Saturday: Demonstration planned outside Islamic Center in Phoenix

In May, when Ritzheimer staged a heavily armed protest outside the Islamic Community Center of Phoenix, he had said he wanted to see similar rallies nationwide.

“Do not invite protesters into the mosque for dialogue, notify the police if you live in a target city and check to make sure that all mosque security cameras and locks are working properly”, the Muslim group warned.

Ritzheimer has teamed up with the Oath Keepers, a citizen militia group that pledges to “defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic”, for planned rallies in at least 20 cities across the country, including Phoenix; Arlington, Texas; Dearborn, Mich.; and Ocala and Spring Hill, two cities in Florida. The Oathkeepers, various biker groups, an array of veterans and everyday Americans appear to be involved based on the Facebook posts.

October 9th and 10th will be a global 2 day Rally for Humanity to send a powerful message to all the leaders of Islam and especially those that are trying to destroy the western civilized world.

Protesters call the movement, The Global Rally For Humanity.

It usually takes about 30 days to process a permit to rally in Dearborn, Haddad said.

Her hope is that the protests don’t happen.

“The media is in a constant state of frenzied panic to advance and promote the lie of Islamophobia and Muslim-victimhood myth. Despite a complete lack of any real evidence, the media frames opposition of jihad terror, FGM (female genital mutilation), creed apartheid, gender apartheid as “islamophobia” or this pearl “anti-Muslim extremists” as if one should support those things”.

“There are a number of community projects that are going on that weekend.” he said. No. Have their been armed protesters in front of Jewish Synagogues protesting the violence in the West Bank? “The same pages that never print the word jihad”. While it may be easy to dismiss the men and women participating in these rallies in front of houses of worship as extreme or fringe, they are actually the physical manifestation of an ugly rhetoric against Muslim communities that has been with us through much of USA history… It’s a stunning display of prejudice against Muslims.

Gheen’s organization announced Friday that it has adjusted its platform to include refugee resettlement among the policies it opposes.

Abiade said she hasn’t seen such “in-your-face” anti-Muslim protests since 9/11.

The reason is simple, he said.

“I think it’s becoming hard to be a Muslim anywhere”.

Maryland was my home and America is my country.

“The socialists and Muslims are working together”. They are welcome to come to the masjid (mosque) anytime.

The Nation of Islam, led by the controversial Louis Farrakhan, is holding a “Justice or Else!” rally to mark the 20th anniversary of the Million Man March, a civil rights demonstration that drew hundreds of thousands of people to the National Mall.

This is “happening in a larger context in which presidential candidates are willing to say just absolutely outrageous statements like a Muslim can’t be president of the United States or who condone statements from their supporters, for example Obama is a Muslim”, Beirich said.

In addition to asking the community to avoid protesters, the chief also asked residents to remain alert and report any suspicious behavior. “We need to be Christ-like and lamb like”. A few may feature armed “open carry” activists.

So far there has been little interest in the protest planned for Phoenix, he said.