The organizer of a day that brought nearly 200 Florida Muslims to the state Capitol to lobby politicians Tuesday was called a "known terrorist sympathizer" by a head lawmaker and others, a label the leader emphatically rejected. ...more

March 11, 2009

The organizer of a day that brought nearly 200 Florida Muslims to the state Capitol to lobby politicians today was called a "known terrorist sympathizer" by a head lawmaker and others, a label the leader emphatically rejected. ...more

March 10, 2009

Local supporters of a former University of South Florida professor once accused of being a leading Palestinian terrorist hailed his release from a federal lockup in Virginia on Tuesday as long overdue. ...more

September 3, 2008

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A former Florida professor once accused of being a leading Palestinian terrorist has been released for the first time in more than five years. ...more

September 2, 2008

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - More than a year after an arsonist severely damaged their mosque, members of the Islamic Education Center of Tampa celebrated its reopening to worshippers Saturday. ...more

June 1, 2008

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - More than a year after an arsonist severely damaged their mosque, members of the Islamic Education Center of Tampa celebrated its reopening to worshippers Saturday. ...more

May 31, 2008

When asked Friday by an assistant principal, a sixth-grade Azalea Middle School student denied being told by a classmate that he would bring a gun and kill her, according to a St. Petersburg police report. ...more

November 14, 2007

When asked Friday by an assistant principal, a sixth-grade Azalea Middle School student denied being told by a classmate that he would bring a gun and kill her, according to a St. Petersburg Police Department report. At a news conference Monday, the 11-year-old girl, Hannah, told reporters she was afraid to go to back to school after a boy pulled off her hijab, an Islamic head scarf, and the next day threatened kill her. ...more

November 13, 2007

TAMPA - What did the televangelist say to the strip-club owner who talked to the Islamic activist? TV watchers can find out when "Live Prayer" host Bill Keller, Mons Venus owner Joe Redner and Ahmed Bedier, executive director of the Tampa chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations, talk about Christianity and Islam in a live debate on the Tampa Bay Community Network. The three will be featured on "The Bleepin Truth," which airs at 10 p.m. Tuesday on Bright House Channel 20. Check local listings for other times and channels. ...more

October 2, 2007