HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Tuesday, Governor Greg Abbott made the controversial announcement that the Muslim Brotherhood and the Council of American-Islamic Relations will now be considered terrorist organizations.

According to Congress, the Muslim Brotherhood is a militant Islamic organization with affiliations in 70 countries, including groups designated as terrorist organizations by the United States.

The Council of American-Islamic Relations has an office in Houston and across the country and identifies itself as a group working to enhance the understanding of Islam and civil rights and empower American Muslims.

Mark Jones, a political science professor at Rice University, said the naming of the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization has been floating around state and nationa

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