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Arizona House Panel Advances Bid to Urge Terrorist Labels for CAIR and the Muslim Brotherhood

The committee’s party-line vote moves symbolic memorials to the full House despite terrorist designations being a federal authority.

Overview

  • House Concurrent Memorials targeting CAIR and the Muslim Brotherhood cleared the Arizona House Committee on Federalism, Military Affairs and Elections along party lines and now head to the full chamber.
  • The measures ask the president and Congress to apply terrorist designations and have no direct legal effect at the state level.
  • CAIR-Arizona and a coalition of civil-rights and faith organizations oppose the proposals, saying they endanger Muslim communities and smear a civil-rights group.
  • Supporters pointed to the 2008 Holy Land Foundation case and a 2014 UAE designation, while the U.S. government has not designated CAIR; one Republican member voiced concerns but still voted yes.
  • The Arizona push follows late-2025 proclamations in Texas and Florida labeling the groups, actions that prompted ongoing legal challenges.