Anti-Islam rallies cancelled in US
11:30, 23/08/2017, WednesdayU: Update: 11:39, 23/08/2017, Wednesday
Yeni Şafak
A poster from an anti-Islamophobia protest held in Spain: ‘[Daesh] Islamophobia. Your hate is terrorism.’
Rallies planned by Islamophobic groups across the United States have been cancelled
Anti-Islam protests planned to be held by U.S President Donald Trump supporters across 36 states in the United States have been cancelled, according to reports.
The protests which the “ACT for America” group of Trumpists scheduled for Sept. 9 have been cancelled. The group, known with their anti-Islam opinions, also organized the “March Against Sharia” last June.
According to a statement on the Breitbart internet news site, once again headed by Stephen Bannon, a conservative and Trump’s former chief strategist who was dismissed on Aug. 18 by the president, the protests were cancelled “due to the recent violence in America and in Europe.”
“Victory over white supremacy and Islamophobia”
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a Muslim nongovernmental organization, on Tuesday called the cancellation of the rallies a “victory over white supremacy and Islamophobia.”
Far-right groups were planning to organize an assertive rally on Aug. 19 in Boston after the one in Charlottesville, Virginia, but they had only gained around 100 participants. The number of the anti-fascism protesters who gathered against these groups were almost 40,000, according to local police.