Texas GOP Passes Resolution in Support of Governor Abbott’s Designation of the Muslim Brotherhood and CAIR as Foreign Terrorist and Transnational Criminal Organizations
December 12, 2025 | Media Inquiries: press@mctxgop.org
The Texas GOP State Republican Executive Committee (SREC) passed the following resolution at its December 6 meeting in Austin. The resolution encourages Governor Abbott to vigorously pursue the investigation and prosecution of the Muslim Brotherhood, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), and any other organizations that provide support, aid, or assistance to the Muslim Brotherhood and CAIR.
WHEREAS, on November 18, 2025, Texas Governor Greg Abbott designated the Muslim Brotherhood and the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) as foreign terrorist organizations and transnational criminal organizations; and
WHEREAS, Governor Abbott’s designation proclamation included that the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood stated that “Jihad is an obligation…on every Muslim and cannot be ignored nor evaded” and that Jihad means “the fighting of the unbelievers, and involves all possible efforts that are necessary to dismantle the power of the enemies of Islam including beating them, plundering their wealth, destroying their places of worship, and smashing their idols”; and
WHEREAS, Governor Abbott’s proclamation explains that the Muslim Brotherhood continues to this day to pursue the organization’s primary goal: to resurrect an Islamic state – a caliphate – empowered to forcibly impose Sharia Law worldwide, as stated by Mohammed Badie, the Eighth Supreme Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood; and
WHEREAS, the Muslim Brotherhood operates and provides support for a multitude of branches around the world which engage in murderous terrorist acts, and branches have been declared terrorist organizations even in some Muslim-majority countries; and
WHEREAS, Hamas, a branch of the Muslim Brotherhood formed in 1987, kidnapped and murdered American citizens in the October 7, 2023, attack on Israel; and
WHEREAS, the FBI identifies CAIR as an Islamist organization that was founded as a front group for Hamas; and
WHEREAS, CAIR was named in the Holy Land Foundation prosecution as an unindicted co-conspirator in the largest successful prosecution of terrorism financing; and
WHEREAS, multiple CAIR members have been successfully prosecuted and convicted for financing terrorism and conspiring to aid Islamic terrorist groups; now
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Texas State Republican Executive Committee applauds Governor Abbott for his proclamation designating the Muslim Brotherhood and CAIR as foreign terrorist organizations and transnational criminal organizations, and we encourage him to vigorously pursue the investigation and prosecution of these organizations and any others that provide support, aid, or assistance to the Muslim Brotherhood and CAIR.