Anti-Muslim protester warmly greeted at US Islamic center

But this decision should be made in conjunction with the local Muslim community.

She and others at the mosque said the woman identified herself as “Annie” from Lancaster.

The woman was given a hug by one of the members of the mosque, and later invited inside the mosque, where she was greeted with loud round of applause.

Several protesters and counterprotesters brandished AK47 or AR15 rifles.

About a dozen people, a few armed with rifles, showed up for an anti-Islam rally where more than 850 people were invited and two groups of counterprotesters outnumbered them.

Most of the anti-Islam protesters did not give their names.

The communist group that counterprotested in Dearborn held up signs that read “No to Anti-Islam Bigots” and “Unity Yes!” “They then explain to the protester that ISIS, like the Nazis, were “not Christian” are “not really” Muslim and they are a result of socio-political conflict”.

Annie also consented to pose for a photo with a woman wearing hijab after she said, “I’m an American too”.

“I don’t like it either”, he said. “You are not Muslim”. “I promised her I’d stay right by her side the whole time”. Patiently bearing wrongs and responding with “what is better”, the Qur’an says, will turn one’s enemy into a close friend (Qur’an 41:34).

She tried to counter the argument that not all Muslims are extremists by saying she does not believe that there are moderate Muslims, implying that all Muslims are extremists. But she wouldn’t accept their invitation.

But the Jewish man said the people were only trying to be friendly and that they were being honest. It’s all just a misunderstanding of Islam, you see: 30,000 Muslims from around the world have journeyed to Iraq and Syria to join the Islamic State because they don’t understand their religion of peace. She also observed the women pray the Asr prayers.

“That’s democracy. That’s America”, O’Reilly said of the protests.

Religious institutions, interfaith groups, and private citizens shouldn’t wait for Muslim organizations to initiate these gatherings.

“Something came over me and I went up to her and asked if I could give her a hug”. City officials had said were anxious about the event, but it went smoothly with no arrests, Dearborn Police Chief Ron Haddad and Dearborn Mayor Jack O’Reilly Jr. said after the rally.

“I think, if not fully changed, at least she had a different concept of the Islamic Center and the community that attends here”, he said. “I joked that I’d taste it for her first”, DeBoutinkhar continued.

Police officers looked shocked as she entered the mosque. We need to elect leaders who will take the oath “to protect and defend the Constitution” seriously. It was a sorta lovely thing. Debbie Stabenow in Michigan over her support of the Iran deal, was one of the leaders who instigated the nationwide protests, said the Southern Poverty Law Center.

Many Americans are still unaware about the prejudice and discrimination that Muslims have faced in the wake of 9/11, particularly in the last five years.

Counter protests were held in a few locations.