Despite today's large crowd, everyone protested peacefully and fortunately no one was hurt. The Unity Rally and Iftar (to break a fast during Ramadan) will be at 7 p.m.at the Shawnee Mission Unitarian Universalist Church at 9400 Pflumm Road in Lenexa.
If you feel unsafe "walking around in a hijab, try being a conservative on a college campus", Hart said.
Counter-demonstrators holding "We Stand with Our Muslim Neighbors" signs use noisemakers to "drown out" anti-Sharia protesters in Seattle. Both sides say they're fighting for equality.
Police used tear gas to disperse uncontrollable demonstrators, later; and, made several arrests.
In Chicago, "about 30 people demonstrated against Islamic law and in favor of President Trump", but twice as many counter-protesters shouted back, the wire service reports.
Talbot Sleater, a 62-year-old construction foreman, said that the Seattle protest was the first of the kind that he had attended.
Rally participants and a handful of counter-protesters appeared Saturday in Atlanta's Piedmont Park.
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Though there were warnings that the ACT marches could lead to violence, a low turnout combined with little voter appetite for the group's message has resulted in a relatively peaceful day so far, with just one arrest documented in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Two people at an anti-Sharia law demonstration Saturday at Mount Trashmore were arrested and respectively accused of assault and disorderly conduct, according to Virginia Beach police. "The more racists get a platform, the more people get attacked".
A group called ACT for America organised anti-Sharia rallies in about two dozen cities and 20 states this weekend to protest what they claimed were "traditional Muslim practices, such as oppression of women, honour killings, homophobic violence, female genital mutilation and other abuses".
It said anti-sharia organizers were actually "against all Muslims" and were creating a climate in which extremists felt emboldened to carry out attacks on Muslims. However, the Southern Poverty Law Center, which tracks hate groups, calls it the largest American anti-Muslim group.
"Most of these protests are happening because people don't know what the true teaching of Islam are", said Rizwan Ahmad, Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. "We have to be careful with who we let in the country".
A large group of people came together in Waterbury on Saturday for a march against Islamic law, the religious principles followed in many Muslim countries. The former Muslim now Christian-convert says parts of Sharia aren't healthy or safe. "Fiqh" refers to jurisprudence, or specific laws. "Really if anything, we're at risk of fascism being imposed on America", said Raphael Kadaris, speaking for a group called Refuse Fascism. "Laws are amenable to change". "American Muslims support the American values and freedoms we all cherish", said Arsalan Bukhari, executive director of the state chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations.
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