CAIR FLORIDA ACCUSE GOP OF FOSTERING ANTI MUSLIM SENTIMENT,ASKING GOP TO STOP INVITING "EXTREMIST ANTI ISLAM" SPEAKERS

A Florida Islamic group is accusing some Republican Party lawmakers and local party organizations of fostering anti-Muslim sentiment.



The Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR, sent letters to almost every Republican Club or party extension in the state, asking the groups to stop bringing speakers who espouse anti-Islamic views. The letter said it represented the interests of more than 150,000 registered Florida Muslim voters.



“Our office has documented a pattern of local GOP organizations inviting extremist anti-Muslim speakers who promote fear and hatred of the entire Muslim faith and community, often under the pretense of targeting 'radicals,' ” Shibly wrote in the letter.

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