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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks during a news conference on August 12, 2025, in Tampa, Florida. (AP/Chris O'Meara, File)
April 7, 2026, 5:32 am
Florida governor signs law letting state officials blacklist groups as terror organizations
Free speech and Muslim advocacy groups oppose legislation, say it raises free speech and due process concerns; DeSantis casts it as framework to combat extremism
By Kanishka Singh
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks during a news conference on August 12, 2025, in Tampa, Florida. (AP/Chris O'Meara, File)
December 9, 2025, 11:09 pm
Following Texas, Florida governor designates CAIR, Muslim Brotherhood as terror groups
Order says Brotherhood’s ‘ideology is irreconcilable’ with US values, accuses CAIR, a leading US Muslim group, of having ties to terrorism; CAIR calls move ‘Israel First stunt’
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Sami Hamdi in an interview on October 15, 2025 (Screen grab/Sky News)
November 12, 2025, 2:23 am
UK Muslim commentator who hailed ‘victory’ of Oct. 7 agrees to voluntarily leave US
Sami Hamdi to depart the United States two weeks after being detained by ICE, which noted his comments about feeling ‘euphoria’ upon hearing about the Hamas-led terror onslaught
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Sami Hamdi in an interview on October 15, 2025 (Screen grab/Sky News)
October 27, 2025, 8:22 am
US detains British commentator during speaking tour, apparently over anti-Israel comments
Sami Hamdi held by ICE, has visa revoked ahead of deportation; CAIR claims Hamdi, who previously called to celebrate ‘victory’ of Oct. 7, is held for criticizing Israeli government
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York, speaks with reporters as Republicans work to pass an interim spending bill that would avoid a partial government shutdown and keep federal agencies funded through September, at the Capitol in Washington, March 11, 2025. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)
March 13, 2025, 10:46 am
Jewish, Muslim groups condemn Trump’s use of ‘Palestinian’ as slur to put down Schumer
CAIR says using term in that way is ‘beneath dignity of his office’; Jewish groups say US president doesn’t get to decide who is a Jew and that his remark weaponizes antisemitism
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Executive director at CAIR-Philadelphia, Ahmet Tekelioglu, speaks during the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission's No Hate in Our State press conference at the Pennsylvania State Capitol on February 5, 2025, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. (Lisa Lake / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
March 11, 2025, 4:51 pm
Complaints of anti-Muslim, anti-Arab incidents in US jumped 7.4% in 2024 – report
Council on American-Islamic Relations blames Israel’s war on Hamas in Gaza for apparent spike in hate incidents, notes arrests and expulsions of anti-Israel campus activists
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Council on American-Islamic Relations attorney Gadeir Abbas announces a lawsuit against the University of Maryland at a press conference in College Park, Maryland on September 17, 2024. (Charlie Summers/ Times of Israel)
September 18, 2024, 9:21 am
Pro-Palestinian legal groups sue U of Maryland over blanket ban on October 7 events
Citing First Amendment violations, CAIR and Palestine Legal go to bat with UMD after campus officials quash anti-Israel groups’ plan for a ‘joint vigil’ on Hamas attack anniversary
By Charlie Summers
Osama Abu Irshaid speaks at a press conference organized by the Council on American-Islamic Relations on August 12, 2024. (Screen capture/YouTube)
August 13, 2024, 6:45 am
US government sued over alleged discrimination against Palestinian Americans
Lawsuit relates to placement of one plaintiff on no-fly list and the seizure of an electronic device belonging to another complainant who organized anti-Israel protest
By Reuters
Former US president Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at the Historic Greenbrier Farms in Chesapeake, Virginia, on June 28, 2024. (Jim Watson/AFP)
June 29, 2024, 4:59 am
Trump again denounces political foe as a ‘Palestinian,’ this time going after Schumer
CAIR and Amnesty International say former US president’s use of term is racist, after he called Biden ‘a very bad Palestinian’ at debate
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Activists protest outside of the White House during a pro-Palestinian demonstration in Washington, November 4, 2023. (AP/Jose Luis Magana)
June 8, 2024, 3:10 pm
Security upped at White House ahead of rally against Israel for responding to Oct. 7
Council on American Islamic Relations says events are to denounce ‘eight months of slaughter and starvation in Gaza’ that followed Hamas attack, which it makes no mention of
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Muslim community members gather for the Jumʿah, a special noon service on Fridays that observant Muslims are obliged to attend, March 15, 2024, at the Islamic Society of Central Jersey in Monmouth Junction, New Jersey. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
April 2, 2024, 8:02 am
US anti-Muslim incidents hit record high in 2023, says watchdog
CAIR report attributes 56% spike to ‘escalation of violence in Israel and Palestine,’ echoing similar finding on US antisemitism since October 7
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Finished bracelets sit in a basket at former Girl Scout Troop 149's fundraiser for children affected by the war in Gaza at the Dar Al Jalal Masjid Mosque in Hazelwood, Missouri, on March 2, 2024. (Vanessa Abbitt/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
March 5, 2024, 12:25 pm
US Girl Scout troop’s charity bracelets for Gaza kids roils organization
Dispute over fundraiser by Troop 149 in St. Louis caused it to disband while supporters and pro-Palestinian advocates slammed Missouri chapter for cracking down on project
By AP and ToI Staff
Mourners hold signs during a vigil at Prairie Activity and Recreation center in Plainfield, Illinois, for 6-year-old Wadea Al Fayoume who was fatally stabbed in a suspected anti-Palestinian hate crime, October 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
January 29, 2024, 8:44 am
Anti-Muslim, anti-Palestinian discrimination in the US rose 180% after Oct. 7
The Council on American-Islamic Relations says it received 3,578 complaints during the last three months of 2023, which also saw sharp rise in antisemitism
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Fort Lauderdale police separate members of pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian protests, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2023, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. (Joe Cavaretta/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP, File)
December 23, 2023, 11:47 am
Israel-Hamas measures on table as US state legislatures meet for 1st time since Oct. 7
Some motions already introduced to condemn Hamas attack; other resolutions would seek to tackle antisemitism on campuses
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) founder and national executive director Nihad Awad speaks during a news conference, Jan. 30, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
December 7, 2023, 11:33 pm
US Muslim leader ‘happy to see Gazans breaking siege on Oct. 7’
Head of CAIR casts massacre as self-defense, while saying Israel ‘does not have right’ to defend itself; Columbia University hosts event praising Hamas ‘liberation fighters’
By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid
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