Texas Governor Greg Abbott, a Republican, called on state law enforcement to investigate “sharia courts,” the Muslim Brotherhood and Council on American-Islamic Relations in a pair of letters, which he released on Wednesday and Thursday.

On Nov. 20, Abbott asked the Texas Department of Public Safety to probe the latter two organizations, two days after he designated them as foreign terror groups.

“The goal is to identify, disrupt and eradicate terrorist organizations engaged in criminal activities in Texas,” the governor stated on Thursday. “We will target threats of violence, intimidation and harassment of our citizens.”

He added that the state “will also focus on individuals or groups who unlawfully impose sharia law, which violates the Texas Constitution and state statutes.”

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