UPDATE: April 26, 2025 | RAIR Foundation USA

A group of courageous Christian women, representing two grassroots organizations, Accountability Matters and Defending Our Republic, have been forced to cancel a peaceful protest originally planned for April 29 at the Texas State Capitol.

Their crime?

Daring to peacefully speak out against the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a group with documented ties to Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood.

Following the announcement of their protest, these women were immediately targeted by a coordinated campaign of threats, smears, and inflammatory rhetoric—spearheaded by CAIR Action Texas, CAIR-Texas, and their far-left political allies.

“Escalating threatening language, public defamation, and organized intimidation campaigns made it impossible, in good conscience, for us to proceed,” the organizers stated.
“The safety of our members and their families must come first.”

The women, motivated not by hate but by love for Texas, for truth, and for America’s founding principles, organized the protest to raise awareness about CAIR’s extensive connections to foreign terrorist networks, its political infiltration of Texas institutions, and its attempts to silence dissent through lawfare and media manipulation.

Instead of engaging in civil debate, CAIR’s response was to smear these Christian women as “extremists” and “bigots”—using intimidation tactics more common to repressive regimes than to American democracy.

In a public statement on April 25, Sameeha Rizvi, CAIR Action Texas’s Advocacy and Policy Coordinator, launched a vicious attack on the protest organizers, calling for a “massive turnout” to “stand up to hate”—mischaracterizing the peaceful Christian women as dangerous extremists simply for exercising their constitutional rights.

See Sameeha Rizvi’s radical ties, statements, and troubling background here.

Read the Full Official Statement from the Christian Women of Accountability Matters and Defending Our Republic Here:

OFFICIAL STATEMENT FROM ACCOUNTABILITY MATTERS and DEFENDING OUR REPUBLIC

Christian Women Forced to Cancel Peaceful Protest Against Hamas-Linked Group Due to Targeted Intimidation

April 26, 2025

It is with a heavy heart that Accountability Matters and Defending our Republic announces the cancellation of our planned peaceful protest against the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) at the Texas State Capitol on April 29.

This decision was not made lightly, but was necessitated by escalating threatening language and what feels like deliberate intimidation directed at our members—particularly the Christian women who courageously organized this event.

Our protest was intended to raise awareness about CAIR’s documented associations with terrorism-linked entities, including its designation as an unindicted co-conspirator in the 2007 Holy Land Foundation trial, which exposed CAIR’s deep connections to Hamas.

We also sought to spotlight CAIR’s growing influence over Texas schools, law enforcement, and legislation.

However, in the days following our announcement, our organizers were met with a coordinated campaign of smears, false accusations, and inflammatory rhetoric from CAIR and its political allies.

The resulting environment of fear and insecurity made it impossible, in good conscience, to proceed with the rally.

The safety of our members and their families must come first.
This disturbing situation highlights the very issue we sought to protest: the suppression of dissent through intimidation.

The right to peacefully assemble and speak out is guaranteed by the Constitution. When that right is threatened by an organization with known ties to foreign terror networks, Americans must take notice.

Our decision comes as CAIR reels from mounting scandals—including national outrage over what was falsely presented as a hate crime in Houston, when a schoolyard fight was exploited by CAIR to push a false narrative of anti-Muslim bigotry.
Houston Independent School District later contradicted CAIR’s claims, confirming that the incident was unrelated to religion or race.

The controversy appeared timed to manipulate public sympathy and draw attention away from an active state investigation into the EPIC City development project, tied to radical cleric Yasir Qadhi.

Make no mistake:

• CAIR is desperate to silence critics as public scrutiny intensifies.
• CAIR’s intimidation campaign proves our point—that it is not a civil rights group but a political weapon of coercion and subversion.
• CAIR’s tactics confirm why Texans must demand that their state cut all ties with groups linked to terrorism.

The women who organized this protest were driven not by hate—but by love for Texas, for truth, and for America’s founding principles.

They have now been bullied off the Capitol steps by an organization that weaponizes victimhood, suppresses opposition, and manipulates public institutions to serve an extremist agenda.

While the protest has been canceled, the mission is not.
We will not be silenced.
We will not back down.

Accountability Matters and Defending our Republic remain fully committed to fighting for transparency, national security, and the protection of constitutional freedoms.

We urge Texas lawmakers to take up where we leave off:
Investigate CAIR. Cut all government ties. Protect the people of Texas.

Texas must immediately follow the lead of Florida—and even the Biden administration—by severing all ties with Hamas-linked CAIR.

After the October 7, 2023, Hamas massacre of Israeli civilians, CAIR’s national director, Nihad Awad, publicly celebrated the attacks, saying he was “happy” to see Palestinians break the siege.

The Biden White House condemned and publicly distanced itself from CAIR, calling Awad’s remarks “reprehensible.”

In 2024, Florida’s House overwhelmingly passed HR 1209, formally condemning CAIR’s terror ties and urging all government agencies to cut all contact.

Texas must do the same. Texans deserve leaders who defend them—not groups tied to terrorism and extremist ideology.

This is not the end.
This is the beginning of a broader movement.

Because accountability still matters. And so does truth.

Now that the Capitol protest has been canceled for security reasons, the organizers are urging all Texans to take action by signing the Petition in Lieu of Rally Against CAIR’s Capitol Day—sending a powerful message that terror-linked groups have no place influencing our government.

Why Texans Must Pay Attention

This situation shines a light on what many already know:

CAIR is not about protecting civil rights. It is about weaponizing identity politics to intimidate, silence, and control.

• CAIR was created by the Muslim Brotherhood’s Palestine Committee to support Hamas’s political and financial operations in the U.S.
• CAIR’s founders, including Nihad Awad, were recorded on FBI wiretaps at the 1993 Philadelphia Meeting, strategizing about how to conceal their support for Hamas after the group was designated a terrorist organization.
• CAIR was named an unindicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land Foundation terror finance case.
• Even the Biden administration has now publicly condemned CAIR’s leadership after Awad celebrated the October 7 Hamas massacre of Israeli civilians.

Yet despite this mountain of evidence, CAIR is allowed to hold “Texas Muslim Capitol Day” inside our State Capitol—meeting with elected officials while smearing peaceful Christian citizens.

A Warning Fulfilled

The Christian women who organized the now-canceled protest are not simply withdrawing in fear—they are acting wisely in light of well-documented historical patterns.

As RAIR Foundation USA founder Amy Mek publicly warned in a previous post on X:

“Warning Texas!

There’s too much heat on the jihadis in Texas right now—and they’re not used to it.

Whenever pressure starts to build, and their operations risk exposure, suddenly a conveniently timed ‘hate crime’ or ‘incident’ appears—just enough to flip the script, cry victim, and shift public attention.

It’s a pattern. It’s a playbook. And I can feel it in my bones: something’s coming.

Mark my words—you heard it here first.”

RAIR fears that any incident—whether manufactured, manipulated, or spontaneous—could be falsely connected to their peaceful assembly, allowing CAIR and its allies to once again cry “victim,” hijack the narrative, and silence critical scrutiny.

They understood that the risk was not merely theoretical.

It was a real-world, repeatable tactic that has been deployed across Europe and, increasingly, in the United States whenever Islamic political organizations face mounting public exposure.

RAIR Foundation USA is heartbroken to witness what has unfolded

It is a tragedy—and a warning to the entire nation—that CAIR, a group tied to foreign terror networks, has made such powerful and terrifying inroads into Texas politics that peaceful Christian patriots now feel too threatened to even hold a rally at their own State Capitol.

What has become of America when women who simply wish to pray and peacefully protest are driven into silence by fear, while violent, lawless mobs rampage across our cities week after week, unchallenged?

The right to peaceful assembly is one of America’s most sacred freedoms—and if it can be crushed by political intimidation in Texas, the consequences will be felt across this nation.

The world is watching Texas. Now is the time to stand—not to surrender.

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Original posted article from April 23, 2025

ACTION ALERT TEXAS: Join the April 29 Rally to Ban CAIR’s Capitol Day — Demand Lawmakers Cut All Contact with This Terror-Tied Group

Texans, the time to take a stand is now. We must draw a line—and ask our elected leaders to choose: Will they stand with the people of Texas, or with the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), an organization linked to Hamas?

The moment for half-measures has passed. The threat is real, the infiltration is deep, and the time to act is now. That’s why grassroots Texans are launching a bold counter-movement.

📍 Rally Details:
🗓️ April 29, 2025
🕘 9:30 AM
📍 South Entrance Steps – Texas State Capitol

Bring your signs. Bring your voice. Show your leaders that Texans are wide awake and will no longer tolerate Islamic supremacist groups wielding influence over our laws, schools, and law enforcement.

Texas isn’t looking for leaders who welcome terror-tied groups into the Capitol. Texans are looking for leaders—brave, unwavering representatives who refuse to let subversive, terror-tied groups dictate public policy or manipulate our institutions. We need officials who serve the Constitution, not CAIR, which seeks to undermine it. The people of Texas deserve defenders who will put America first, stand for national security, and protect our citizens—not pander to organizations linked to Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood.

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On April 29, 2025, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) will once again descend on the Texas Capitol in Austin for its annual “Texas Muslim Capitol Day.”

While marketed as a celebration of civic engagement and religious diversity, this event is anything but inclusive. It represents carefully choreographed political theater by an organization whose roots lie not in civil rights but in promoting and enforcing the ideological infrastructure of Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood. Texans must understand the threat this group poses—not just as a symbolic occupier of the Capitol for one day, but as a subversive actor embedded in our legal, educational, and political institutions.

Far from being a mere advocacy group, CAIR operates as an ideological insurgency, masquerading as a nonprofit organization. For decades, it has exploited America’s legal system to wage a war of attrition against our civic and constitutional foundations. They have infiltrated nearly every major institution—including, most dangerously, our law enforcement agencies—where they’ve succeeded in whitewashing jihad and rebranding radical Islam as “civil rights advocacy.”

They also punish dissent—waging ruthless smear campaigns and lawsuits against anyone who challenges their agenda.

From courtroom lawfare to school curriculum takeovers, from political lobbying to media censorship, CAIR’s long game is not about coexistence. It’s about domination—of language, law, policy, and power.

Their political machine is well-funded, legally shielded, and backed by an aggressive dual-structure: a 501(c)(3)  tax-exempt nonprofit that claims to be nonpartisan, and a 501(c)(4) lobbying arm—CAIR Action—alongside the Unity and Justice Fund, a new Super PAC  used to directly influence elections.

But CAIR is not simply pushing ideology. It was built for sabotage.

The Legal Case to Ban CAIR Permanently: Undeniable Proof from the Holy Land Trial

During the largest terrorism financing case in American history—the 2007 Holy Land Foundation trial—CAIR was named an unindicted co-conspirator and directly exposed as part of a Hamas support infrastructure inside the U.S.

According to FBI wiretaps and courtroom evidence, CAIR was born out of the Muslim Brotherhood’s secret Palestine Committee. At a clandestine 1993 “Philly Meeting,” leaders laid out plans to support Hamas covertly while deceiving Americans through what they called “civilizational jihad.” That’s where CAIR’s creation was finalized.

Co-founder Omar Ahmad was caught instructing attendees to use dual messaging—one for the American public, and another for Muslims. He declared, “Islam isn’t in America to be equal to any other faith, but to become dominant. The Qur’an should be the highest authority in America.”

Federal prosecutors introduced a now-infamous internal Brotherhood document—Exhibit 3-85, the “Explanatory Memorandum”—which stated plainly:

“The Ikhwan must understand that their work in America is a kind of grand jihad in eliminating and destroying the Western civilization from within… so that Allah’s religion is made victorious over all other religions.”

CAIR’s Texas board member, Ghassan Elashi, was later sentenced to 65 years for funneling money to Hamas.

When CAIR filed to remove its name from the co-conspirator list, a federal judge denied the request, stating there was “ample evidence” linking CAIR to a Hamas support network.

Even the United Arab Emirates—a Muslim country—officially designated CAIR a terrorist organization in 2014, placing it in the same category as al-Qaeda and ISIS.

And the FBI? In 2008, the Bureau formally cut all ties with CAIR—and has never restored them.

This isn’t speculation. It’s not an opinion. It’s courtroom fact.

CAIR is not a civic organization. It is a threat to national security. And the fact that it is being welcomed into the Texas Capitol should shake every American awake.

CAIR’s Capture of Law Enforcement: From Surveillance Sabotage to Training Takeovers

CAIR has made its most insidious advances not through public protests or high-profile lawsuits, but through calculated, systematic influence over law enforcement training and policies. Designated an unindicted co-conspirator in the 2007 Holy Land Foundation trial—the largest terrorism financing case in U.S. history—for its ties to Hamas, CAIR should have been barred from any role in shaping public safety. Instead, it has been embraced by police departments and federal agencies as a “partner” in community outreach and “cultural awareness,” undermining efforts to combat extremism.

Despite the FBI severing all formal ties with CAIR in 2008 after trial evidence confirmed its Hamas connections, CAIR’s influence persists. In 2012, FBI Director Robert Mueller met with CAIR, leading to the purge of over 1,000 training documents deemed offensive to Muslims, including materials linking the Muslim Brotherhood to terrorism. CAIR-Texas has conducted diversity training for police in San Antonio and Austin, while CAIR’s national efforts have targeted training curricula across the country. In 2011, CAIR called for government oversight to eliminate “anti-Islamic rhetoric” from counterterrorism training, citing a report exposing biased materials by private firms like Security Solutions International.

This is not about civil rights—it’s about censorship and control. CAIR has pressured law enforcement to remove critical terms like “jihad” and “Islamic extremism” from training, as seen in the FBI’s 2012 purge and the NYPD’s removal of a radicalization report after CAIR’s lawsuit. In 2013, CAIR-Texas leader Mustafa Carroll declared, “If we are practicing Muslims, we are above the law of the land,” a statement critics argue reveals CAIR’s intent to prioritize Sharia over U.S. law, though CAIR claims it was misconstrued. CAIR has also opposed FBI surveillance in mosques, labeling it entrapment, and campaigned against police training with Israeli security experts, citing human rights concerns.

The question every American should be asking is this: Why is CAIR—a group with documented ties to Hamas, jihadis, and is a vocal advocate for Aafia Siddiqui, a convicted terrorist who attempted to murder U.S. military officers—being given any influence over our law enforcement agencies? This is not oversight. It is ideological infiltration. Through a relentless campaign of lawsuits and coordinated public pressure, CAIR has weaponized lawfare to intimidate and paralyze authorities—stripping them of vital counterterrorism tools and dangerously weakening our ability to confront Islamic threats where they’re most urgent.

Islamization Blueprint: 50,000 Influencers in Media, Law, and Government

CAIR’s manipulation of law enforcement is only one front in a far more dangerous campaign. While they erode our ability to fight terror from the outside, they’re building a new internal army—trained not in warfare, but in influence. Their ultimate plan? To take over America’s institutions from within.

The Unity and Justice Fund, CAIR’s newest Super PAC, with which it is affiliated, now positions the organization as a significant power broker in U.S. elections. But this political arm is only one component of a broader, more disturbing blueprint. During a 2024 speech at the Muslim Brotherhood-linked Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) conference, Awad unveiled a chilling long-term plan for Islamizing America—not just through politics, but through an institutional takeover.

Awad called on all 4,000 mosques in America to fund five scholarships per year—not for STEM careers, but for journalism, law, filmmaking, political science, and history. If followed, this would yield 20,000 new Muslim professionals in these fields every four years. Within 15 years, he claimed, there would be 50,000 to 100,000 Muslim attorneys, journalists, filmmakers, and political influencers in the U.S. This freshly trained army of Islamic professionals would be in a position to rewrite laws, control media narratives, and transform U.S. cultural and academic institutions.

Awad also made the staggering claim that 43 current Muslim state delegates could form the core of a surge in Muslim Congressional candidates, with the goal of placing 50 Muslims in the U.S. House and Senate within six years.

He declared: “We have to be in the halls of Congress, we have to be in the newsrooms, we have to be in the classrooms, we have to be in the books, and we have to be in the courts.”

Awad’s strategy aligns perfectly with the Muslim Brotherhood’s vision: not integration, but transformation of America. He demanded that Palestine be a domestic issue in America and insisted it should be present in city council resolutions, state legislatures, and federal laws. His speech openly celebrated CAIR’s influence in unseating President Biden and boasted about their ability to manipulate U.S. politics.

This was not simply a speech—it was a manifesto. It also demonstrated that the new CAIR-tied Super PAC is not just about elections. It is about embedding an Islamic worldview into the very marrow of American institutions. The implications are staggering.

It was also a mirror image of the Muslim Brotherhood’s own internal blueprint. At the 1993 Philly Meeting, the Brotherhood’s U.S. operatives discussed how to conceal Hamas affiliations and infiltrate American institutions through law, media, and politics—precisely what Awad outlined three decades later.

As you can see, they’ve grown bolder—more open, more aggressive, and more unapologetic about their associations.

At East Plano Islamic Center (EPIC)—the same mosque tied to the EPIC City development project now under state investigation—CAIR Executive Director Nihad Awad publicly unveiled his plan to embed tens of thousands of Muslim operatives into America’s core institutions.

This is also the mosque that hosted a fundraiser and advocacy event for Aafia Siddiqui, the convicted terrorist known as “Lady al-Qaeda,” who attempted to murder U.S. soldiers and possessed documents outlining plans for mass-casualty attacks in New York City.

This isn’t a coincidence. It’s a pattern.

CAIR isn’t infiltrating America alone—it’s doing it with the full support of radical mosques like EPIC. And they’re not just influencing politics. They are harboring, platforming, and fundraising for jihadis.

The threat is no longer theoretical. It’s operational. And it’s local.

The CAIR Caucus: Lalani and Bhojani—CAIR’s Islamic Foot Soldiers in Texas

CAIR’s vision of ideological domination is no longer a distant threat—it’s already operational in the Texas Legislature.

Two Pakistani-born Democrats, Dr. Suleman Lalani and Salman Bhojani, are carrying out the exact political agenda laid out by Nihad Awad. They’re not just lawmakers. They’re CAIR’s chosen allies—promoted, praised, and politically aligned with the same network working to embed Sharia-aligned legislation into American law.

Their legislative records read like a checklist of CAIR’s top policy demands:

• HR 34 & HR 36 – Recognizing Ramadan and Eid as state-celebrated occasions
• HR 45 – Endorsing CAIR’s own “Texas Muslim Capitol Day”
• HB 625 & HB 667 – Mandating halal food in public schools—with no protection for non-Muslim families
• HB 1044 – Granting Sharia-based marriage authority to Muslim imams under Texas law
• HCR 85 – Establishing a 10-year “Day to Combat Islamophobia”—a soft blasphemy law
• HCR 18 – Creating a decade-long Muslim Heritage Month
• HR 37 – Commending Emgage, a Muslim Brotherhood-linked lobbying group tied to CAIR

These aren’t harmless cultural acknowledgments. They’re legal wedges—crafted to inject foreign ideological systems into Texas governance, education, and public life. Every resolution, every bill, is part of a broader CAIR-aligned strategy: normalize Islam, redefine opposition as “hate,” and codify Islamic supremacy under the banner of diversity.

👉 Read RAIR’s full exposé here: Texas Alert—Two Islamic Lawmakers Are Leading the Pakistanification of the Lone Star State

Lawfare and Legal Manipulation: A 70-Attorney Political Weapon

CAIR is not a civil rights group—it’s a lawfare machine. With over 70 attorneys nationwide, it wages coordinated legal assaults against schools, law enforcement, journalists, and elected officials who challenge its Islamist agenda. Working with groups like the ACLU and Palestine Legal, CAIR exploits America’s legal system to shield extremism, silence dissent, and reshape public policy in line with foreign ideological goals.

In 2013, Mustafa Carroll, Executive Director of CAIR-DFW, declared at a Muslim Capitol Day rally in Austin:“If we are practicing Muslims, we are above the law of the land.” CAIR has since claimed the quote was taken out of context, suggesting it referred to spiritual obedience. But critics say the statement reflects a deeper contempt for American legal authority and foreshadows the supremacy-based worldview guiding CAIR’s agenda.

More recently, CAIR-Texas leaders defended the Hamas slogan “From the River to the Sea”—an antisemitic call for Israel’s eradication—by framing it as an “aspirational call for freedom.” This, despite clear warnings from groups like the American Jewish Committee, which correctly interpret the slogan as a genocidal rejection of Israel’s existence, based on Hamas’ own charter.

In Texas, CAIR overturned the state’s anti-BDS law in Amawi v. Pflugerville ISD (2018), securing a federal injunction on behalf of a speech pathologist who refused to pledge not to boycott Israel. The Texas Legislature later narrowed the law. CAIR’s triumph, celebrated with Amawi’s 2019 “American Muslim of the Year” award, sent a chilling message: it could reshape state policy through aggressive litigation.

But CAIR’s most insidious weapon may be its exploitation of the term “Islamophobia”—a vague, ideologically loaded label used to target criticism of Islam and silence opposition. In 2025, CAIR-Texas celebrated the passage of Texas House Concurrent Resolution 85, designating March 15 as the “International Day to Combat Islamophobia.” While branded as tolerance, such measures are increasingly used to chill speech, deflect scrutiny, and institutionalize religious privilege.

The most brazen example yet: the Paul Revere Middle School incident in Houston, where CAIR, radical cleric Yasir Qadhi, and the newly minted Patoli Law Firm launched a campaign claiming a hate crime had occurred against Afghan refugee girls. Despite no police report, no public evidence, and no confirmation from Houston ISD, they declared it a racially and religiously motivated attack. CAIR’s Houston director claimed the girls were targeted for wearing hijabs. Yasir Qadhi blamed “anti-Muslim bigotry spread by the Far Right.” Patoli, a newly licensed attorney, launched a GoFundMe that raised over $175,000, using emotional imagery and unverified medical claims—all without oversight or proof.

Houston ISD later debunked the hate crime narrative, confirming the fight stemmed from a prior dispute unrelated to religion or race. Still, CAIR and its allies had already monetized the story and redirected public attention away from the growing scrutiny on EPIC City—a Sharia-based development project under investigation by the Texas Attorney General. Critics argue that the school fight was deliberately exploited as propaganda to distract, deceive, and deflect attention from a far more dangerous agenda.

CAIR also targets laws that combat antisemitism. It rejects the IHRA definition, which links certain anti-Israel rhetoric to antisemitic intent, and condemned the 2024 Antisemitism Awareness Act as an attack on “pro-Palestinian activism.”

CAIR aggressively sues critics. Named an unindicted co-conspirator in the 2007 Holy Land Foundation terrorism financing trial for its ties to Hamas, CAIR has sued whistleblowers, authors (Muslim Mafia), and even former members of Congress. These lawsuits are often dismissed—but the goal is intimidation through attrition. So it remains a win in either case.

CAIR’s foreign entanglements further undermine its legitimacy as a rights group. It was designated a terrorist organization by the United Arab Emirates in 2014 due to its ties to the Muslim Brotherhood. In 2023, co-founder Nihad Awad publicly celebrated the October 7 Hamas attacks, then attempted to walk it back under pressure. CAIR has accepted major foreign donations, including a $500,000 check from a Saudi prince, and has been linked to solicitation efforts involving foreign dictators like Muammar Gaddafi.

This isn’t about civil rights—it’s about ideological control. CAIR’s long-term objective does not appear to be equality, but dominance. From manipulating school fights to suppressing speech, from attacking antisemitism laws to hijacking national security programs, CAIR has mastered the art of soft conquest through lawfare.

The threat isn’t just real. It’s already here.

CAIR’s April 29 Plan: Soft Occupation of the State Capitol

The plan for April 29 is clear: CAIR will bus hundreds of students and activists into the Texas Capitol to lobby lawmakers, present policy demands, and stage what amounts to a soft ideological occupation. Their goal is not symbolic. They intend to rewrite the rules of governance—starting with religious accommodation policies, anti-“Islamophobia” legislation, and a rollback of all laws that challenge their political agenda. This includes attacking the state’s legal stance on BDS and limiting free speech protections for critics of radical Islam.

This playbook is lifted directly from the Muslim Brotherhood’s long-term strategy document discovered in 1991 and entered into evidence during the Holy Land Foundation trial. The Brotherhood’s mission, in its own words, is “to destroy Western civilization from within and sabotage its miserable house.” CAIR is the most successful implementation of that strategy in American history.

Florida’s HR 1209: A Legislative Roadmap to Ban CAIR

Florida has drawn a line. In 2024, the Florida House of Representatives passed House Resolution 1209—urging all state agencies, law enforcement departments, and local governments to immediately sever all contact with CAIR.

The resolution cited CAIR’s direct connection to Hamas, its defense of terrorism, and its infiltration of American institutions. It specifically referenced the FBI’s formal suspension of contact with CAIR due to documented ties to Hamas. The resolution condemned Nihad Awad’s public celebration of the October 7 massacre in Israel, where Awad stated, “Yes, I was happy to see people breaking the siege… the people of Gaza have the right to self-defense… Israel, as an occupying power, does not have that right.”

HR 1209 also documented the criminal records of numerous CAIR leaders and affiliates:

• Randall “Ismail” Royer, CAIR’s former civil rights coordinator, who trained with terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba and was convicted for aiding al-Qaeda and the Taliban in attacks on American troops. He was sentenced to 20 years.
• Bassem Khafagi, CAIR’s former community affairs director, who pled guilty to bank and visa fraud while funding terrorism and publishing pro-suicide bombing propaganda.
• Rabih Haddad, a CAIR fundraiser and Executive Director of Global Relief Foundation, which was shut down by the U.S. Treasury for funding al-Qaeda. He was arrested and deported.
• Muthanna al-Hanooti, a CAIR director who was convicted for violating sanctions against Iraq under Saddam Hussein.
• Abdurahman Alamoudi, a prominent CAIR affiliate and speaker, who publicly supported Hamas and Hezbollah, and was convicted in a Libyan-funded plot to assassinate a foreign leader. Treasury officials identified him as a top al-Qaeda fundraiser in the United States.

The resolution noted that CAIR publicly honored Sami Al-Arian, convicted of supporting Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and platformed him in events as recently as 2020. It also highlighted Zainab Chaudry, CAIR-Maryland Executive Director, who was removed from the Maryland Hate Crimes Commission after likening Israel to Nazi Germany on social media.

Finally, HR 1209 highlights that the United Arab Emirates designated CAIR a terrorist organization in 2014, placing it alongside al-Qaeda and ISIS. Florida’s resolution provides a comprehensive template for other states—including Texas—to take immediate action. Texas must now do the same.

The time has come to formally investigate CAIR’s operations. A congressional probe is needed into the Unity and Justice Fund’s funding sources. The Department of Justice must examine whether CAIR’s 501(c)(3) is illegally coordinating with its political arms. The IRS must revoke its nonprofit status for violations of political activity regulations. The Federal Election Commission must audit its Super PAC to determine whether foreign money is influencing U.S. elections through CAIR’s political network.

CAIR was founded by members of the Muslim Brotherhood and has been closely aligned with Hamas since its inception. Its co-founder, Omar Ahmad, notoriously declared, “Islam isn’t in America to be equal to any other faith but to become dominant. The Koran… should be the highest authority in America.” This ideological vision is reflected in CAIR’s continued efforts to shape law, policy, and public opinion through litigation, media control, and electoral manipulation.

Multiple reports confirm CAIR’s ongoing efforts to suppress criticism of Islam, silence dissenters on college campuses and across the United States, and undermine law enforcement efforts to counter terrorism. These campaigns, combined with their history of antisemitic and anti-Israel rhetoric, further expose CAIR’s true agenda—one that has nothing to do with civil rights and everything to do with ideological conquest.

Florida has done its duty. Now it’s Texas’s turn—not just to follow Florida’s lead, but to set an even stronger example. Texas must reject CAIR’s influence in every corner of government, education, law enforcement, and public life. The time for half-measures is over. The time to shut CAIR out—for good—is now.

Final Call: Make April 29 the Day Texans Took Their State Back

RAIR is calling on every Texan to take a stand. This is not a drill—this is the line in the sand. Will Texas remain under the rule of law, or will it allow foreign-funded ideological subversion to shape its future?

Join fellow Texans for a PEACEFUL RALLY at the State Capitol on April 29 at 9:30 AM—South Entrance steps. Bring your signs. Bring your voice. Bring the torch of freedom.

Below is the official Anti-Sedition CAIR Pledge, created by Accountability Matters, now being presented to lawmakers across Texas. Demand that your elected officials sign it. No more excuses. No more compromise.

Texans must choose: CAIR—or the Constitution.

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Please take the time to watch the full 2016 congressional testimony by national security expert Chris Gaubatz, delivered during a hearing led by Senator Ted Cruz. Gaubatz went undercover inside CAIR and exposed its ties to terrorist groups, including Hamas.