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MS HR2
Resolution
Status
3/29/2017
Primary Sponsor
Andy Gipson
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AI Summary
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Urges all Mississippi law enforcement and governmental agencies to avoid and suspend all contacts and outreach activities with the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR)
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Cites FBI suspension of formal contacts with CAIR due to evidence of relationship between CAIR and HAMAS, a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization
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References CAIR's identification as a Muslim Brotherhood front group and naming as unindicted co-conspirator in U.S. v. the Holy Land Foundation, the largest successful terrorism financing prosecution in U.S. history
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Lists multiple CAIR employees and affiliates convicted or sentenced on terrorism-related charges, including financing of Palestinian Islamic Jihad, al Qaeda, and the Taliban between 2003 and 2006
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Notes that the United Arab Emirates officially designated CAIR as a terrorist organization in 2014
Legislative Description
Council on American Islamic Relations; urge law enforcement and government agencies to avoid contacts with.
Last Action
Died In Committee
3/29/2017