GOP lawmakers push to designate CAIR as a foreign terrorist organization
Peloni: I honestly can’t grasp why the issue of CAIR and Muslim Brotherhood have not been addressed by Trump’s administration. What is apparent is the preference by the administration to focus on the Muslim Brotherhood oversees while ignoring the normal routine by which the Muslim Brotherhood in the region has historically evaded scrutiny following declarations such as that made in Trump’s EO, ie by simply changing their name and logos. While it was previously believed that the greater threat of the Muslim Brotherhood was centered in the Middle East, that is easily no longer true. The focus must be centered in America where the organization exploits influence on a massive scale, and thereby influences the very political infrastructure which should be scrutinizing and targeting the expansion of Islamist ideology in America. There is a great deal of political support in America to secure the American nation from such Islamist influences as these, making the silence coming from Washington on this point all the more relevant.
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks at the shipbuilding ceremony for the Arctic Defense facility in Galveston while Republican Gov. Greg Abbott listens, June 1, 2026. Photo: Bethany Blankley / For The Center Square
Several key Congressional Republicans are urging the Trump administration to consider designating the Council on American-Islamic Relations, a group that promotes Muslim rights, as a foreign terrorist organization, with U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz calling for an FTO designation last week.











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