A week after an armed anti-Islam protest, hundreds show support for Irving’s mosque
Exactly one week after a dozen armed protesters stood outside the Islamic Center of Irving to stop “the Islamization of America,” more than 200 lined the same sidewalk to support the mosque.
“It turned my stomach,” said Bob Maryan, who works in corporate business development in downtown Dallas, and had never attended a demonstration before.
As he watched the crowd swell along Esters Road, City Council member David Palmer couldn’t recall another demonstration of this size since he’d lived in the city.
But then, it’s been an unusual year for Irving, which has regularly found itself making national news for tensions with its small Muslim population.
Read more: http://irvingblog.dallasnews.com/2015/11/a-week-after-the-men-with-guns-came-hundreds-line-up-to-support-irvings-mosque.html/
Update to story: The rally ended with no storms and no appearance by the armed group that protested the mosque last weekend. Though the leader of that anti-Muslim demonstration did tweet out a jab at today’s much larger event:
[font color=330099]The leader of BAIR, David Wright, must be in the Tea Party because the correct spelling is shepherd. The fact that hundreds showed up in support today is amazing concerning the weather in Irving is cold and rainy.[/font]
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