Both armed anti-Islam groups and anti-fascist counter-protesters are set to gather outside one of the largest Muslim conventions in the US
Presidential hopefuls Julian Castro and Bernie Sanders are scheduled to attend an annual Islamic conference in Texas over the weekend, while a far-right demonstration against the event is expected to draw an anti-fascist counter-protest.
Sanders, an independent and current US Senator from Vermont, vied for the Democratic slot in the 2016 presidential election but lost the nomination to Hillary Clinton. Contacted by TRT World, the Houston Police Department’s media relations office said it was unable to comment on the conference and planned protests at the moment, although it noted that groups and individuals have the right to hold “peaceful assemblies”.The far-right news site One America News claimed in the lead-up to the conference: “Far-left socialist candidates … have agreed to speak at a convention with blatant ties to radical Islamic terrorists.
A broad coalition of anti-racist activists, pro-immigrant rights organisations and anti-fascist groups has called for a counter-protest against the Texas Patriot Network and its supporters on Saturday. The report noted that Houston saw at least 32 hate crimes last year—a number marking the highest in a decade—and added there were at least 12 hate crimes in the city during the first six months of this year.The rise of Trump ushered in a resurgence of anti-Muslim rhetoric and bias incidents around the country.
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