Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton <a href="https://x.com/KenPaxtonTX/status/2019442960312496339/photo/1">filed a lawsuit</a> Thursday against the Muslim Brotherhood and the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) to ban the groups from operating in Texas, where they were recently designated as terror organizations.
“Sharia law and the jihadists who follow sharia law have no business being in Texas,” Paxton said in a statement. “Radical Islamic terrorists are antithetical to law and order, endanger the people of Texas, and are an existential threat to our values.”
The lawsuit builds on earlier action by Texas Governor Greg Abbott, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/desantis-joins-texas-in-designating-cair-and-muslim-brotherhood-as-terrorist-organizations">who labeled</a> the Muslim Brotherhood and CAIR foreign terrorist organizations and urged the federal government to revoke CAIR’s tax-exempt status. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis issued <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/desantis-joins-texas-in-designating-cair-and-muslim-brotherhood-as-terrorist-organizations">a similar designation</a> in late 2025. CAIR sued both states, denied supporting terrorism, and accused DeSantis of being “Israel first.”
The move comes as the Trump administration intensifies its crackdown on Muslim Brotherhood chapters, which included <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-designates-three-muslim-brotherhood-branches-as-terrorist-organizations">designating three</a> foreign branches of the organization as terrorist groups last month.
Paxton’s lawsuit targets the Muslim Brotherhood, CAIR, and CAIR’s chapters in Austin, Houston, and Dallas-Fort Worth. It seeks to prohibit the groups and their affiliates from owning property in Texas or soliciting or recruiting members.
Paxton argues that the Muslim Brotherhood is covertly operating under CAIR, which he identifies as the group’s “American chapter.”
“The Muslim Brotherhood is a radical terror organization that exists to usurp governmental power and establish dominion through sharia law,” Paxton said. “The terrorist ties are unquestionable.”
Paxton claimed that a CAIR-Texas founding board member was convicted in 2008 of funneling $12.4 million to Hamas through the Holy Land Foundation, with CAIR named as an unindicted co-conspirator in the case.
“As the lawsuit notes, CAIR is undeniably the American face of an international terrorist organization,” Paxton added.
When designating the Muslim Brotherhood, Abbott emphasized the group’s suspected ties to Hamas, which has been a U.S.-designated terrorist organization since 1997 and is the Muslim Brotherhood’s Gaza-based branch, which kidnapped and murdered American citizens during the October 7 attack in Israel.
Abbott also cited a recent report that claims CAIR awarded $1,000 cash grants to university students who disrupted classes and intimidated or harassed fellow students “while celebrating Hamas’ October 7th attack.”
“Americans have generous hearts, and federal law wisely creates incentives to donate to nonprofit organizations that promote the public good,” Abbott wrote. “But charity must not become a backdoor to sponsor terrorism, endanger Americans, and subvert our democracy.”
CAIR dismissed the lawsuit in a statement to The Daily Wire, calling it &#8220;defamatory and unconstitutional.&#8221;
&#8220;Ken Paxton is late. CAIR has already filed a federal lawsuit to block enforcement of Governor Abbott&#8217;s defamatory and unconstitutional proclamation. We have also defeated Greg Abbott&#8217;s attacks on the Constitution three different times in a row. We look forward to doing so again. Just as Mr. Paxton&#8217;s attempt to shut down a Latino voting rights group failed last week, his latest anti-Muslim publicity stunt also appears doomed to fail. The people of Texas elected Mr. Paxton to serve them, not to silence them for daring to oppose Israel&#8217;s genocide in Gaza. CAIR-Texas will be serving and protecting the people of Texas long after Ken Paxton leaves office, God willing,&#8221; the statement said.

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Texas Sues Muslim Brotherhood And CAIR To Block Operations In Texas

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With just days to go before the launch of one of the largest school choice programs in the country, Texas officials are fighting to ensure that no taxpayer funds go to institutions tied to the Chinese Communist Party or radical Islam.
On Saturday, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued a <a href="https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/sites/default/files/opinion-files/opinion/2026/kp-0509_2.pdf">legal opinion</a> confirming the ability of acting state Comptroller Kelly Hancock to deny participation to schools tied to America’s adversaries in the Texas Education Freedom Account program. Hancock, who is overseeing the school choice program, told The Daily Wire that his office has identified “more than a handful” of schools with problematic ties.
“There were several schools in Texas that are connected to the Chinese Communist Party, and those that hosted events [with] or are potentially connected to [the Council on American Islamic Relations],” Hancock said.
CAIR, a self-described civil rights organization with ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/not-welcome-in-our-state-texas-governor-designates-radical-muslim-groups-as-foreign-terrorists?author=Zach+Jewell&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=‘Not+Welcome+In+Our+State’%3A+Texas+Governor+Designates+‘Radical’+Muslim+Groups+As+Foreign+Terrorists">designated</a> as a terrorist organization in November by Governor Greg Abbott.
Hancock said that his office’s “priority was protecting taxpayer dollars to make sure that they didn&#8217;t end up in the hands of groups that support terrorist activity” or were “hostile” to the United States.
The Republican official is overseeing the rollout of Texas’ school choice program, which will allocate $1 billion in funding for parents to use for approved education expenses, including tuition at private schools. His office is responsible for approving schools that participate in the program and has greenlit 1,457 schools across the state.
As part of this approval process, Hancock said his office wanted to make sure that no schools with ties to CAIR or the CCP would benefit from state dollars.
“We saw some stories breaking in other states that have school choice,” Hancock told The Daily Wire. “I never lost sleep because we were ahead of the game and protecting those taxpayer dollars.”
Many of the schools flagged with problematic ties were accredited through Cognia, an accreditation nonprofit that vets many charter and private schools across the country. Hancock initially paused all approvals for schools accredited by Cognia, including some private Christian schools. But, with the legal opinion from Paxton, many Cognia-accredited schools are now being registered with the state, assuming they have no ties to foreign adversaries.
“We do want to make sure that we run it like a business, and try to protect taxpayer dollars on both sides of it,” Hancock said, asking people to be patient while his office vetted participants.
Hancock told The Daily Wire that the vetting and investigation of schools was still ongoing.
Some examples flagged by his office included the accrediting of potential providers by an agency that had hosted events alongside CAIR and another school that appeared to be owned by a group with an adviser linked to the CCP.
CAIR Texas suggested that it might sue Hancock if he scrutinizes schools that “once hosted an educational lecture from a civil rights organization that Greg Abbott happens to dislike.”
&#8220;Comptroller Hancock cannot bar private schools from this program because of their real or imagined interactions with CAIR-Texas, especially since Attorney General Paxton has sworn to a federal court that the governor&#8217;s unconstitutional proclamation targeting CAIR does not apply to any of its CAIR-Texas chapters,” the organization said. &#8220;Comptroller Hancock must permit private Muslim schools to participate in the program without facing any discrimination, heightened scrutiny or further delays in the application process.”
Abbott <a href="https://x.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/2015479262355079329">praised</a> Paxton’s opinion, saying it would ensure that taxpayer “dollars will not be used for schools connected to groups like CAIR or countries like China that I have designated as foreign terrorist organizations.”
Parents can start applying for education scholarships on February 4, and the application period runs until March 17.

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The Trump administration designated three branches of the Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist organizations on Tuesday and imposed new sanctions in an effort to curb the Islamic extremist group.
The administration singled out the Lebanese branch for the harshest designation, labeling it a Foreign Terrorist Organization, a classification that criminalizes any material support under federal law. The Jordanian and Egyptian branches were designated as global terrorist entities for their support for Hamas, which the United States also classifies as a Foreign Terrorist Organization.
“These designations reflect the opening actions of an ongoing, sustained effort to thwart Muslim Brotherhood chapters’ violence and destabilization wherever it occurs,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a statement. “The United States will use all available tools to deprive these Muslim Brotherhood chapters of the resources to engage in or support terrorism.”
In November, Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-signs-executive-order-targeting-the-muslim-brotherhood">signed an executive order</a> paving the way for his administration to classify certain Muslim Brotherhood chapters as terrorist organizations. He said that “final documents are being drawn” for the designation to be “done in the strongest and most powerful terms.”
Trump’s executive order states that the Lebanese chapter joined Hamas and Hezbollah and other Palestinian factions to launch rockets at both civilians and military targets in Israel. It listed the Egyptian chapter as calling for “violent attacks against United States partners and interests” and the Jordanian chapter’s leaders as providing “material support to the militant wing of Hamas.”
“Such activities threaten the security of American civilians in the Levant and other parts of the Middle East, as well as the safety and stability of our regional partners,” the order said.
The move comes after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis issued state-level orders in late 2025 labeling both the Muslim Brotherhood and the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) as foreign terrorist organizations. CAIR, which describes itself as the largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy group in the United States, responded by suing both state governments and declaring that it does not support terrorism. Following DeSantis’s declaration, the group accused the Florida governor of being “Israel first.”
Abbott called on the Trump administration to strip CAIR of its tax-exempt status for its alleged ties to foreign terrorist organizations. He argued that federal investigators and court filings have identified CAIR as “a direct subsidiary of the Muslim Brotherhood” and as a “front group” for Hamas in the United States. He also cited a recent report that claims CAIR awarded $1,000 cash grants to college students who disrupted classes and intimidated or harassed fellow students “while celebrating Hamas’s October 7th attack.” 
The Muslim Brotherhood was founded in Egypt in 1928. Its founder, Hassan al-Banna, spoke openly about fighting non-Muslims through jihad and wrote that “Jihad is an obligation from Allah and every Muslim and cannot be ignored nor evaded.”
Egypt banned the Muslim Brotherhood in 2013, and Jordan followed in April 2025.

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Trump Designates Three Muslim Brotherhood Branches As Terrorist Organizations

Trump Administration Designates Three Muslim Brotherhood Branches As Terrorist Organizations

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On Monday, Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed an executive order designating the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and the Muslim Brotherhood as “Foreign Terrorist Organizations.”
DeSantis’s move comes after Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott declared the groups terrorist organizations last month, and President Donald Trump signed <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-signs-executive-order-targeting-the-muslim-brotherhood">an executive order</a> paving the way for his administration to designate chapters of the Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist organizations. 
The Florida order says the Muslim Brotherhood’s ideology is “irreconcilable with foundational American principles of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” and notes the group has a history of supporting violence and terrorist attacks, including political assassinations and attacks on civilians, in pursuit of a global Islamic caliphate. It further notes that members of the Muslim Brotherhood created Hamas in 1987, a United States-designated foreign terrorist organization responsible for killing 46 American citizens in southern Israel on October 7, 2023.
The order then links the Muslim Brotherhood to groups in the United States, stating that the Palestine Committee — a group created to raise financial and moral support for Hamas — founded CAIR in 1994. It adds that CAIR was named an unindicted co-conspirator in the largest terror-financing case in American history and has been associated with individuals convicted of providing, or conspiring to provide, material support to designated terrorist organizations.
“CAIR was founded by persons connected to the Muslim Brotherhood and was created, in the words of persons affiliated with CAIR, as ‘an official U.S. cover representing the Islamic community’ to conceal ties to Islamic extremist groups,” the order says.
The order directs the Florida Highway Patrol to take all lawful measures to prevent unlawful activities by the designated groups and requires all executive and cabinet agencies to block any terrorist organization listed, or any person known to have provided material support or resources to such an organization, from receiving state contracts, employment, funding, or any other government benefits or privileges.
CAIR, which calls itself “the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization,” fired back, calling the order &#8220;defamatory and unconstitutional&#8221; and accusing DeSantis of being “Israel First.” 
“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&#8217;s war crimes,” CAIR National and CAIR-Florida said in a statement. “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.”
The group added that they plan to defeat “Governor DeSantis&#8217; latest Israel First stunt” in court. 
Last week, Abbott <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/texas-governor-urges-trump-admin-to-strip-major-muslim-civil-rights-group-of-tax-exempt-status?author=Kassy+Akiva&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=2&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Texas+Governor+Urges+Trump+Admin+To+Strip+Major+Muslim+Civil+Rights+Group+of+Tax-Exempt+Status">called on the Trump Administration</a> to strip CAIR of its tax-exempt status for its alleged ties to foreign terrorist organizations. He argued that federal investigators and court filings have identified CAIR as “a direct subsidiary of the Muslim Brotherhood” and as a “front group” for Hamas in the United States. He also cited a recent report that claims CAIR awarded $1,000 cash grants to college students who disrupted classes and intimidated or harassed fellow students “while celebrating Hamas’s October 7th attack.” 
“Americans have generous hearts, and federal law wisely creates incentives to donate to nonprofit organizations that promote the public good,” Abbott wrote. “But charity must not become a backdoor to sponsor terrorism, endanger Americans, and subvert our democracy.”
According to Trump, the “final documents are being drawn” for the Muslim Brotherhood to receive a foreign terrorist organization designation, which will be “done in the strongest and most powerful terms.”

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DeSantis Joins Texas In Designating CAIR And Muslim Brotherhood As Terrorist Organizations

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Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott is calling on the Trump administration to strip the largest self-described Muslim civil rights non-profit organization in the United States of its tax-exempt status for its alleged ties to foreign terrorist organizations.
In a <a href="https://gov.texas.gov/uploads/files/press/Scott_Bessent.pdf">letter</a> sent Tuesday to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Abbott requested an investigation into the Council on American-Islamic Relations’ tax-exempt status over alleged ties to Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood, which President Donald Trump has made moves to designate as a terrorist organization.
Last week, Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-signs-executive-order-targeting-the-muslim-brotherhood">signed an executive order</a> paving the way for his administration to classify certain Muslim Brotherhood chapters as terrorist organizations. He said that “final documents are being drawn” for the designation to be “done in the strongest and most powerful terms.”
Abbott argued that CAIR has been identified by federal investigators and court filings as “a direct subsidiary of the Muslim Brotherhood” and as a “front group” for Hamas in the United States. Abbott emphasized that Hamas has been a U.S.-designated terrorist organization since 1997 and is the Muslim Brotherhood’s Gaza-based branch, which kidnapped and murdered American citizens during the October 7 attack in Israel.
Abbott also cited a recent report that claims CAIR awarded $1,000 cash grants to university students who disrupted classes and intimidated or harassed fellow students “while celebrating Hamas’ October 7th attack.” 
“Americans have generous hearts, and federal law wisely creates incentives to donate to nonprofit organizations that promote the public good,” Abbott wrote. “But charity must not become a backdoor to sponsor terrorism, endanger Americans, and subvert our democracy.”
Under federal law, tax-exempt status must be suspended when a group is listed as a foreign terrorist organization, according to Abbott.
“Domestic organizations created by known terrorist organizations—for the express purpose of supporting and advancing their destructive goals—should clearly be suspended from the benefit of tax-exempt status as 501(c)(3) nonprofits in the United States,” Abbott wrote. 
Last month, Abbott <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/not-welcome-in-our-state-texas-governor-designates-radical-muslim-groups-as-foreign-terrorists">issued a proclamation</a> designating the Muslim Brotherhood and CAIR as terrorist organizations in Texas, accusing them of seeking to “forcibly impose Sharia law.” Abbott’s order prohibits the groups from purchasing or acquiring property in Texas and subjects affiliates to enhanced state penalties.
“The actions taken by the Muslim Brotherhood and CAIR to support terrorism across the globe and subvert our laws through violence, intimidation, and harassment are unacceptable,” Abbott said at the time. “These radical extremists are not welcome in our state and are now prohibited from acquiring any real property interest in Texas.”
CAIR responded by suing Abbott and denying the allegations, claiming it has “consistently condemned all forms of unjust violence, including hate crimes, ethnic cleansing, genocide and terrorism.” 
“Although we are flattered by Greg Abbott’s obsession with our civil rights organization, his publicity stunt masquerading as a proclamation has no basis in fact or law,” the group said. “By defaming a prominent American Muslim institution with debunked conspiracy theories and made-up quotes, Mr. Abbott has once again shown that his top priority is advancing anti-Muslim bigotry, not serving the people of Texas.”
CAIR did not respond to a request for comment.

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Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott designated the Muslim Brotherhood and the Council on American-Islamic Relations as foreign terrorist organizations on Tuesday, citing each group&#8217;s ties to Islamic extremism and accusing them of seeking to &#8220;forcibly impose Sharia law.&#8221;
Abbott&#8217;s <a href="https://gov.texas.gov/uploads/files/press/PROC_declaring_Muslim_Brotherhood_and_CAIR_Transnational_Criminal_Organizations_IMAGE_11-18-2025.pdf">action</a> bans the Muslim groups from purchasing or acquiring land in Texas and subjects anyone affiliated with them to heightened state penalties.
“The Muslim Brotherhood and CAIR have long made their goals clear: to forcibly impose Sharia law and establish Islam’s ‘mastership of the world,’&#8221; Abbott <a href="https://gov.texas.gov/news/post/governor-abbott-designates-muslim-brotherhood-cair-as-foreign-terrorist-organizations">said</a>. &#8220;The actions taken by the Muslim Brotherhood and CAIR to support terrorism across the globe and subvert our laws through violence, intimidation, and harassment are unacceptable. Today, I designated the Muslim Brotherhood and CAIR as foreign terrorist organizations and transnational criminal organizations. These radical extremists are not welcome in our state and are now prohibited from acquiring any real property interest in Texas.”
For years, the Muslim Brotherhood has advocated for extremism and been connected to Islamic terrorists. The Muslim Brotherhood, which started as a militant group in Egypt in 1928, has spread throughout the world and is tied to numerous jihadist groups, according to a 2018 Congressional <a href="https://www.congress.gov/event/115th-congress/house-event/108532/text">report</a>. The Muslim Brotherhood&#8217;s founder, Hassan al-Banna, was outspoken about fighting non-Muslims through jihad and wrote that &#8220;Jihad is an obligation from Allah and every Muslim and cannot be ignored nor evaded.&#8221; In recent years, the Brotherhood condemned the United States for killing terrorism mastermind Osama bin Laden, and one of its most influential leaders, Yusuf al-Qaradawi, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070612234906/http://memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=subjects&amp;Area=jihad&amp;ID=SP79404#_edn1">called</a> for terrorist attacks against U.S. troops in Iraq.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations, a self-described civil rights organization, has been criticized over its ties to the Muslim Brotherhood. U.S. authorities have also posited that CAIR was established as a front for Hamas. In a 2008 case, which was the largest terrorism financing trial in U.S. history, the council and its co-founders were named as unindicted co-conspirators in a plot to funnel millions of dollars to Hamas. Multiple people who have worked for CAIR have also been sentenced for planning to aid terrorist groups, such as Al Qaeda and the Taliban.
The council has denied the allegations tying it to Hamas and responded to Abbott&#8217;s move to designate it as a foreign terrorist organization.
&#8220;We have consistently condemned all forms of unjust violence, including hate crimes, ethnic cleansing, genocide and terrorism. In fact, we condemn terrorism so often that ISIS once put a target on our national executive director,&#8221; the council said. &#8220;Although we are flattered by Greg Abbott&#8217;s obsession with our civil rights organization, his publicity stunt masquerading as a proclamation has no basis in fact or law. By defaming a prominent American Muslim institution with debunked conspiracy theories and made-up quotes, Mr. Abbott has once again shown that his top priority is advancing anti-Muslim bigotry, not serving the people of Texas.&#8221;
Abbott&#8217;s move comes as Muslims plan to develop a massive compound in North Texas, which is being <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/epic-city-muslim-community-doj-investigation-ends/">investigated</a> by state and federal authorities. The compound aims to create a Muslim-centered community on 400 acres of land and is spearheaded by the East Plano Islamic Center, the largest mosque in Texas.
The Muslim development plans are not connected to the Muslim Brotherhood or the Council on American-Islamic Relations. The Justice Department launched an investigation into the plans after Texas Republican Sen. John Cornyn raised concerns about religious discrimination surrounding the housing development.
&#8220;Religious discrimination and Sharia Law have no place in the Lone Star State,&#8221; Cornyn <a href="https://www.cornyn.senate.gov/news/cornyn-announces-doj-investigation-into-epic-city/">said</a> in May. &#8220;Any violations of federal law must be swiftly prosecuted, and I know under the Trump administration, they will be.&#8221;

‘Not Welcome In Our State’: Texas Governor Designates ‘Radical’ Muslim Groups As Foreign Terrorists

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A mosque near the home of the suspected ISIS member behind the New Year&#8217;s Eve terrorist attack in New Orleans directed members to refer FBI inquiries to CAIR, a controversial group whose leader celebrated Hamas’s October 7 terrorist attack on Israeli civilians.
Fifteen people were killed and 35 injured when 42-year-old Shamsud-Din Jabbar, an American citizen and Army veteran from Texas, rammed a white pickup truck through a crowd in a blocked-off area of the French Quarter before opening fire. Jabbar, who was in possession of an ISIS flag, was killed by law enforcement at the scene.
The Houston Masjid Bilal, which is affiliated with the Islamic Society of Greater Houston (ISGH), posted to social media encouraging its members to not respond to inquiries from the media and “if approached by the FBI and a response is necessary, please refer to CAIR and ISGH.”
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CONFIRMED posting by the mosque reportedly attended by the NOLA terrorist, instructing members to refer all inquiries by <a href="https://twitter.com/FBI?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@FBI</a>, law enforcement and media to legal representation of CAIR. <a href="https://t.co/4tNIMlccWg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pic.twitter.com/4tNIMlccWg</a>
— Bree A Dail (@breeadail) <a href="https://twitter.com/breeadail/status/1874646207198552256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">January 2, 2025</a></blockquote>
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The statement instructed members to remain vigilant and added that it is “crucial that we stay united at this time as we condemn these terrible acts.”
The Middle East Media Research Institute shared a video on Thursday of Masjid Bilal’s Imam, Eiad Soudan, going on an anti-Semitic tirade where he explains why he thinks Hitler killed Jews.
“Why does the whole world want them to stay in Palestine? Because if they don’t stay in Palestine, they will go back to their countries,” and “they like to take control of the economy, everywhere they go…That is why the other countries don’t want them back.”
“Until this guy Hitler, with the nice moustache, came to power, he became empowered and we all know what he did. By the way, Hitler hated the Israelites so bad because of the economy thing they were in control of the economy.”
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Eiad Soudan, Imam of Houston Mosque Where New Orleans Attacker Worshiped: Jews Seek to Control the Economy Wherever They Go, That’s Why Hitler Killed Them; Europeans Support Israel Because They Don’t Want Jews Back in Their Countries (Archival) <a href="https://t.co/AFXc7cIC82" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pic.twitter.com/AFXc7cIC82</a>
— MEMRI (@MEMRIReports) <a href="https://twitter.com/MEMRIReports/status/1874820356885856600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">January 2, 2025</a></blockquote>
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An FBI spokesperson <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyzxbQjWwQo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">on Thursday said</a> that Jabbar posted five videos online about his terrorism plans and his support for ISIS.
“Jabbar explains that he originally planned to harm his family and friends but was concerned the news headlines would not focus on the quote ‘war between the believers and the disbelievers,&#8217;” the FBI Deputy Assistant Director Christopher Raia said. “He states that he joined ISIS before this summer.”
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FBI: Shamsud-Din Jabbar, the Islamic terrorist who attacked New Orleans’ French Quarter, joined ISIS before last summer. <a href="https://t.co/lx8LzQCzcs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pic.twitter.com/lx8LzQCzcs</a>
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) <a href="https://twitter.com/RealSaavedra/status/1874859468749746636?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">January 2, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Raia said the FBI believes Jabbar acted alone, renting a Ford F-150 in Houston before driving to New Orleans on the 31st. Two functional IEDs were found in coolers near the attack site, and authorities are investigating three recovered phones and two laptops linked to Jabbar.
“Whether you know Jabbar personally, worked with him, served in the military, or saw him in New Orleans or Texas, we need to talk to you,” he said. “You may not think you have relevant information, but what you know could tie in to one of our investigative leads.”
CAIR told The Daily Wire that they have not yet assumed an official role of handling inquiries for Houston Masjid Bilal, but strongly condemned the terror attack in a statement.
“We join the New Orleans Muslim community in extending our condolences to the families of those killed in the horrific, senseless and infuriating Bourbon Street attack,” CAIR wrote in a statement. “May God comfort the families of the victims, heal the injured and protect humanity from those who dare to commit such cowardly acts of mass violence.”
It added that Jabbar had a history of drunk driving, spousal abuse, and allegedly plotted to kill his family before “experiencing dreams telling him to join Daesh (ISIS).”
“[H]is crime is the latest example of why cruel, merciless, bottom-feeding extremist groups have been rejected by the overwhelming majority of the Muslim world – from Islamic scholars, to mosques, to organizations, and to individual Muslims,” CAIR added.
A spokesperson was unable to confirm if Jabbar was a member of the mosque.
The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/muslim-american-group-that-celebrated-hamas-attack-hopes-to-have-40-members-in-congress-in-10-years" target="_blank" rel="noopener">previously reported</a> that CAIR Executive Director Nihad Awad said he was “happy to see” Gazans “breaking the siege and throwing down the shackles of their own land” on October 7, the day Hamas massacred over a thousand Israeli civilians. He added that Israel does not have the right to self-defense.
The Biden administration <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/white-house-scrambles-to-distance-itself-from-cair-after-shocking-anti-semitic-statements" target="_blank" rel="noopener">distanced itself</a> from Awad following the remarks and <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/08/us/politics/white-house-cair-nihad-awad.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">removed</a> CAIR as a partner from a White House fact sheet for its National Strategy to Counter Anti-Semitism.
On October 7, as Hamas was still actively attacking Israeli communities, CAIR’s official X <a href="https://x.com/CAIRNational/status/1710758201358966893" target="_blank" rel="noopener">account posted</a> its “support for the Palestinian people’s right to freedom and calling for an end to the Israeli occupation.”
The post blamed Israel for Hamas’ attack, claiming the Jewish state “sparks the deadly violence that we see again and again, including today.” The thread on X concluded by calling on the U.S., and Arab and Muslim governments to “exert maximum pressure on the Israeli government” to “respect Palestinian human rights and end the occupation,” despite the attackers coming from Gaza which Israel withdrew from in 2005.
The <a href="https://www.adl.org/resources/backgrounder/council-american-islamic-relations-cair" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Anti-Defamation League</a> notes that other CAIR leaders have made anti-Semitic remarks, including CAIR’s San Francisco Bay Area Executive Director, Zahra Billoo, who once declared that “Zionists” are “your enemies,” warning followers to “pay attention” to “Zionist synagogues,” Hillels, and Jewish federations. After October 7, Billoo said the violence was the world “witnessing decolonization.”
Hussam Ayloush, CEO and Executive Director of CAIR Greater Los Angeles Area once said Israel does not have a right to defend itself, and <a href="https://www.memri.org/reports/cair-la-director-hussam-ayloush-november-2023-islamic-society-orange-county-event-israel" target="_blank" rel="noopener">asserted</a> that “Israel should be attacked.”
Similarly, on October 7 and 9, Zainab Chaudry, CAIR’s Director of Maryland Outreach, <a href="https://www.adl.org/resources/backgrounder/council-american-islamic-relations-cair" target="_blank" rel="noopener">referred</a> to Hamas’ attack as an “uprising” against “colonizers” and called Hamas terrorists “Palestinian freedom fighters.” In November, Abdullah Jaber, Executive Director, CAIR Florida, stated that Israeli Jews are not followers of “Abraham, Moses, or Jesus.”

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A judge ruled on Monday that the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) must open its books and potentially reveal foreign funding sources, the New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/11/25/us-news/controversial-muslim-group-cair-forced-to-reveal-sources-of-funding-after-defamation-case-against-former-employee-backfires/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
The ruling from U.S. Magistrate Judge David Schultz came after the group&#8217;s defamation suit against a former employee backfired. Former CAIR employee Lori Saroya filed a defamation complaint against the group in January after CAIR dropped its lawsuit against Saroya. In its lawsuit against Saroya, CAIR alleged that the former employee&#8217;s social media posts and emails to CAIR supporters implied that the group is funded by terrorist organizations, the Post reported.
CAIR, often <a href="https://ktla.com/news/politics/protests-held-in-woodland-hills-against-rep-ilhan-omar-a-muslim-congresswoman-from-minnesota/">referred</a> to as a &#8220;Muslim American civil rights group,&#8221; ultimately dropped its suit against Saroya, fearing that her legal team would &#8220;demand the names of CAIR supporters who have donated to us,&#8221; but Saroya&#8217;s lawsuit against CAIR has resulted in Judge Schultz ruling that any assets CAIR owns are within the &#8220;scope of permissible discovery.&#8221;
Schultz wrote that &#8220;the thrust of CAIR’s allegations against Saroya in the 2021 complaint is that Saroya falsely implied CAIR received funding from foreign governments and terrorists when she stated CAIR accepted ‘international funding through their Washington Trust Foundation.&#8217;”
&#8220;CAIR points to no public admission that it received funding from terrorists or that it received funding through the Washington Trust Foundation,” but “discovery into these matters is proportionate to the needs of the case,&#8221; he added, ruling, &#8220;CAIR has not shown that the burden or expense of the proposed discovery outweighs its likely benefit, or that it unwarrantedly taxes its resources.&#8221;
Saroya’s lawyer, Jeffrey Robbins, told the Post that the ruling is &#8220;the mother of all legal boomerangs.&#8221; He said that the decision means CAIR must &#8220;turn over evidence about everything from fundraising practices, such as having raised money from foreign sources and concealed it; whether it deceived donors; whether it mismanaged donor money; whether it retaliated against employees or threatened to retaliate against employees for raising concerns about sexual harassment or the like.&#8221;
CAIR was at the center of controversy last year, which caused the Biden White House to distance itself from the group. After Hamas&#8217; brutal October 7, 2023, terrorist attack on Israel, CAIR Executive Director Nihad Awad <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cair-executive-director-i-was-happy-to-see-people-breaking-the-siege-on-october-7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> he was “happy to see” Gazans “breaking the siege and throwing down the shackles of their own land.”
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CAIR&#8217;s official X account also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/muslim-american-group-that-celebrated-hamas-attack-hopes-to-have-40-members-in-congress-in-10-years" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posted</a> on October 7, condemning Israel as Israelis were being slaughtered by Hamas.
&#8220;We join @USCMO and the American Muslim community in reaffirming our support for the Palestinian people&#8217;s right to freedom and calling for an end to the Israeli occupation, which kills hundreds of Palestinian civilians every year, subjects millions of Palestinians to racist oppression, and sparks the deadly violence that we see again and again, including today,&#8221; CAIR wrote.

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The head of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), who publicly praised Hamas’ October 7 attack on Israel, outlined a plan to help elect 40-50 members to Congress in a sermon last month, <a href="https://www.memri.org/tv/cair-exec-director-nihad-awad-working-eliminate-change-public-school-textbooks-defame-islam-prophet">MEMRI reported</a>.
CAIR Executive Director Nihad Awad said his vision is the “next phase” in dedicating “professional resources to inform the public systematically about this faith,” adding that he recommends a “scientific approach.”
“If we commit to do this, four years from now, the Muslim community will have 4,000 new journalists, we will have 4,000 filmmakers, 4,000 lawyers, 4,000 students of political science, 4,000 students of history,” he said.
In 15 years, Awad said the numbers will continue to grow, creating “an army” of 50,000 in such fields, many of whom will “most likely” run for office.
“We can have in ten years, at least 40-50 members of Congress — in the U.S. Congress,” he said.
In the August 30th sermon at the East Plano Islamic Center in Texas, Awad said CAIR has been fighting to eliminate Islamophobia that is “deeply rooted” in American culture, academia, and Hollywood. “For hundreds of years, Islam has been denigrated, the Prophet has been smeared and defamed in books and textbooks that were taught in public schools, that Allah be praised, we have been working to eliminate and change,” Awad said in the sermon live-streamed on YouTube.
Awad said it&#8217;s time for the Muslim community — which he called affluent, vibrant, educated, and well-to-do — to move to the next phase.
While CAIR, founded in 1994, positions itself as the top American Muslim civil rights organization, it has a troubling record that led the Biden administration to distance itself in the fallout of Hamas’ brutal massacre, rape, and kidnapping of Israeli civilians on October 7.
The White House <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/white-house-scrambles-to-distance-itself-from-cair-after-shocking-anti-semitic-statements">distanced itself</a> from CAIR in December after Awad said he was “happy to see” Gazans “breaking the siege and throwing down the shackles of their own land” on October 7, the day Hamas massacred over a thousand Israeli civilians. He added that Israel does not have the right to self-defense.
The White House condemned Awad’s remarks and <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/08/us/politics/white-house-cair-nihad-awad.html">removed</a> CAIR as a partner from a White House fact sheet for its National Strategy to Counter Anti-Semitism.
On October 7, as Hamas was actively ravaging communities in southern Israel, CAIR’s official <a href="https://x.com/CAIRNational/status/1710758201358966893">account tweeted</a> its “support for the Palestinian people’s right to freedom and calling for an end to the Israeli occupation.” 
The tweet went on to blame Israel for Hamas’ attack, claiming the Jewish state “sparks the deadly violence that we see again and again, including today.”
It concluded its thread by calling on the United States, and Arab and Muslim governments to “exert maximum pressure on the Israeli government” to “respect Palestinian human rights and end the occupation,” despite the attackers coming from Gaza which Israel withdrew from in 2005.
Awad and other CAIR leaders are known for making similar anti-Semitic remarks, according to the <a href="https://www.adl.org/resources/backgrounder/council-american-islamic-relations-cair">Anti-Defamation League</a>.
Awad has labeled Zionist organizations “enemies of the Muslim community,” claimed they “make up the core of the Islamophobia network in the United States,” and accused pro-Israel groups of having “corrupted” the U.S. government.
Following an attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump, Awad shared an article about the Secret Service receiving intel on Iranian threats against Trump, speculating whether it was an “Israeli plot to ignite another war between the U.S. and other countries in the Middle East at its behest.”
In July, a man with close ties to Iran was arrested for attempting to hire hitmen to assassinate high-profile politicians, with former President Donald Trump’s name being floated as one of the targets, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-admin-refused-to-grant-nikki-haley-secret-service-protection-despite-iranian-threats">according to government records</a>.
CAIR’s San Francisco Bay Area Executive Director, Zahra Billoo, once declared that “Zionists” are “your enemies,” warning followers to “pay attention” to “Zionist synagogues,” Hillels, and Jewish federations. Following the October 7 attack, Billoo further claimed the violence was the world “witnessing decolonization.”
Hussam Ayloush, CEO and Executive Director of CAIR Greater Los Angeles Area also has an anti-Israel history, including stating Israel does not have a right to defend itself, and <a href="https://www.memri.org/reports/cair-la-director-hussam-ayloush-november-2023-islamic-society-orange-county-event-israel">asserting</a> that “Israel should be attacked.”
Similarly, on October 7 and 9, Zainab Chaudry, Director of Maryland Outreach, CAIR Maryland <a href="https://www.adl.org/resources/backgrounder/council-american-islamic-relations-cair">referred</a> to the Hamas attack as an “uprising” against “colonizers” and called Hamas terrorists “Palestinian freedom fighters.” In November, Abdullah Jaber, Executive Director, CAIR Florida, stated that Israeli Jews are not followers of “Abraham, Moses, or Jesus.”
During Awad’s sermon, he also said that the anti-Israel “uncommitted movement” had “changed the tone” of Vice President Kamala Harris on Israel through uncommitted delegates pressuring Democratic leaders during the Democratic National Convention.

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Yesterday, tape broke of Nihad Awad, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, openly celebrating the October 7 Hamas terror attacks on Israelis — the worst terror attack in the West since September 11.
“I was happy to see people breaking the siege,” he <a href="https://twitter.com/MEMRIReports/status/1732712958281629864" target="_blank" rel="noopener">proclaimed:</a>
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CAIR Executive Director Nihad Awad at AMP Convention: I Was Happy to See the People of Gaza Break the Siege on October 7; They Were Victorious; the People of Gaza Have the Right to Self-Defense &#8211; Israel Does Not <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Hamas?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Hamas</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Gaza?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Gaza</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Palestinians?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Palestinians</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/CAIRNational?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CAIRNational</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/NihadAwad?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NihadAwad</a> <a href="https://t.co/WDbSRjFJo0">pic.twitter.com/WDbSRjFJo0</a>
&mdash; MEMRI (@MEMRIReports) <a href="https://twitter.com/MEMRIReports/status/1732712958281629864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 7, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Awad’s words were perfectly in line with CAIR’s generalized anti-Semitism and radicalism. 
On October 7, the date of the Hamas massacre, CAIR National <a href="https://twitter.com/CAIRNational/status/1710758201358966893" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweeted</a>: 
<blockquote>We join @USCMO and the American Muslim community in reaffirming our support for the Palestinian people’s right to freedom and calling for an end to the Israeli occupation, which … sparks the deadly violence that we see again and again, including today.</blockquote>
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We join <a href="https://twitter.com/USCMO?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@USCMO</a> and the American Muslim community in reaffirming our support for the Palestinian people&#39;s right to freedom and calling for an end to the Israeli occupation, which kills hundreds of Palestinian civilians every year, subjects millions of Palestinians to racist… <a href="https://t.co/eW4waBJGc2">pic.twitter.com/eW4waBJGc2</a>
&mdash; CAIR National (@CAIRNational) <a href="https://twitter.com/CAIRNational/status/1710758201358966893?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 7, 2023</a></blockquote>
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On October 7, before any Israeli response, they also called for an end to American aid to Israel and the Abraham Accords. The group has not offered a single word condemning Hamas.
Yet CAIR remains a go-to organization for the media and Democrats in politics. In May, in an attempt to counter accusations of anti-Semitism from inside the Democratic Party, the White House organized a National Strategy to Counter Anti-Semitism. That strategy included a group dedicated to “cross-community” solidarity — and that group included CAIR, which the White House <a href="https://www.cair.com/press_releases/cair-welcomes-biden-administrations-commitment-to-comprehensive-approach-to-combating-antisemitism-islamophobia/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> would launch a tour: 
<blockquote>&#8230;to educate religious minority communities about steps they can take to protect their houses of worship from hate incidents, such as appropriate security measures, developing strong relationships with other faith communities, and maintaining open lines of communication with local law enforcement.</blockquote>
Why was CAIR included in this enterprise? To support the intersectional coalition the Biden administration has attempted to build. The Jews don’t truly fit in that intersectional coalition, of course. They don’t fit comfortably in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kill-dei-to-fight-anti-semitism" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the oppressor-oppressed matrix</a> that underscores the coalition because Jews are both highly targeted and also highly-successful.
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But the Left likes the pretense that Jews belong in the coalition.
CAIR is the price of Jewish belonging: Since there is no substitute for CAIR in that organizational coalition, Jewish groups are expected to swallow hard and pretend CAIR is legitimate.
Tablet Magazine’s Armin Rosen has written on this topic, <a href="https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/biden-antisemitism-strategy-cair" target="_blank" rel="noopener">saying</a>: 
<blockquote>The ADL and CAIR might not get along, but they are protected by the same dynamic: They both provide a nearly identical service to the same larger coalition, which returns the favor by keeping both groups at a level of prominence that crowds out any potential rivals.</blockquote>
That’s the Biden administration’s program: Activate the coalition of the oppressed at all costs. That means covering up radical Muslim hatred for Jews — and that means including radical Muslims in the program to fight anti-Semitism.
At least, that was the plan. Biden Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating Antisemitism Deborah Lipstadt admitted CAIR was problematic, but <a href="https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-745971" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> they could be included in the White House working group on anti-Semitism because: “If they’re really willing to change, if they’re really willing to say, ‘Hey, we now see this is a serious problem,’ then they are welcome.”
But, of course, CAIR wasn’t willing to change.
That was obvious.
To actively oppose Hamas would violate CAIR’s raison d’être.
The roots of CAIR are fascinating and frightening. As prosecutor Andy McCarthy writes about in his book, “The Grand Jihad,” Hamas supporters gathered at a Marriott Hotel in Philadelphia on October 27, 1993, with the intent of creating a new public relations organization in the United States. Those Hamas supporters included one Omar Ahmad, president of the Islamic Association for Palestine; concerned about being recorded, Ahmad referred to himself as “Omar Yahya” and referred to “Samah” instead of “Hamas” — “Samah” is “Hamas” backwards, of course. Ahmad, at the meeting, said it would be worthwhile to lie about the agenda, that the new organization could not admit “We represent Samah” or that “Ahmed Yassin,” the head of Hamas, “represents me.”
Awad, who was at the time the PR director for IAP, was at the conference too. There, according to McCarthy, he was an active participant in the meetings, where he agreed with Ahmad about adopting lying to Americans: “When I speak with the American,” he said, “I speak with someone who doesn’t know anything. As for the Palestinian who has a martyr brother or something, I know how to address him, you see?”
Less than a year later, CAIR was born. CAIR was linked with the Holy Land Foundation and the Muslim Brotherhood from its foundations. Daniel Pipes elaborated on the creation of CAIR in a National Review article, <a href="https://www.nationalreview.com/2014/11/cair-terror-group-daniel-pipes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">saying</a>, 
<blockquote>Hamas, designated a terrorist organization by the U.S. and many other governments, indirectly created CAIR and the two groups remain tight. Examples: In 1994, CAIR head Nihad Awad publicly declared his support for Hamas; the Holy Land Foundation (HLF), a Hamas front group, contributed $5,000 to CAIR; in turn, CAIR exploited the 9/11 attacks to raise money for HLF.</blockquote>
Multiple board members and staff at CAIR have been arrested or denied entry to the United States or were indicted on and pled guilty to terrorism charges. CAIR defended the 1993 World Trade Center bombers, calling their convictions a “travesty of justice,” did not condemn Osama Bin Laden for September 11 until Bin Laden himself claimed the crime, opposed the deportation of terrorist Rasmea Odeh, and steadfastly tied virtually all anti-terror efforts to phantom “Islamophobia.”
In 2008, the FBI cut off relations with CAIR.
But under Democrats, the American government has never been willing to let go of the illusion that CAIR represents a crucial part of the intersectional coalition. In 2011, the Obama Justice Department declined to prosecute CAIR co-founder Omar Ahmad; Ahmad worked closely with the Holy Land Foundation, as well as the Islamic Association of Palestine. That declination to prosecute came despite the fact both Attorney General Eric Holder and then-FBI Director Robert Mueller had serious reservations about CAIR. Reporter Patrick Poole <a href="https://pjmedia.com/patrick-poole/2011/04/14/did-obama-and-holder-scuttle-terror-finance-prosecutions-n11596" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> on the indictments, saying they “were scuttled last year at the direction of top-level political appointees within the Department of Justice (DOJ) — and possibly even the White House.”
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The Trump administration cut off relations with CAIR. But under the Biden administration, CAIR returned to prominence.
Nihad Awad has spent years being feted by the media because the Left-wing media require a Muslim organization within the intersectional coalition, no matter how extreme. Thus, Awad is welcomed to national television to pretend at moderation, even while he <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JipwLrSn4PM" target="_blank" rel="noopener">spouts</a> Hamas talking points. 
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Now, of course, we’ve heard the radicalism from the horse’s mouth, so to speak. The question is whether the Left will be willing, this time, to admit what is plain: that CAIR is a radical Islamist organization.
Don’t hold your breath.

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President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden&#8217;s</a> administration scrambled on Thursday to distance itself from the Council on American-Islamic Relations after the organization&#8217;s executive director celebrated Hamas&#8217; October 7 terrorist attack against Israel.
Nihad Awad, the executive director of CAIR, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cair-executive-director-i-was-happy-to-see-people-breaking-the-siege-on-october-7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> late last month that he was happy to see the people of Gaza “breaking the siege” on October 7, when Hamas murdered 1,200 Israelis.
“The people of Gaza only decided to break the siege, the walls of the concentration camp, on October 7th,” said Awad while speaking at the American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) convention in Chicago. “And yes, I was happy to see people breaking the siege and throwing down the shackles of their own land, and walk free into their land, that they were not allowed to walk in. And yes, the people of Gaza have the right to self-defense, have the right to defend themselves, and yes, Israel, as an occupying power, does not have that right to self-defense.”
The Biden administration included CAIR in its National Strategy to Counter Anti-Semitism White House fact sheet while excluding exclusive use of the IHRA definition of anti-Semitism.
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This is the same CAIR that was included in the <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeBiden?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JoeBiden</a> administration’s National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism White House fact sheet. 
Including CAIR, while excluding exclusive use of the IHRA definition of antisemitism.
Deeply disappointing. <a href="https://t.co/ao4VdOSGw8">https://t.co/ao4VdOSGw8</a> <a href="https://t.co/I37DuQuczo">pic.twitter.com/I37DuQuczo</a>
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&#8220;We criticized Biden’s antisemitism report for this and other reasons when it first came out,&#8221; said former U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman. &#8220;The report literally enlists CAIR — a Hamas sympathizer — as a partner in combating antisemitism. It seemed ridiculous then; it’s downright criminal now!&#8221;
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Exactly. We criticized Biden’s antisemitism report for this and other reasons when it first came out. The report literally enlists CAIR — a Hamas sympathizer — as a partner in combatting antisemitism. It seemed ridiculous then; it’s downright criminal now! <a href="https://t.co/58GEharqEr">https://t.co/58GEharqEr</a>
&mdash; David M Friedman (@DavidM_Friedman) <a href="https://twitter.com/DavidM_Friedman/status/1732970651617542328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 8, 2023</a></blockquote>
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White House Deputy Press Secretary Andrew Bates responded to Awad&#8217;s remarks in a <a href="https://jewishinsider.com/2023/12/white-house-distances-itself-from-cair-condemns-directors-antisemitic-statements/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> to Jewish Insider: “We condemn these shocking, antisemitic statements in the strongest terms. Every leader has a responsibility to call out antisemitism wherever it rears its ugly head.”
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The report noted that CAIR’s name was deleted from that fact sheet following Awad’s comments.
“CAIR was not listed in the strategy. They were one of several independent organizations listed in a supplemental document,” a White House official claimed to Jewish Insider in reference to the fact sheet. “The White House removed their commitment from the supplemental document today as a result of the comments.”
The administration also said that CAIR was not involved in developing its national strategy against Islamophobia.

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White House Scrambles To Distance Itself From CAIR After ‘Shocking Anti-Semitic Statements’

White House Scrambles To Distance Itself From CAIR After 'Shocking Anti-Semitic Statements'

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Nihad Awad, the executive director of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/cair" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CAIR</a>, said during a speech late last month that he was happy to see the people of Gaza &#8220;breaking the siege&#8221; on October 7, when Hamas launched an unprecedented terrorist attack against Israel.
The Middle East Media Research Institute reported on Thursday that Awad made the remarks while speaking at the American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) convention in Chicago on November 24.
&#8220;The people of Gaza only decided to break the siege, the walls of the concentration camp, on October 7th,&#8221; he said. &#8220;And yes, I was happy to see people breaking the siege and throwing down the shackles of their own land, and walk free into their land, that they were not allowed to walk in. And yes, the people of Gaza have the right to self-defense, have the right to defend themselves, and yes, Israel, as an occupying power, does not have that right to self-defense.&#8221;
He later said that &#8220;Gaza became the liberation source, the inspiration for people&#8221; and that Gaza &#8220;transformed many minds around the world, including people who are not Muslim.&#8221;
&#8220;What kind of faith do these people have? They are thankful, they are not afraid,&#8221; he said, later adding: &#8220;Israel did not scare them, because they knew their heaven is in Gaza, and if they would like to die, they will go to another heaven.&#8221;
&#8220;That is the faith of the people of Gaza,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;That is why Gaza and the people of Gaza were able to transform everyone who is watching – they have learned from these people. Those who felt bad for Gaza – they don&#8217;t understand the equation. Those who thought that Gazans are less than those who can help them, they are mistaken. They are mistaken. The Gazans were victorious.&#8221;
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CAIR Executive Director Nihad Awad at AMP Convention: I Was Happy to See the People of Gaza Break the Siege on October 7; They Were Victorious; the People of Gaza Have the Right to Self-Defense &#8211; Israel Does Not <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Hamas?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Hamas</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Gaza?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Gaza</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Palestinians?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Palestinians</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/CAIRNational?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CAIRNational</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/NihadAwad?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NihadAwad</a> <a href="https://t.co/WDbSRjFJo0">pic.twitter.com/WDbSRjFJo0</a>
&mdash; MEMRI (@MEMRIReports) <a href="https://twitter.com/MEMRIReports/status/1732712958281629864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 7, 2023</a></blockquote>
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CAIR Executive Director: ‘I Was Happy To See People Breaking The Siege’ On October 7

CAIR Executive Director: 'I Was Happy To See People Breaking The Siege' On October 7

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