BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Copyright © 2025 MetroDesk Media, LLC) — Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Monday declared major Muslim organizations, including the Council on American-Islamic Relations and the Muslim Brotherhood to be designated terrorist organizations in State of Florida. We are publishing the complete text of the declaration. We are also publishing the official declaration. The text is the same in both — the originals are published for those who find reading the official declaration to be easier.
OFFICIAL DECLARATION FROM FLORIDA GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS:
WHEREAS, individuals associated with CAIR have been convicted of providing, and conspiring to provide, material support to designated terrorist organizations; and WHEREAS, pursuant to section 943.0311, Florida Statutes, the executive director. of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement serves as the Chief of Domestic Security and is responsible for coordinating ongoing assessments of the State’s vulnerability to terrorism and its ability to detect and prevent acts of terrorism within or affecting Florida; and WHEREAS, section 321.05, Florida Statutes, directs the Florida Highway Patrol to conserve the peace and enforce the laws of the State; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Article IV, Section 4 of the Florida Constitution and section 943.0313, Florida Statutes, the Domestic Security Oversight Council is responsible for reviewing the State’s domestic security posture and making recommendations to the Governor and Legislature concerning the State’s domestic security, including with respect to threats from terrorism.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, RON DESANTIS, as Governor of Florida, pursuant to my solemn constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed and to preserve the public peace, do hereby promulgate the following Executive Order, to take immediate effect:
Section 1. The Muslim Brotherhood and any chapter or subdivision thereof; the Council on American-Islamic Relations; and any other organization designated by the United States Government as a Foreign Terrorist Organization under section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U. S. C. § 1189) are hereby designated as terrorist organizations for the purpose of this Executive Order.
Section 2. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the Florida Highway Patrol are directed to undertake all lawful measures to prevent unlawful activities in Florida by the terrorist organizations designated in Section 1. Unless prohibited by federal or state law.
WHEREAS, members of the Muslim Brotherhood created Hamas in 1987, the primary goal of which is the destruction of the State of Israel and the eradication of Jews in their historic homeland ofJudea and Samaria; and WHEREAS, the United States Government designated Hamas as a foreign terrorist organization on October 8, 1997; and WHEREAS, on October 7, 2023, Hamas murdered over 1,200 men, women, and children in Israel, including 46 Americans, and took 254 hostages, including 12 Americans; and WHEREAS, in the aftermath of the October 7 attack, Muslim Brotherhood chapters in the Middle East joined attacks against Israel with, or otherwise provided material support to, Hamas, Hezbollah, and other Palestinian groups; and WHEREAS, organizations affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas have had active fundraising arms in the United States, which have raised funds to support Hamas’s terrorist attacks in the Middle East; and WHEREAS, the Palestine Committee, an organization affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood and created to support Hamas in the United States, expressly sought to increase the financial and moral support for Hamas” and oversaw front organizations designed to raise money for Hamas; and WHEREAS, the Palestine Committee founded the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) in the United States in 1994; and WHEREAS, CAIR was founded by persons connected to the Muslim Brotherhood and was created, in the words of persons affiliated with CAIR, as “an official U. S. cover representing the Islamic community”‘ to conceal ties to Islamic extremist groups; and WHEREAS, CAIR was designated as an unindicted co-conspirator by the United States Government in the largest terrorism-financing case in American history, and the court found “ample evidence to establish the association[]” of CAIR with terrorist organizations, see United States v. Holy Land Found. for Relief & Dev., No. 3:04-cv-240, 2009 WL 10680203, at *7 (N.D. Tex. July 1, 2009); and WHEREAS, individuals associated with CAIR have been convicted of providing, and conspiring to provide, material support to designated terrorist organizations; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to section 943.0311, Florida Statutes, the executive director. of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement serves as the Chief of Domestic Security and is responsible for coordinating ongoing assessments of the State’s vulnerability to terrorism and its ability to detect and prevent acts of terrorism within or affecting Florida; and WHEREAS, section 321.05, Florida Statutes, directs the Florida Highway Patrol to conserve the peace and enforce the laws of the State; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Article IV, Section 4 of the Florida Constitution and section 943.0313, Florida Statutes, the Domestic Security Oversight Council is responsible for reviewing the State’s domestic security posture and making recommendations to the Governor and Legislature concerning the State’s domestic security, including with respect to threats from terrorism.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, RON DESANTIS, as Governor of Florida, pursuant to my solemn constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed and to preserve the public peace, do hereby promulgate the following Executive Order, to take immediate effect: Section 1. The Muslim Brotherhood and any chapter or subdivision thereof; the Council on American-Islamic Relations; and any other organization designated by the United States Government as a Foreign Terrorist Organization under section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U. S. C. § 1189) are hereby designated as terrorist organizations for the purpose of this Executive Order.
Section 2. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the Florida Highway Patrol are directed to undertake all lawful measures to prevent unlawful activities in Florida by the terrorist organizations designated in Section 1. Unless prohibited by federal or state law, all other Executive and Cabinet Agencies shall further undertake all lawful action to prevent any terrorist organization designated in Section 1, or any person known to have provided material support or resources to such organization as defined in section 775.33(1)(c), Florida Statutes, from receiving any contract, employment, funds, or other benefit or privilege from such Executive or Cabinet Agency or any entity regulated by such Executive or Cabinet Agency or from any County or Municipality of the State.
Section 3. The Domestic Security Oversight Council shall conduct a comprehensive review of existing statutory authorities, regulations, and policies for addressing threats from the terrorist organizations designated in Section 1 and submit recommendations for any additional action needed to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives by January 6, 2026.
