The largest Muslim charity in the US should be investigated by the IRS over alleged ties to terrorist organizations and potentially stripped of its tax exempt status, according to one US senator. The Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) took in more than $26 million between two of its richest chapters in Washington DC and California in 2023,

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) on Tuesday asked the Internal Revenue Service to investigate the Council on American-Islamic Relations, a tax-exempt Muslim advocacy nonprofit group, over its ties to terrorist organizations such as Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood.

Cotton alleges the 501(c)(3) organization has ties to terrorist organizations, including Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood.  "The Internal Revenue Code requires that 501(c)(3) organizations operate exclusively for charitable,

Cotton’s letter is the latest in a series of accusations claiming CAIR has ties to terror organizations and denouncing the group’s pro-Palestinian activism.

Founded in 1994 as a Muslim advocacy firm headquartered in Washington, D.C., CAIR’s ties to terror organizations have been investigated for decades.