Congressman Randy Fine Introduces a Bill to Designate CAIR as a Foreign Terrorist Organization

Washington, DC – Congressman Randy Fine (FL-06) introduced a bill to designate the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) as a foreign terrorist organization. The legislation directs the Department of State to investigate assigning the designation.

This takes long-overdue action to confront the terrorist threat posed by CAIR, a Trojan horse for terrorism operating inside our own borders. CAIR was named an unindicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land Foundation’s trial regarding their support for Muslim terrorism and their founders’ role in funneling over $12 million to Hamas. This was the largest terrorism financing trial in American history. CAIR still maintains a direct relationship with Hamas, the barbaric terrorist organization that slaughtered over 1,200 people, including over 40 Americans, on October 7th. 

“Enough is Enough. For far too long, groups like CAIR have operated in our country and on our college campuses, promoting violent radical ideologies and defending the indefensible. CAIR has no place in American society. This is a group that celebrated the massacre on October 7th, saying it made them ‘happy'. I was proud to lead Florida in designating CAIR as a terrorist front, and I will be 'happy' when Congress does the same.” said Congressman Fine.

Last year, Congressman Fine passed a similar bill in Florida, H.R. 1209, that ordered all executive agencies of the State of Florida, law enforcement agencies, and local governments to suspend their relationship with CAIR.

You can read more about it in the Congressman’s exclusive interview with the Daily Signal here.

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