Texas Governor Greg Abbott has labeled the Muslim Brotherhood and CAIR as foreign terrorist and transnational criminal organization.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has issued a sweeping proclamation designating both the Muslim Brotherhood and CAIR as Foreign Terrorist Organizations and Transnational Criminal Organizations under Texas law. Citing FBI findings, terrorism-financing cases, and the groups’ alleged ties to Hamas, Abbott’s order triggers enhanced criminal penalties, land-purchase restrictions, and expanded state authority to block or dismantle affiliated operations in Texas. The proclamation represents the most aggressive state-level action ever taken against these organizations in the United States.

Bravo! We need this on a national level. This should have happened right after 9/11. Instead, President Bush invited them to White House and you wonder how we got here?

Abbott’s proclamation is not symbolic — it has real legal bite.
Here’s what it formally triggers under Texas law:

1. Designates Muslim Brotherhood & CAIR as Foreign Terrorist Organizations

Under Texas Penal Code § 71.01(e)
This activates heightened criminal penalties
Allows prosecutions for aiding, promoting, or associating with the organizations
Enables civil injunctions to block their operations

2. Labels Both Groups “Transnational Criminal Organizations”

Under Texas Property Code § 5.254
Bars these groups, affiliates, and members from buying or acquiring land in Texas
Forces divestiture of land already acquired in violation
Subjects them to Chapter 5 penalties for foreign-controlled entities

3. Uses Federal and Academic Findings as Evidence

Abbott cites:

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  FBI statements describing CAIR as a “front group” for Hamas

  
  


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  Federal terrorism-financing convictions connected to CAIR figures

  
  


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  DOJ designations of Hamas as a Foreign Terrorist Organization

  
  


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  Muslim Brotherhood branches already designated as terrorist entities by the U.S.

  
  


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  Research from GWU’s Program on Extremism about CAIR’s Hamas ties

  
  

4. Enforces the Ban on Sharia-Based Foreign Law

Cites Abbott’s earlier signing of HB 45 (2017)
Blocks enforcement of foreign laws, including Sharia law, inside Texas courts

5. Blocks “Exclusionary Compounds” Like Muslim-Only Developments

Cites HB 4211 (2025)
Texas can now ban residential enclaves built to exclude non-Muslims

6. Grants Texas Law Enforcement Broad Power

Texas agencies can now:

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  Investigate

  
  


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  Shut down operations

  
  


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  Identify affiliates

  
  


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  Restrict land purchases

  
  


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  Pursue criminal or civil penalties
  … under terrorism and organized-crime statutes.