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Wednesday, September 12, 2012

CAIR Advocates, Opponents Rally at Hillsborough County School District

The rally was organized by Hillsborough County conservative groups to protest the school board's policy permitting groups such as CAIR to speak at public schools.

A rally intended to protest the Hillsborough County School Board’s policy to allow organizations such as the Council on American-Islamic Relations to speak at public schools drew demonstrators on both sides of the controversy to the steps of the Hillsborough County School District headquarters in Tampa on Sept. 11. The rally was part of a daylong 9/11 remembrance organized by conservative groups including the Community Issues Council, the Education Coalition, the Tampa 912, the Tampa Tea Party and the Pinellas Patriots. The group kicked off the remembrance with a prayer vigil at Joe Chillura Park in downtown Tampa and then headed over to the school district for the CAIR protest. There, they were met by a crowd of CAIR members and …

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George Gould

6:41 pm on Monday, September 17, 2012

Thank you Shannon but please don't say that. I wouldn't want to live in any place that let me rule.   more ›

Sunday, September 9, 2012

9/11 Remembrance Focuses on Banning Islamic Group from Hillsborough County Schools

The daylong remembrance will feature a protest rally, press conference, speakers and the viewing of the documentary, “Losing Our Sons."

  • THE NEIGHBORHOOD FILES
  • D'Ann White
  • Sunday, September 9, 2012

A Sept. 11 remembrance ceremony will focus on banning the Council on American-Islamic Relations from Hillsborough County Schools. Brandon resident Terry Kemple, president of the Community Issues Council, a Christian political group, has joined forces with the Education Coalition, the Tampa 912, the Tampa Tea Party and the Pinellas Patriots to host a daylong remembrance and protest rally. Kemple became a vocal opponent of permitting members of CAIR to speak in Hillsborough County classrooms after learning that Hassan Shibly, executive director of the Tampa CAIR chapter, made a presentation to a world history class at Steinbrenner High School last year. Kemple and other opponents assert that CAIR is linked to terrorism and is attempting to …

Patti Emminger

10:02 pm on Monday, September 10, 2012

Terry Kemple is a man. Haha, I'm one of those white suburban Christian women you disdain and I have seen Crash. Not all of us are so pushy, but we do stand up for what we believe.   more ›

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