US Rejects Label of Two American Muslim Groups as Terrorist

The U.S. State Department has confirmed it does not consider two prominent Muslim American groups as terrorist organizations, after they turned up on a terror list issued by the United Arab Emirates. A State Department spokesman Tuesday said officials are following up on the designation made Monday by the UAE.   The UAE named the Council on American-Islamic Relations, a Washington-based group known as CAIR, as well as the Muslim American Society, on a list of more than 80...

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