Saturday, February 25, 2012

Coalition wants Muslim group banned from schools

From Europe News:


Video: Coalition wants Muslim group banned from schools

abcactionnews.com 26 January 2012
By Chris Martinez
Much of what parents lined up to tell the Hillsborough County School Board Tuesday night had already been said in thousands of angry emails. "They have a right to say what they want to say, but in the right place and I don't believe that's the classroom," said Dr. Becky Pearce.


http://europenews.dk/en/node/51554

Pearce is part of a coalition of parents and conservative groups that says they're outraged the local head of The Council on American Islamic Relations, or C.A.I.R., was invited to speak at a Tampa high school.
Hassan Shibly was asked to lecture to a class at Steinbrenner High School about the Islamic faith. Shibly says his message was about tolerance, aimed at shattering misconceptions about Muslims.
"We're Americans and we rise or fall as a nation together, and we should respect each other," Shibly said.
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