More than 200 protesters -- some armed -- berated Islam and its Prophet Mohammed outside an Arizona mosque last night in a provocative protest that was denounced by counterprotesters shouting "Go home, Nazis," the Reuters website reports today (May 30, 2015).
The anti-Muslim event outside the Islamic Community Center of Phoenix was organized by an Iraq war veteran who posted photos of himself online wearing a T-shirt with a crude slogan denigrating Islam and waving the U.S. flag.
Demonstrators on both sides screamed obscenities at each other as police in riot gear separated the two groups, each with about 250 people.
"This is in response to the recent attack in Texas," organizer John Ritzheimer wrote on his Facebook page announcing the event at a mosque targeted in Phoenix because the two Texas gunmen -- both Muslims who were killed -- had worshiped there.
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