Faith-based organizations, prominent figures urge Abbott to retract ‘terrorist’ label for CAIR: ‘Slanderous’
A coalition of Muslim and interfaith figures is imploring Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, to rescind his proclamation that identifies the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) as a “foreign terrorist organization.” The Texas designation is specific to the state. It lacks the legal weight of a federal Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) designation, which is…
