Ryan NicolAugust 20, 2020
4min805
Loomer hoped to restore her account after winning a congressional primary Tuesday.
Tag: Islam
Ryan NicolAugust 20, 2020
Scott PowersJune 4, 2019
3min392
Dyer: 'Our Muslim community is valued and welcomed in Orlando.'
Ryan NicolJanuary 17, 2019
4min361
Several Muslim groups have called on Anabelle Lima-Taub to resign
A.G. GancarskiJuly 17, 2016
4min634
Earlier in July, 4th Circuit Public Defender Matt Shirk raised eyebrows with a tweet about President Barack Obama that many found inflammatory. “Obama has deep ties to Islam,” Shirk tweeted. “Is this why he refuses to call Radical Islam what it actually is??” FloridaPolitics.com reached out to Shirk, and he doubled down on his position on Friday, […]
Scott PowersJuly 5, 2016
4min294
Orlando Imam Muhammad Musri, other American Islam leaders and faith leaders from other religions from throughout the country called over the weekend for a national inter-faith march on Washington D.C. to promote peace and denounce extremist violence. Musri, Orlando-based president of American Islam, said the “March For America” rally will be aimed at both showing Islam […]
Scott PowersJune 14, 2016
7min652
At Tuesday afternoon’s prayer time at the Islamic Center of Central Florida mosque, only four or five Muslims were praying there. This is the holy month of Ramadan and normally there would be a crowd. “The people are very scared,” said Imam Muhammad Musri, president of American Islam and a leader of the Central Florida […]
Diane RobertsJune 10, 2016
8min582
The great Muhammad Ali is dead, but that won’t stop Donald Trump trying to make political hay out of him. Trump, who famously doesn’t like Muslims or Black people (except Dr. Ben “Sleepy” Carson and that poor dude Trump called “my African American”), allowed as how Muhammed Ali, a Muslim and a Black man, was […]
Mitch PerryJune 10, 2016
2min310
In the summer of 2013, Melbourne GOP Rep. Ritch Workman made an issue out of a textbook used in Advanced Placement history classes in Brevard County, claiming it displayed a pro-Islam bias. In a new ad promoting his run for the Senate District 17 contest, the Republican refers to that opposition. A narrator references Workman’s sponsoring $500 million in […]
Melissa RossApril 11, 2016
2min374
A St. Johns County official says that controversial billboard in St. Augustine Beach denouncing Islam will stay, because it’s protected under the First Amendment. An online petition demanding the removal of the billboard in St. Augustine Beach is gaining signatures worldwide. In fact, of the 24,000 plus signatures, only a few thousand are from here […]
Associated PressNovember 18, 2015
7min179
Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush on Wednesday called for the U.S. to send more troops to the Middle East to fight the Islamic State. “This is the war of our time,” the former Florida governor said at the Citadel five days after Islamic State militants attacked Paris and killed 129 people. “Radical Islamic terrorists have […]