Muslim Civil Rights Group Sues Texas for Labeling It a Terrorist Organization
Source: US News and World Report/AP
Nov. 20, 2025, at 7:07 p.m.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A Muslim civil rights group that Texas' governor labeled a “foreign terrorist organization” filed a lawsuit challenging the move Thursday, saying it violates the U.S. Constitution and state law.
The Dallas-Fort Worth and Austin chapters of the Council on American-Islamic Relations asked a federal judge to strike down the proclamation Gov. Greg Abbott issued Tuesday, which also labeled the group “a transnational criminal organization."
“This attempt to punish the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization simply because Governor Abbott disagrees with its views is not only contrary to the United States Constitution, but finds no support in any Texas law,” the group said in its lawsuit. Abbott's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment Thursday.
Founded in 1994, CAIR has 25 chapters around the country. It has eight employees and two independent contractors in Texas, according to the lawsuit. The proclamation also included the Muslim Brotherhood. Neither the CAIR nor the Muslim Brotherhood is designated as a foreign terrorist organization by the U.S. government.
Read more: https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/arkansas/articles/2025-11-20/muslim-civil-rights-group-sues-texas-for-labeling-it-a-terrorist-organization
Link to CAIR PRESS RELEASE - BREAKING: CAIR LDF & MLFA Sue Texas Governor Greg Abbott To Block Enforcement of “Unconstitutional, Defamatory” Proclamation Targeting CAIR-Texas
Link to SUIT (PDF) - https://www.cair.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Doc.-1-Complaint.pdf
REFERENCE - https://www.democraticunderground.com/1224476