"The lawsuit we have filed today is our first step towards defeating Governor Abbott again so that our nation protects free speech and due process for all Americans, Masri said. No civil rights organisations are safe if a governor can baselessly and unilaterally declare any of them terrorist groups, ban them from buying land, and threaten them with closure, she said."
"Abbott, a member of the Republican Party, announced on Tuesday that he was designating CAIR as a foreign terrorist and transnational criminal organisation in a post on X, where he also said he was doing the same for the Muslim Brotherhood. The designation bans both groups from buying or acquiring land in Texas and authorises the state to pursue legal action to shut down their activities, Abbott said."
CAIR filed a federal lawsuit against Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton seeking to block Abbott’s designation of CAIR’s Texas chapter as a foreign terrorist and transnational criminal organisation, arguing the designation is unconstitutional and defamatory. CAIR cited prior court victories against Abbott for alleged First Amendment violations tied to punishing critics of the Israeli government. Abbott announced the designation on X and linked it to the Muslim Brotherhood. The designation bars the groups from buying or acquiring land in Texas and authorises state legal action to shut down their activities. CAIR was founded in 1994 and is the largest US Muslim civil rights organisation.
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