Florida Times Union, April 28, 2010Ahmed nomination sails rockily to Jacksonville council approvalBy Tia Mitchell Ending three weeks of controversial back-and-forth, University of North Florida finance professor Parvez Ahmed was confirmed to the city’s Human Rights Commission Tuesday night. The City Council vote was 13-6, but it came after a half-hour of debate...

Florida Times Union, April 27, 2010 Support from UNF Representing faculty and the senior administration of the University of North Florida, we want to go on record as supporting the nomination of Professor Parvez Ahmed to the Jacksonville Human Rights Commission. Ironically, much of the controversy around Ahmed’s nomination proves just how urgently we need to...

Human rights board: Rhetoric tops realitySource: Florida Times Union, Editorial, April 25, 2010. The biggest contract in city history awaits a City Council vote Tuesday. Hard choices on budget cuts and city fee hikes of all kinds loom because of next year’s $58 million budget gap. But the hottest issue facing council right now is whether members should put...

Source URL: http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2010-04-25/story/city-looks-stance-human-rights The Jacksonville City Council Rules Committee recommended on Monday that UNF professor Parvez Ahmed be confirmed to the city Human Rights Commission despite opposition from the anti-Islamist group ACT! for America. The full council will take up the issue Tuesday. Ahmed...

Source: Florida Times Union, April 25, 2010.Despite shrill critics, Ahmed an ideal appointee By Ron Littlepage. From the editorial page Some are upset that the terms “bigoted” and “intolerant” have been used in the debate over Parvez Ahmed’s nomination to the Jacksonville Human Rights Commission. Here’s just one example of why...

Jacksonville.com Submitted by Ron Littlepage on April 20, 2010 – 1:30am Good people came to the City Council Rules Committee meeting Monday in support of Parvez Ahmed, Mayor John Peyton’s nominee to the Jacksonville Human Rights Commission. Their presence and words will help erase some of the stain placed on this community by the bigotry and intolerance...