TALLAHASSEE -- The leader of state House Republicans is sounding the alarm about a group of activists who want to host Florida Muslim Capitol Day. ''By now, I can't imagine you haven't heard about this upcoming lobbying day for Muslims in Tallahassee,'' Rep. Adam Hasner of Delray Beach wrote in an e-mail forwarded to more than a dozen Tallahassee lobbyists who are Jewish.

``Do you all intend to be part of an information campaign in opposition to it?''

Hasner speculated the group, United Voices for America, will ''push back'' against a resolution he proposed calling for solidarity with Israel. Hasner is Jewish.

Not so, said the group's founder, Tampa native Ahmed Bedier. He said the group plans to talk to state lawmakers about education, healthcare and the economy during the March 10 visit.

In an e-mail to the Herald/Times, Hasner suggested Bedier had ties to Hamas because he once led the Tampa office of the Council of American-Islamic Relations. Bedier called the criticism ''ridiculous'' and ''nonsense,'' saying that CAIR advocates for equal rights. ''This has nothing to do with me,'' Bedier said. ``This is about Floridians who happen to be Muslim coming up to engage their politicians.''

Hasner pushed for a meeting of a ''Jewish Caucus,'' which doesn't yet exist, to determine a response to the Muslim lobbying effort. Other Jewish lawmakers said they're not sure it's a problem. ''They have as much right to represent themselves as anyone else,'' said Rep. Jim Waldman, D-Coconut Creek.

Breanne Gilpatrick can be reached at bgilpatrick@MiamiHerald.com.