Florida Designates CAIR and Muslim Brotherhood Foreign Terrorist Organizations

Florida is designating the Muslim Brotherhood and the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) as foreign terrorist organizations.

Florida agencies are hereby directed to undertake all lawful measures to prevent unlawful activities by these organizations, including denying privileges or resources to anyone providing material support.
We need this on a national level.

Members of the FL Legislature are crafting legislation to stop the creep of sharia law, and I hope that they codify these protections for Floridians against CAIR and the Muslim Brotherhood in their legislation. https://t.co/w3QVW2qOre

— Ron DeSantis (@RonDeSantis) December 9, 2025

After President Donald Trump ordered Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent to determine whether Muslim Brotherhood chapters in certain countries should be designated as foreign terrorist organizations, Congress went a step further, and is now moving forward on legislation that would designate the Muslim Brotherhood everywhere as a terrorist organization. More on this legislation, that has just passed its first hurdle in the House, can be found here: “US Lawmakers Advance Bill to Designate Muslim Brotherhood as Terrorist Organization,” by Corey Walker, Algemeiner, December 4, 2025:

Designation of the Muslim Brotherhood and CAIR as foreign terrorist organizations in Florida. https://t.co/w3QVW2qOre

— Ron DeSantis (@RonDeSantis) December 8, 2025

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Florida designates Muslim Brotherhood and CAIR as foreign terrorist organizations, DeSantis says

Gov. Ron DeSantis follows Texas in targeting Council on American-Islamic Relations and Muslim Brotherhood

By Louis Casiano Fox News, December 8, 2025:

Florida is designating the Muslim Brotherhood and the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) as foreign terrorist organizations, Gov. Ron DeSantis said Monday.

The move mirrors a similar action taken by Texas in which Gov. Greg Abbott designated the CAIR and the Muslim Brotherhood as foreign terrorist and transnational criminal organizations.

“Florida agencies are hereby directed to undertake all lawful measures to prevent unlawful activities by these organizations, including denying privileges or resources to anyone providing material support,” DeSantis wrote on X.

The governor’s order said the Muslim Brotherhood has long engaged in and supported violence, political assassinations and terror attacks on civilians with the intent of establishing a worldwide Islamic caliphate.

It also said the group, as well as Hamas have active fundraising arms in the United States.

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The order said CAIR, which was created to challenge stereotypes against Islam and Muslims, has had individuals associated with it that have been convicted of providing and aspiring to provide material support to foreign terrorist organizations.

In a post on X, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said: “Great news! Thanks for this important Executive Order, Governor. We are ready to support!”

A joint statement by CAIR and its Florida chapter said the DeSantis administration has prioritized serving their interest of the Israeli government over the people of the state.

“He diverted millions in Florida taxpayer dollars to the Israeli government’s bonds. He threatened to shut down every Florida college’s Students for Justice in Palestine chapter, only to back off when CAIR sued him in federal court,” the statement said. “Like Greg Abbott in Texas, Ron DeSantis is an Israel First politician who wants to smear and silence Americans, especially American Muslims, critical of U.S. support for Israel’s war crimes. Governor DeSantis knows full well that CAIR-Florida is an American civil rights organization that has spent decades advancing free speech, religious freedom, and justice for all, including for the Palestinian people. That’s precisely why Governor DeSantis is targeting our civil rights group with this unconstitutional and defamatory proclamation.

“We look forward to defeating Governor DeSantis’ latest Israel First stunt in a court of law, where facts matter and conspiracy theories have no weight,” the groups added. “In the meantime, we encourage all Floridians and all Americans to speak up against this latest attempt to shred the Constitution for the benefit of a foreign government.”

Florida’s designation is at the state level. It doesn’t carry the legal force of a federal Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) listing, which only the U.S. State Department can issue.

In Texas, Muslim and interfaith leaders have demanded that Abott reverse his proclamation regarding CAIR. In a lawsuit against Texas over the governor’s declaration, CAIR argued that it violates both the U.S. Constitution and state law.

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