Toronto’s PLO flag stunt glorifies terror history, betraying Jewish residents already targeted by pro-Palestinian extremism.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has launched a federal lawsuit against Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton after the state officially designated the group a foreign terrorist organization. The lawsuit, filed by CAIR’s Legal Defense Fund and the Muslim Legal Fund of America, seeks to overturn the sweeping proclamation, which also targets the Muslim Brotherhood—an organization long tied to radical Islamist movements across the Middle East.
Governor Abbott’s designation bars CAIR and the Muslim Brotherhood from purchasing or acquiring land in Texas, a bold move intended to prevent extremist-aligned organizations from establishing territorial footholds inside the United States. In its complaint, CAIR claims the order causes “imminent harm,” attempting once again to cast Texas’ national-security measures as an attack on civil liberties.
CAIR insists it is merely a civil-rights advocacy group, yet its leadership’s own words continue to betray deep ideological alignment with Hamas and the broader extremist agenda of Palestinian militant factions. In November 2023, CAIR co-founder Nihad Awad infamously declared he was “happy” about the Hamas massacre of over 1,200 Israelis on October 7. During a speech that day, Awad praised the terrorists for “breaking the siege” and outrageously insisted that Israel has no right to self-defense, while Palestinians do—a claim rooted in radical Islamist doctrine rather than any factual or moral framework.
Awad escalated further, pushing classic antisemitic conspiracy theories by asserting that AIPAC “controls the United States government,” echoing the same rhetoric used for decades by hostile Arab regimes to demonize Jews and deflect responsibility for their own failures.
After the speech went public, the White House severed ties with CAIR, acknowledging the organization had crossed into unapologetic extremism.
Despite this record, CAIR now attempts to portray itself as the victim while Texas takes measures to prevent extremist-aligned groups from embedding themselves deeper into American civic and political structures. This lawsuit marks yet another chapter in CAIR’s longstanding war with states that reject its pro-Hamas narrative—and underscores how deeply the organization fears losing influence as more Americans recognize its true ideological agenda.
