PREFILED    NOV 26 2025

REFERENCE TITLE: CAIR; terrorist organization; urging designation

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

HCM 2002

Introduced by

Representatives Gillette: Carbone, Montenegro

A CONCURRENT MEMORIAL

Urging the president and the congress of the united states to designate the council on American-Islamic Relations as a terrorist organization and pass H.R. 4097.

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To the President and Congress of the United States of America:

      Your memorialist respectfully represents:

      Whereas, Congress has introduced H.R. 4097, the "Designate CAIR as a Terrorist Organizations Act", to require a federal review of whether the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) meets the criteria for designation as a foreign terrorist organization under section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act; and

      Whereas, CAIR was named as an unindicted co-conspirator in the 2007 Holy Land Foundation terrorism financing prosecution, which was the largest successful case of its kind in United States history; and

      Whereas, the Federal Bureau of Investigation permanently suspended outreach and liaison activities with CAIR after evidence established CAIR's relationship with Hamas, a designated foreign terrorist organization that is responsible for the October 7, 2023 terrorist attacks; and

      Whereas, states such as Florida and Arizona have taken actions warning public officials about CAIR's extremist affiliations; and

      Whereas, Hamas and Iranian leadership have openly called for the extermination of Israelis, Americans, Jews and Christians, and CAIR figures have echoed rhetoric that minimizes or justifies these threats; and

      Whereas, CAIR received early funding from the Holy Land Foundation, which was later designated as a specially designated global terrorist entity by the United States Department of the Treasury; and

      Whereas, numerous CAIR officials and affiliates have been convicted of terrorism-related offenses, including Ghassan Elashi, Abdurahman Alamoudi, Randall "Ismail" Royer, Bassem Khafagi, Rabih Haddad and Mathanna al-Hanooti; and

      Whereas, the United Arab Emirates formally designated CAIR a terrorist organization in 2014 following its own national security investigations; and

      Whereas, CAIR has publicly honored Sami Al-Arian, who was convicted of providing material support to Palestinian Islamic Jihad; and

      Whereas, senior CAIR officials have publicly promoted antisemitic content, denied Israel's right to self-defense and glorified elements of the October 7 attacks; and

      Whereas, section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act authorizes the United States Secretary of State to designate foreign terrorist organizations when statutory criteria are met; and

      Whereas, the State of Arizona has a compelling interest in protecting its residents, communities and public institutions from organizations with documented links to foreign terrorist networks.

Wherefore your memorialist, the House of Representatives of the State of Arizona, the Senate concurring, prays:

      1. That the President and the Congress of the United States:

      (a) In coordination with the United States Attorney General and the United States Secretary of the Treasury, conduct a full formal review to determine whether CAIR meets the criteria for designation as a foreign terrorist organization.

      (b) Pass H.R. 4097, the "Designate the CAIR as a Terrorist Organization Act", or any substantially similar legislation demanding federal review and accountability of CAIR's ties to terrorist entities.

      2. That the Secretary of State of the State of Arizona transmit copies of this Memorial to the President of the United States, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, the President of the United States Senate, the United States Secretary of State, the United States Attorney General, the United States Secretary of the Treasury and each Member of Congress from the State of Arizona.