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• Political and religious leaders, members of the Muslim community, and allies joined together in Orlando Saturday for a vigil for the victims of the Christchurch shooting.
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• Muslims throughout central Florida will mark the end of Ramadan today. There will be a community celebration in Sanford.
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• As Orlando’s LGBT community and the city at-large reel from Sunday’s fatal Pulse nightclub shooting, Muslims here are grappling with backlash tied to the gunman behind the tragedy.
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• The crowd outside Verona boutique is thick with women. In their hands, sleek black shopping bags. On their heads, patterned scarves called hijabs. 90.7’s Renata Sago has more on the new store in Orlando Fashion Square that is breaking ground as the first modest-wear store for Muslim women in a Florida mainstream mall.
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• Colorful scarves called hijabs and other Islamic fashion are in stock at a newly opened store in central Florida. As 90.7’s Renata Sago reports, Verona, founded by two American Muslim women, is the first conservative-wear store to open in a mainstream mall in the state.
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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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• As thousands of Donald Trump supporters rally inside Orlando’s CFE Arena tomorrow, people are expected to protest the Republican presidential front runner outside. 90.7’s Renata Sago reports, it’s to hold the candidate accountable for his controversial comments about Muslims and other minorities.
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• Islamophobia is at an all-time high in central Florida according to the area’s Muslim leaders. 90.7’s Renata Sago reports, as police search for a man who vandalized a mosque over the weekend in Titusville, Muslim leaders are looking for ways to quell fears of how people view the community.
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• Thousands of people are in D.C. this weekend to commemorate the Million Man March, the historic mass gathering of black American men at the steps of the Capitol building twenty years ago.
90.7’s Renata Sago spoke with central Floridians planning to attend this year’s anniversary, which takes a slightly different tone.
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