SMU cancels CAIR-Texas youth conference over Texas terror designation

Southern Methodist University has canceled plans to host a youth conference for the Council on American-Islamic Relations. The decision was made because the state of Texas has designated CAIR as a foreign terrorist organization. This action by the university follows the state’s official classification of the group.

• Southern Methodist University canceled a planned youth conference.
• The conference was organized by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).
• The university cited Texas’s designation of CAIR as a foreign terrorist organization as the reason for cancellation.
• The event was scheduled to take place on SMU’s Dallas campus.