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Austin taxpayers will provide $1,500 for a September 10 film screening and panel featuring CAIR-Austin, even as Gov. Greg Abbott (R-Texas) and Attorney General Ken Paxton (R-Texas) seek to restrict CAIR operations in the state. The “Jesus Was a Migrant” program will run from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Asian American Resource Center, a city cultural facility at 8401 Cameron Rd. The registration page says FaithWorks, CAIR-Austin and other organizations are inviting residents to the event, which Austin “Equity” and Inclusion is sponsoring through its We All Belong initiative. The panel will feature representatives from CAIR-Austin, Asian Texans for...

Southern Methodist University will not allow a CAIR-Texas-promoted Muslim youth leadership symposium branded “Unapologetically Muslim: Youth in Action” to take place on its campus after reviewing the planned event and citing what the university called the State of Texas’ “current designation of the symposium’s organizer.” SMU announced the decision in a statement to The Dallas Express after DX requested comment about the September 19 Muslim Youth Leadership Symposium, which CAIR-Texas had advertised for the SMU campus. SMU says event will not take place SMU described the symposium as unaffiliated with the university and said allowing it to proceed on campus...

The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is investigating what happened to $30 million it sent to a Muslim nonprofit to help resettle Afghan refugees in the US, The Post has learned. The department is the latest to look into the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) amid accusations it has ties to dangerous groups in foreign nations including terror group Hamas. In letters to the governors of California and Washington, where the $30 million was sent, HHS — headed by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — claims it has received information that “raises concerns about the business practices and...