Finally a legitimate effort to designate CAIR as a terrorist group

Published April 23, 2026 6:00am ET



The Council on American-Islamic Relations may be the most embattled nonprofit organization in U.S. history. A self-proclaimed Muslim civil rights group, CAIR has faced state-level executive orders labeling it a “foreign terrorist organization,” multiple resolutions denouncing its ties to Hamas, and numerous congressional inquiries examining its links to global terrorism. 

Yet the 501(c)(3) nonprofit group still stands today. CAIR still collects tax-free donations to fuel its anti-American advocacy, and it’s still the Muslim darling of the corporate media Left. 

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