Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has launched a campaign against the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), declaring the Muslim civil rights organization a foreign terrorist organization. What’s unclear is whether that will hold up under a legal challenge from CAIR, either with respect to federal law or even Texas’ own statutes.
Syed al-Ferdous immigrated to the Houston area from Bangladesh more than 20 years ago. He now attends services at the Maryam Islamic Center in Sugar Land, southwest of Houston, every evening. He said Abbott’s calling CAIR a terrorist organization shows a lack of education about Islam.
“I think it’s very juvenile to say the least,” al-Ferdous said. “It’s very immature, and it just doesn’t hold any water whatsoever.”…