Community Iftar is an Educational Experience in Central Florida
• There is knowledge in power. That is why a mosque in Longwood opened its doors to the community last night.
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• There is knowledge in power. That is why a mosque in Longwood opened its doors to the community last night.
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• Muslims in Central Florida have started celebrating Ramadan. But for one group in Longwood, finds they’re expecting a few more guests than usual at tonight’s iftar.
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• Since the fatal Pulse nightclub shooting, complex conversations have been taking place across Orlando about guns, foreign policy, sexuality, race and faith. For LGBT Muslims, it has been a moment to address, analyze and debunk ideas about what it means to be who they are.
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• Central Florida Muslims want hate groups and the community-at-large to know that they condemn terrorism. Hundreds gathered in downtown Orlando Sunday for what the Council on American-Islamic Relations calls the largest collaborative Muslim event in Florida’s history, an American Muslims for Peace Rally.
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• The University of Central Florida Police Department says it could have done a better job handling a possible gun incident on campus Tuesday. Police evacuated the library after reports of a gunwoman inside. The department drew backlash for sending an alert through Twitter describing the gunwoman as “Middle Eastern.”
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• Islamic leaders in central Florida say Islamophobia is at an all-time high. That’s after a mosque was vandalized in Titusville less than a week ago. It’s one of the latest incidents in the past two months directed at Muslims in the area. 90.7’s Renata Sago spoke with local Imams and activists who are blaming the acts on anger and a narrow view of Islam. Read the latest from her conversation with 90.7’s Nicole Creston during Morning Edition.
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