Paxton sues CAIR, Muslim Brotherhood to stop them from operating in Texas

(The Center Square) – Three months after Gov. Greg Abbott designated the Muslim Brotherhood and the Council on American-Islamic Relations as foreign terrorist organizations, Attorney General Ken Paxton sued them on Thursday.

The lawsuit was filed in district court in Collin County and names the Muslim Brotherhood and CAIR and its Texas chapters, based in Houston, Austin and Fort Worth, as defendants. It refers to each CAIR entity as a “chapter of the Muslim Brotherhood.”

The lawsuit asks the court to enter a judgment stating the organizations are an FTO and transnational criminal organization in accordance with Abbott’s order, prohibit them from operating, raising money and soliciting membership in Texas.

The lawsuit was filed one week after Abbott called on Paxton to act. “The Texas Attorney Gene...