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In his first week as New York City mayor, Zohran Mamdani revoked executive orders barring city agencies from supporting boycotts of Israel and rescinded the city’s adoption of the IHRA definition of antisemitism — prompting accusations of antisemitism from the Israeli government.
Eight days after Gov. DeSantis branded CAIR a “foreign terrorist organization” by executive order, the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights group filed a federal lawsuit challenging the designation as unconstitutional. DeSantis welcomed the suit, saying he looked forward to “discovery — especially the CAIR finances.”
Gov. Ron DeSantis signed an executive order designating CAIR and the Muslim Brotherhood as “foreign terrorist organizations” — a designation the federal government has not made. That same evening, he told Florida lawmakers to make it permanent law. CAIR called it unconstitutional and announced plans to sue.
Jewish leaders and Democrats are calling Florida’s proposed Shari’a ban hypocritical and unconstitutional. The bill’s sponsor and sole Democratic co-sponsor are both Jewish and pro-Israel. Critics say the bill, filed on the Oct 7 anniversary, amounts to collective punishment of Florida’s Muslim community.
The Orlando Sentinel reports that Florida Republicans are calling for stripping voucher funding from Islamic schools while defending billions in public money for Christian ones. AG Uthmeier calls it a national security threat. There are roughly 24 Islamic schools in a program serving 2,278 campuses.
A new wave of so-called ‘anti-Sharia’ bills introduced in Congress by Senators Tommy Tuberville and lawmakers including Randy Fine and Chip Roy are being exposed as unconstitutional legislation designed not to address any real legal threat, but to stoke fear of American Muslims for political gain. United Voices has sent a formal briefing memo to every member of Congress explaining exactly what Sharia is — and what these bills actually are.
Hillary Cassel switched from Democrat to Republican over Israel. Within months, she filed Florida’s anti-Shari’a bill on the October 7 anniversary. The sole Democratic co-sponsor is also Jewish and pro-Israel. Critics say the bill amounts to collective punishment of Florida’s Muslim community.
United Voices: States Cannot Invent Their Own ‘Terror Lists’ to Target Civil Rights Groups
United Voices warns that states cannot create their own terrorist designations and says any accusation against a civil rights organization must proceed through lawful federal processes and due process protections.