Nihad Awad

Rule Changes

As of May 2026: Coordinating national legal and political response to Texas and Florida designations

In less than a month, Texas and Florida governors branded CAIR, the country's largest Muslim civil rights group, a "foreign terrorist organization." Both states ordered cuts to contracts, jobs, and funding. CAIR calls it a smear campaign; the governors say they're targeting Hamas-linked extremists.

Updated May 10