CAIR Asks Fla. U.S. Senate Hopeful Not to Attend Anti-Islam Rally
Rally keynote speaker says she would bar Muslims from public office WASHINGTON, July 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today called on Florida GOP U.S. Senate candidate Marco Rubio not to accept an invitation to take part in an August 21 Tea Party rally featuring an extremist anti-Islam keynote speaker who has stated that Muslims should not be allowed to hold public office, that an American Muslim "cannot be a loyal citizen" and that Islam is the "real enemy." Emerald Coast Tea Party Patriots invited Brigitte Gabriel, the head of the anti-Islam hate group ACT! for America, to be the keynote speaker at its "U.S.