Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced that he has designated the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and the Muslim Brotherhood as "foreign terrorist organizations."

DeSantis signed an executive order which he posted to social media Monday evening.

"Florida agencies are hereby directed to undertake all lawful measures to prevent unlawful activities by these organizations, including denying privileges or resources to anyone providing material support," DeSantis said in a post on X .

CAIR is a nonprofit founded in 1994 with a mission to advance American Muslim civil rights. It now has chapters in more than two dozen cities around the U.S.

The Muslim Brotherhood is a Sunni Islamist movement founded in Egypt nearly a century ago, which is active in countries across the Middle Ea

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