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Counterprotests Outnumber Anti-Muslim Marches in Several Cities Across U.S. – By Daniel Politi / June 10 2017
An anti-Muslim activist group held marches in about two dozen cities across the country on Saturday to protest Islamic law. Although Act for America said the marches were specifically in opposition to Shariah law, the self-described grassroots organization with a focus on national security has been labeled as an anti-Muslim hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center. Although the organization insists it doesn’t oppose discrimination, it is clear that its protests gather together people who are opposed to Islam in principle. “I don’t believe Islam can peacefully coexist with the Constitution,” said a protester in Seattle. “I’m not going to tell them they can come here and take away my Second Amendment right. We need unity in this country under no ideology and no banner except the Constitution of the United States of America.”
When the group’s supporters took to the streets on Saturday, they found they were hugely outnumbered by counterprotesters in several cities. In New York, for example, the “anti-Shariah” rally involved about three dozen people, while counterprotesters numbered in the hundreds. “Fascists out of NYC,” read a banner carried by the counterprotesters. The anti-Muslim demonstrators derided the counterprotesters as out-of-touch elites. If you feel unsafe “walking around in a hijab, try being a conservative on a college campus,” Pax Hart, who organized the New York march, said. “We’re here protecting their rights, and they’re trying to shut us down! It’s insane!” Counterprotesters banged on pots and made other noise to try to drown out the anti-Shariah rally. “The theme of today is drowning out racism,” said counterprotester Tony Murphy. “The more racists get a platform, the more people get attacked.”
In Seattle, the counterprotest dubbed “Seattle Stands With Our Muslim Neighbors” was far larger than the anti-Shariah demonstration.
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