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MEDIA ADVISORY

CAIR-FL, Students, Others to Oppose Censorship of Teaching on Islam

(TAMPA, FL, 11/18/13) -- Later today, the Florida chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-FL) will join with local students, members of the Democratic Party and moderate Republicans at a school board meeting in Deltona, Fla., to counter an organized protest against a textbook offering information about Islam.

The students will present the board with a petition against censorship signed by some 500 of their classmates from local schools.

Video: CAIR-FL Challenges 'Intolerant' Attack on Textbook Teaching About Islam

WHAT: CAIR-FL, Students, Others to Support School Targeted by Anti-Islam Protesters
WHEN: Monday, November 18, 4 p.m.
WHERE: Outside the DeLand Administrative Complex, 200 North Clara Avenue, DeLand, Florida.
CONTACT: CAIR-Florida's Tampa Executive Director Hassan Shibly, 813-541-4321, hshibly@cair.com; CAIR-Florida Communications Director Samantha Bowden, 703-298-7782, sbowden@cair.com; CAIR-South Florida Executive Director Nezar Hamze, 954-673-9459, nhamze@cair.com

"The campaign to censor teaching about Islam in public schools is based on ignorance and on the intolerant hysteria whipped up by the well-funded Islamophobia industry in America," said CAIR-Florida's Tampa Executive Director Hassan Shibly.

He cited CAIR's recently-released report, "Legislating Fear: Islamophobia and its Impact in the United States," which reveals that anti-Islam groups received more than $119 million in funding between 2008 and 2011.

To read CAIR's report, click here.

Opponents of the textbook, which they claim contains too much information about Islam and not enough about Christianity and other religions, say they will attend today's Volusia County School Board meeting.

The Volusia County Democratic Party is inviting residents to push back against the "book burners" opposed to the textbook.

SEE: Florida Democratic Party Stands Up to Anti-Islam 'Book Burners'

The school board has issued a fact sheet refuting the false claims of the anti-Islam protesters, while one Republican school board member has ridiculed the anti-Islam hysteria promoted by the book's opponents.

Just the Facts: Setting the Record Straight on the Grade 10 World History Textbook

In an editorial, Republican School Board Member Stan Schimidt wrote in part:

"When you read the chapter on Islam, four pages give a brief summary of the tenets of the religion, followed by 25 pages of historical narrative. The grade 6 text has much more in-depth coverage of the tenets of Judaism and Christianity. The truly sad part of this episode is that a leader of one of the political parties has chosen to get involved without truly understanding the course, the standards or the process of adopting them."

SEE: Outrage Over Book Much Ado About Nothing (News-Journal)

CAIR is America's largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization. Its mission is to enhance the understanding of Islam, encourage dialogue, protect civil liberties, empower American Muslims, and build coalitions that promote justice and mutual understanding.

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