{"id":3300,"date":"2026-07-02T22:10:23","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T22:10:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=3300"},"modified":"2026-07-02T22:10:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T22:10:23","slug":"muslim-rights-advocacy-group-sues-gov-desantis-over-domestic-terrorist-designation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=3300","title":{"rendered":"Muslim-rights advocacy group sues Gov. DeSantis over \u2018domestic terrorist\u2019 designation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis\u2019 anti-terrorism campaign is facing a lawsuit from one of its targets.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=3299\">America at 250: The United States has been blessed<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Council on American-Islamic Relations sued Thursday to stop the Republican governor from designating the group as a \u201cdomestic terrorist organization\u201d under HB 1471, a newly enacted law aimed at rooting out \u201cradical terrorist ideologies\u201d in Florida.<\/p>\n<p>Representing the council are the American Civil Liberties Union and Southern Poverty Law Center, which accused the governor of violating the First and Fourteenth Amendments with the state\u2019s \u201cstatutory scheme.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGov. DeSantis does not have the power to unilaterally brand an organization with this vilifying designation and punish those who support it without due process or judicial review,\u201d Scott McCoy, SPLC deputy legal director, said in a statement. \u201cDenying due process and suppressing and punishing constitutionally protected speech and advocacy are clear violations of both the First and Fourteenth Amendments.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida (Tallahassee Division) the day after Mr. DeSantis announced that CAIR, the Muslim Brotherhood and Antifa will be tagged as domestic terrorist organizations.<\/p>\n<p>He also said he has received recommendations to designate more than 90 other groups as foreign terrorist organizations, including Cartel de Sinaloa, Tren de Aragua, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran, Cartel de Noreste, and Cartel de Golfo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKeeping our community safe starts with identifying the threat,\u201d Florida Department of Law Enforcement Commissioner Mark Glass said in a Wednesday statement. \u201cThe safety of our community is strengthened by that knowledge every day, and reinforced by the collaboration between our officers, our federal partners, and \u2014 most importantly \u2014 the people we serve.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This isn\u2019t the first time Mr. DeSantis has tangled with the Muslim-rights advocacy group. In December, he signed an executive order pinning the terrorist label on CAIR and the Muslim Brotherhood, which was blocked in March by a federal judge.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=3297\">Seen, Heard &amp; Whispered: \u2018Defiant\u2019 new podcast, a reporter\u2019s mea culpa and a new media lineup<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The governor has appealed the ruling, but said Wednesday that the state needs \u201cmore of a legal structure to be able to add teeth to these designations, and the Legislature responded, and I signed that legislation earlier this year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit said the designation would have \u201cdraconian consequences\u201d for CAIR and CAIR-Florida, including \u201charsh criminal and civil penalties for virtually any activity intended to further the group\u2019s mission or interests.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That includes employing staff, working with volunteers, fundraising, making deposits or withdrawals from bank accounts, leasing or renting property, and using social media.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a result of the DTO [Designated Terrorist Organization] regime, an organization that is designated simply cannot function or exist in Florida in any meaningful sense,\u201d the lawsuit said.<\/p>\n<p>Under the law, which went into effect Wednesday, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement may recommend designating organizations operating in Florida as domestic or foreign terrorist organizations provided they meet certain criteria.<\/p>\n<p>The governor\u2019s cabinet has seven days to approve or reject the proposed designations.<\/p>\n<p>Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued a proclamation declaring CAIR and the Muslim Brotherhood as foreign terrorist organizations, a designation blasted by CAIR as \u201cdefamatory.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=3295\">WATCH: Inside the Federal Circuit\u2019s hidden history ahead of America 250<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida Gov. 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