According to recent news posted at Raw Story, an anti-Muslim hate group failed to hold an armed protest rally at a Dallas Mosque when the group faced a similar armed threat. What could be the scariest possible thing for a racist group? African-American Muslims would definitely make the top of the list.
The name of the armed protesters, Bureau of American Islamic Relations (BAIR), is a bit misleading and may not sound like an anti-Muslim hate group. It is far from the truth because BAIR has been notorious for conducting threatening armed rallies at mosques.
BAIR members have intimidated and stalked Muslims in several instance last year, which prompted police interventions.
The anti-Muslim hate group got a taste of their own medicine on Saturday when it was confronted by a group of Muslims also carrying firearms as reported by the Dallas Morning News. The members of the Nation of Islam protected their mosque in South Dallas by posting several armed members together with Panthers and a gun club.
According to Krystal Muhammad of the New Black Panther Party, the show of force was a defensive maneuver that was intended to ensure the safety of the African-American Muslim communities. The spokesperson added that they won’t allow anybody to intimidate their brothers and sisters in the faith.
When the BAIR members showed up at the Dallas mosque, they were also outnumbered by the self-defense African-American Muslim group.
The self-defense group was comprised of members of the Nation of Islam, the Panthers, and the Huey P. Newton Gun Club. The Panther members claimed that they are not threatening anyone but simply adopting a defensive posture against the harassments of BLAIR.
Also, according to the Dallas Morning News, the BLAIR members left the area without any incident. This does not guarantee that future confrontations will not happen. It might have turned into a bloody confrontation had there been a provocation from either of the groups. This was an extremely crazy and precarious situation.
h/t to Raw Story
