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AR SR17

Resolution

Status

Passed

2/21/2019

Primary Sponsor

Jason Rapert

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Origin

Senate

92nd General Assembly (2019 Regular)

AI Summary

  • The Senate encourages law enforcement agencies to suspend all contact and outreach with the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).

  • The Federal Bureau of Investigation has suspended formal contacts with CAIR due to evidence of a relationship between CAIR and Hamas, a designated foreign terrorist organization.

  • CAIR was identified as an associate of the Muslim Brotherhood and named an unindicted co-conspirator in United States v. Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development, the largest terrorism-financing prosecution in U.S. history.

  • Multiple current and former CAIR employees and associates have been convicted of terrorism-related offenses, including Randall Todd Royer (20 years), Ghassan Elashi (65 years), Sami Al-Arian (57 months), and Abdurahman Alamoudi (23 years).

  • The United Arab Emirates officially designated CAIR as a terrorist organization in 2014.

Legislative Description

To Encourage Law Enforcement To Suspend Contact And Outreach With The Council On American-islamic Relations.

Last Action

Sine Die adjournment

4/25/2019

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