Gun-wielding protesters want Irving mosque to ‘Say No To...
Feb 21, 2016 9:25:09 GMT -6
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Gun-wielding protesters want Irving mosque to ‘Say No To Syrian Refugees’
IRVING — An event to welcome refugees at the Islamic Center of Irving drew a small group of camouflage-clad, gun-wielding protesters Saturday, as well as a lone counter-protester who lambasted their reliance on weapons as a “terrorist tactic.”
Such a standoff has become almost commonplace in Irving, home to the Ahmed “clock boy” controversy and a series of other tense events that have turned the city into a symbol of Islamophobia for many.
About a dozen anti-refugee protesters stood on the outskirts of the mosque’s property Saturday, waving flags and holding signs that said, “Say No To Syrian Refugees.”
The group identifies itself as the Bureau of American Islamic Relations, or BAIR – a riff on the national Muslim advocacy group CAIR, Council on American-Islamic Relations.
Read more: thescoopblog.dallasnews.com/2016/02/gun-wielding-protesters-want-irving-mosque-to-say-no-to-syrian-refugees.html/
IRVING — An event to welcome refugees at the Islamic Center of Irving drew a small group of camouflage-clad, gun-wielding protesters Saturday, as well as a lone counter-protester who lambasted their reliance on weapons as a “terrorist tactic.”
Such a standoff has become almost commonplace in Irving, home to the Ahmed “clock boy” controversy and a series of other tense events that have turned the city into a symbol of Islamophobia for many.
About a dozen anti-refugee protesters stood on the outskirts of the mosque’s property Saturday, waving flags and holding signs that said, “Say No To Syrian Refugees.”
The group identifies itself as the Bureau of American Islamic Relations, or BAIR – a riff on the national Muslim advocacy group CAIR, Council on American-Islamic Relations.
Read more: thescoopblog.dallasnews.com/2016/02/gun-wielding-protesters-want-irving-mosque-to-say-no-to-syrian-refugees.html/
