Gov. Ron DeSantis has been attempting to put the Muslim civil rights organization out of business for nearly a year.

The Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) has suspended operations in Florida, the organization has announced. It did so after a federal judge rejected an emergency request Wednesday by the Muslim civil rights organization to stop the state from designating the group and its state chapter as domestic terrorist organizations, allowing the designation to take effect while its legal…

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  • aqwxcvbnji [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    3 hours ago

    Absolutely insane.

    Also:

    They contend the group operates as a front for Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood.

    What’s the obsession that the American right has with the Muslim Brotherhood recently? They were also constantly trying to tie Abdul El-Sayed to that group. I get that any Muslim-sounding organisation has negative connotations for racists, but aren’t they a quite moderate organisation, the Muslim-equivalent of Christian-Deomcrats?