Florida has designated the Muslim Brotherhood and the Council on American-Islamic Relations as foreign terrorist organizations, becoming the second GOP-led state in as many months to move against the Islamic groups.
Dec. 9 Florida has designated the Muslim Brotherhood and the Council on American-Islamic Relations as foreign terrorist organizations, becoming the second GOP-led state in as many months to move against the Islamic groups.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said in a Monday statement that the designations were „EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY.“
„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“, the Republican governor and President Donald Trump ally said.
The executive order signed by DeSantis accuses the Muslim Brotherhood of supporting and being affiliated with „political entities and front organizations that engage in terrorism and funnel money to finance terrorist activities.“
CAIR, the order alleges, was founded by persons connected to the Muslim Brotherhood.
The order also designates them based on their alleged connections to Hamas, an Iran-backed militant group in the Palestinian enclave of Gaza.
The designations, issued under state authority and while mostly symbolic, can prohibit contracts with the groups and bar them state funds and resources, among other measures.
On the governor’s personal X account, DeSantis said that members of the GOP-controlled Florida legislature were „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.
