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Some wore neckties that resembled American flags. Some were parents or grandparents. One was not yet even a teenager.
They all were united with a mission. And one by one, the speakers took the Hillsborough County school board to task Tuesday over what they said was the improper teaching of Islam in a high school classroom last year by the leader of the local Council on American-Islamic Relations.
They said the presentation by CAIR's Hassan Shibly – made to an advanced-placement world history class in November at Steinbrenner High – was a threat to children, to schools, to America.