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Racially and religiously driven attack fuels Muslim advocacy group listen
01/02/13 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: CAIR, Hassan Shibly, Muslims, Islam, civil rights, hate crimes
The Florida chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR today called on the FBI to investigate a shooting attack in which a man perceived as "Middle Eastern" and Muslim was shot in the face at least twice with a pellet gun.
CAIR officials said the man attacked was harassed with racial slurs as he was leaving a Walmart at 3 this morning. A police report indicates that the shooting victim was asked if he is Middle Eastern and whether he is Muslim. He reportedly answered "...
Be the first to commentActivists call on Florida Department of Law Enforcement to ditch anti-Muslim training contractor listen
07/11/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: CAIR, Hassan Shibly, Muslims, Islam, FDLE
Thirty Muslim groups are asking the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to sever ties with one of their counter-terrorism trainers. Hassan Shibly, director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR, said Sam Kharoba teaches law enforcement officers to unfairly stereotype Muslims.
2 comments“Kharoba claims radicals can be identified by ten to twelve physical markers such as headbands, types of facial hair or a prayer bump on the forehead from frequent contact with a prayer mat. One o...
Religious leaders: Florida's anti-Sharia bills are "an attack on all religions" listen
03/07/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Hassan Shibly, CAIR, Sharia Law, Muslims, Religion, religious freedom, Laila Abdelaziz
Multi-denominational religious leaders and advocacy groups came together in Tampa to speak out against twin bills in the Florida House and Senate. The measures would ban Foreign Laws from use in Florida courtrooms. Speakers at the press conference this afternoon said the proposed law is an attack on religious freedom.
The legislation passed the Florida House last week by a wide margin, 92-24. It hasn’t been heard on the Senate floor yet, but easily passed through two committees. The bi...
Be the first to commentPinellas Park Muslim man charged with attempted use of a bomb listen
01/09/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: war on terrorism, Muslims, muslim extremism, Hassan Shibly, CAIR, Bill Nelson, Sami Osmakac
A Pinellas Park resident has been charged with allegedly plotting attacks in Tampa with vehicle bombs and other weapons. Sami Osmakac was seen as a threat to both law enforcement and the Muslim community.
The 25-year-old Muslim is a naturalized U.S. citizen from the former Yugoslavia. In September, Osmakac was arrested on battery charges he incurred during a religious argument at a protest. That misdemeanor charge...
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 commentAt Tampa mosque 9/11 remembrance ceremony, safe haven is created from hate and war listen
09/12/11 Atecia RobinsonWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Christians, Muslims, Muslim-Americans, 9/11 attacks, war on terrorism, President George Bush
After September 11th some Christians and Muslims viewed each other as the enemy. But on Saturday people of these two world religions gathered at the Islamic Community of Tampa’s mosque in Temple Terrace to pay tribute to the lives lost during the 9/11 attacks.
In a small worship space at the end of a tiny road lies a family of Muslims that welcomes other faiths. But after the September 11th attacks, Muslims were not as welcomed by some Americans. [Hassan Shibly, ...
1 commentsCAIR-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 commentsDespite Koran burning cancellation, peaceful protests ensue in Gainesville listen
09/13/10 Kate BradshawWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Gainesville, muslims, Islam, Koran burnings, religious tolerance
Pastor Terry Jones did not burn any copies of the Muslim holy book in Gainesville Saturday, but that didn’t stop scores of peaceful demonstrators from coming to town. Amid an amped-up police presence, a reported 300 people carried signs and chanted messages of peace and tolerance across the street from Jones’s church.
University of Florida student Lila Jonas is with the sorority Alpha Epsilon Phi. She came out with her sorority sisters to stand in solidarity with Muslims.
She said the k...
Be the first to commentRally for Israel listen
04/26/10 Doris NorritoWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Obama, Palestinian Territories, politics, American foreign policy, Jerusalem, West B ank, Muslims, Jews, Christians, Culture, occupation, Bethlehem
We have to understand we’re in the Middle of World War III. So far, the only one that doesn’t get it is the White House.
Bob Kunst spoke to a group of Israel supporters beside the statue of the World War II sailor kissing his sweetheart. The rally was to show love and support for America and Israel, and against the Obama politics threatening to divide [Jerusalem](http://www.jerusalem.muni.il/jer_main/defaultnew.asp?lng=2...
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