From Europe News:
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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Video: Coalition wants Muslim group banned from schools
abcactionnews.com 26 January 2012
By Chris Martinez
By Chris Martinez
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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