AUSTIN, Texas — THE TEXAS TRIBUNE - Hours after Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday directed the Texas Department of Public Safety to launch criminal investigations into two Islamic groups —the Muslim Brotherhood and the Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR — the latter organization filed a lawsuit against the governor.

Abbott’s announcement comes just two days after he designated the groups as transnational criminal organizations, banning them and those associated with them from purchasing or acquiring Texas land.

The Muslim Legal Fund of America and the CAIR Legal Defense Fund, according to the lawsuit , are suing Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton, alleging that the “proclamation is defamatory and finds no basis in law or fact.” They argue that Abbott’s designations e

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