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Sunday 22 Nov 2015 - 14:09 Makkah mean time-10-2-1437
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Irving city, Texas (IINA) - A group of armed protesters who wanted to “show force” gathered outside a Texas mosque on Saturday in response rumors about Syrian refugees and Sharia law, RawStory online news reported.
The group, calling itself the Bureau of American Islamic Relations, stationed itself outside the Islamic Center of Irving carrying signs with messages like, “Stop the Islamization of America,” according to the Dallas Morning News. A video taken at the mosque shows a man dressed in black with his face masked carrying a rifle.
When asked by the News why his group was armed, organizer David Wright said the weapons were “mostly for self protection,” but then added, “But I’m not going to lie. We do want to show force. We’re not sitting ducks.”
He then added, “We don’t want people to think we’re out to kill people or shoot people. It would be ridiculous to protest Islam without defending ourselves.”
The town of Irving gained notoriety earlier this year when police arrested a Muslim school boy who had made a clock at home and brought it to school, accusing him of making a “hoax bomb.”
The News reports that police were present and worshippers were instructed by mosque leaders not to interact with the group.
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