SUGAR LAND, Texas – Whether speaking at local government meetings or protesting over the war in Gaza and Islamophobia in public schools, Amina Ishaq counts on the Council on American-Islamic Relations to defend her rights and those of the growing Muslim community in this politically divided Houston suburb.
“They used to come out to our protests to make sure we were okay,” said Ishaq, a social worker who is active at her local mosque.
Earlier this month, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott designated CAIR – one of America’s largest Muslim advocacy and civil rights groups – a “foreign terrorist organization,” along with the Muslim Brotherhood, an Islamist organization. He accused the groups of attempting to “subvert our laws through violence, intimidation, and harassment.”…