A Florida man who trains police in counterterrorism and an Islamic advocacy group are firing verbal missiles over charges the lawman is biased against Muslims.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations wants Sam Kharoba, founder of the Florida-based Counter Terrorism Operations Center, barred from training state and local law enforcement agents because, CAIR says, he's a bigot.

"Kharoba is unqualified as a subject matter expert," a letter from CAIR Florida Department of Law Enforcement Commissioner Gerald Bailey stated. "His presentations and training material are full of inaccuracies, sweeping generalizations and stereotypes. Trainee responses to class questionnaires also raise reasonable concerns about Kharoba's course content."

Kharoba has conducted at least 21 training sessions in Florida from 2005-12, including four in the past two years, according to documents obtained by CAIR. In