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Tampa Muslim community cooperates in arrest of alleged terror plotter
01/09/12 Robert LoreiLast Call Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Sami Osmakac, arrest, MacDinton's, CAIR, Hassan Shibly
A Kosovo-born Muslim man was charged today with plotting to attack crowded locations around Tampa, including nightclubs and a sheriff's office, with a car bomb, assault rifle and other explosives according to federal authorities. Here's part of a report from The Tampa Tribune
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Be the first to commentMuslim woman attacked by stun gun in Tampa listen
01/05/12 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: islam, Muslim-Americans, hate crimes, CAIR, Hassan Shibly
Police have been investigating whether a shopper in Tampa hit by a stun gun was the victim of a hate crime. A Muslim woman who does not want to be identified was wearing an Indian-style dress known as a salwar was attacked Sunday at a WalMart on Bruce B. Downs Boulevard. We spoke with Hassan Shibly, executive director of the Tampa Chapter of CAIR, the Council on American-Islamic Relations.
Be the first to comment“She is a 62 year old American Muslim Pakistani woman who was just shopping at WalMart and unfortuna...
The Controversy Over The TLC Program ALL AMERICAN MUSLIM
12/14/11 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Wednesday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: David Caton, TLC, All American Muslim, Lowe's, CAIR, Hassan Shibly, Florida Family Association
The conservative Tampa organization that pressured giant home repair store Lowe's to yank its ads from a program about Muslim Americans claims that "terrorist hackers" attacked its website, forcing the group to shut it down.
The Florida Family Association, objected to the TLC program All-American Muslim, saying it was "propaganda" that hid the radical agenda of Muslims. The program features five Muslim-American families in Dearborn, Mich.
David Caton, executive director of FFA, says in...
Be the first to commentMuslim Legal Fund for America seeks justice for disenfranchised Americans listen
12/05/11 Josh HoltonWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Muslim-Americans, Muslims, Muslim, CAIR, Occupy Movement, national defense authorization act, Occupy Wall Street, Sami Al-Arian, NDAA
When many Muslims-Americans are accused of heinous acts such as terrorism and aiding militant groups, some are deprived of their rights to a fair trial, and others are even held captive indefinitely in places like Guantanamo Bay. Sunday the Muslim Legal Fund for America held a benefit luncheon in Tampa. Khalil Meek is their executive director.
The Muslim Legal Fund for America (MLFA) isn’t a law firm, but it aims to p...
Be the first to commentAdvocacy group tells Muslims to know their rights when talking to police listen
10/03/11 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: CAIR, Muslim-Americans, Muslims, FBI, civil liberties, civil rights
The Tampa Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR, has received a startling number of complaints from members of the Muslim community claiming they have been harassed by the FBI. In a workshop yesterday residents were taught how to handle encounters with law enforcement.
Hassan Shibly, executive director for CAIR’s Tampa chapter, said harassment has always been an issue, but the frequency of Muslims being hassled by law...
Be the first to commentCAIR-Tampa reacts to the death of Osama Bin Laden listen
05/02/11 Joshua Lee HoltonWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: war on terror, Osama bin Laden, CAIR, terrorism, Islam, Muslims
There has also been local reaction to the death of Osama Bin Laden from the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR). Today they held a press conference at their office in Temple Terrace, welcoming the Al Qaeda leader’s demise. CAIR is the nation’s largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization, and one of the first joint American Muslim groups to condemn the attacks on 9/11, just hours after they occurred. Ramzy Kılıç is the Communications director for C...
2 commentsFBI: Jacksonville Mosque a target of terrorism listen
05/13/10 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
The FBI says a Jacksonville Mosque was targeted with a pipe bomb on Monday. Surveillance video shows a man with what law enforcement officials say is gasoline setting the bomb.
Ramzy Kilic is the executive director of the Tampa chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR. He said, 殿n act of terrorism to me, from that description.”
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Be the first to commentMayor proclaims WMNF Polkateer Day, declines comment on ceasing of CAIR Day listen
02/01/10 Joshua Lee HoltonWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Pam Iorio, CAIR, community radio
Today Mayor Pam Iorio awarded WMNF’s Polka Party Express show with the proclamation of February 1st as WMNF Polkateer day.
Recently the mayor of Tampa appeared on WMNF’s Sunday polka show. Today she issued a proclamation to honor the show and its fans. Proclamations are the fun part of the mayor’s job, because she says that they’re easy to say “yes” to. But some of the City's decisions about proclamations are more controversial.
The City of Tampa has issued a CAIR day each year since 2...
1 commentsA look inside Islam listen
01/19/10 Joshua Lee HoltonWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: islam, islamic radicalism, Religion, Polls, film, CAIR, USF
A new civil rights group for Muslims sponsored a showing of the new film “Inside Islam: What a billion Muslims really think.” The film was at USF in Tampa last Saturday night, and was designed to challenge the notion that Islam and the West are on a collision course.
Muslims in 40 countries participated in a Gallup public opinion poll that showed what Muslims think about the most controversial issues surrounding their religion. Last Saturday hundreds of people attended the film at USF, wh...
7 commentsReactions to alleged attempted terrorism on Christmas Day flight listen
12/28/09 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Ulmar Farouk Abdulmutallab, Yemen, Al-Qaida, CAIR
On Friday, a Nigerian man on a flight from Amsterdam to Detroit allegedly tried to ignite an explosive as the plane approached its destination.
Law enforcement officials think Ulmar Farouk Abdulmutallab attempted to ignite a two-part concoction of explosives, but it only resulted in smoke, some fire, and pops.
Today the group Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula has claimed responsibility for the attempt, calling it retaliation for a recent U.S.-backed attacks against them in Yemen.
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