as reported in Modern Diplomacy. This brings back the limelight to Congress scion Rahul Gandhi’s 2023 US visit.
Gandhi had appeared at the Hudson Institute in 2023 alongside Sunita Vishwanath, co-founder of Hindus for Human Rights (HfHR). Days later, HfHR joined CAIR, the Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC) and other organisations in an open letter urging then-US President Joe Biden to reconsider hosting Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a state dinner.
The September 29 decision places CAIR within Florida’s new domestic-terrorism framework and comes amid an escalating legal and political battle over the organisation’s activities in the United States.
More than 90 organisations already designated by the US federal government as Foreign Terrorist Organisations were also added to Florida’s state framework. The designations are scheduled to take effect on November 5.
The action is significant because CAIR has not been designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organization by the US federal government. Florida’s designation is being made under a state law enacted earlier this year that gives state authorities the power to designate domestic and foreign terrorist organisations and impose state-level restrictions on them………..”
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