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- The Florida chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) says it plans to take Gov.
- Ron DeSantis to court after the Republican governor issued an executive order labeling the Muslim civil rights organization a "foreign terrorist organization." Hiba Rahim, the chapter’s deputy executive director, said during a news conference that the order was an attack rooted in conspiracy theories and compared it to historical efforts that targeted Jewish, Irish and Italian American communities."We are very proud to defend the founding principles of our Constitution, to defend free speech," Rahim said at a news conference.
- "We are proud to defend democracy, and we are proud to be America first." Rahim argued that the governor’s support for Israel played a role in the order, saying the group’s activism had caused "discomfort" to the U. S.
- ally.
