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Congress to Probe CAIR
While it remains unclear whether the Council on American‑Islamic Relations will testify, a House Judiciary subcommittee is set to hold a hearing Tuesday examining how CAIR and similar organizations are promoting Sharia law and other efforts in the United State that lawmakers say are “incompatible with Western civilization.”
“Sharia law has no place in the United States, and these hearings are about exposing it, defending the rule of law, and protecting the values that make America strong,” Rep. Chip Roy, R‑Texas, told The Daily Signal.
Roy has previously accused CAIR of having a “30‑year history replete with associating with terrorist groups and individuals who want to undermine the security and values of the U.S. and its allies.”
CAIR has also come under renewed scrutiny following allegations that it supported a controversial housing development in Texas that lawmakers have said would enforce Sharia law. On Thursday, a federal judge ordered CAIR’s Texas chapter to turn over a list of foreign donors, along with documentation of trips one of its officials took to eight Middle Eastern countries before the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas terrorist attack.
Roy chairs the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government, which will host the hearing titled “Sharia‑Free America: Why Political Islam and Sharia Law Are Incompatible With the U.S. Constitution, Part II.”........