The Council on American-Islamic Relations appears to have parted ways with one of its highest profile executives, but no one is saying why.
Ahmed Bedier, executive director of CAIR's Tampa chapter, is no longer being identified as such in media reports. He has been quoted three times in the past week - two references call him a "civil rights activist" - while a third invokes his volunteer role as president of the Tampa-Hillsborough County Human Rights Council.
The council is an independent non-profit organization that works with the city of Tampa. According to a city web page, the council "brings together citizens of various backgrounds. They all have one thing in common: a desire to promote the human rights of all individuals, as outlined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the United Nations in 1948." Read more ...
Source: IPT News