Controversial Anti-Muslim Ads to Be Reinstalled On Miami-Dade Buses

April 27, 2010

Author: Jaweed Kaleem

Source: The Miami Herald

http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/04/24/1595650/controversial-anti-muslim-ads.html

Ten controversial advertisements by an anti-Muslim group that were removed from Miami-Dade Transit buses after the department received complaints will go back up.

The ads, which a transit official said were pulled last week because they ``may be offensive,'' have the message ``Fatwa on your head? Is your community or family threatening you? Leaving Islam? Got questions? Get answers!'' and direct Muslims to a website urging them to leave the ``falsity of Islam.''

Transit spokesman Clinton Forbes said that, after reviewing the ads with the Miami-Dade County Attorney's office, the county decided that, ``although they may be considered offensive by some, they do not fall under the general guidelines that would warrant their removal.'' He added the county ``is not endorsing the message being presented.''

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