Anti-Islam rallies in US have low turnout
A series of planned anti-Islam rallies in 20 cities across the US has failed to attract a strong turnout despite extensive promotion on social media.
The Islamophobic events that took place on Saturday went largely unheeded, according to ABC News.
The rallies were organized by Global Rally for Humanity, an organization that is closely affiliated with hate group and far-right movements in the US.
The organizers called for protests at every mosque, Muslim establishment, or Islamic organization in the US. Some organizers have urged participants to carry their weapons with them.
In Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit, fewer than a dozen people showed up to the demonstration.
Rallies held in Atlanta, Georgia and Murfreesboro, Tennessee, as well as in Huntsville, Alabama, had almost the same fate.
The latest rallies have been exacerbated by the anti-Islamic rhetoric on the US presidential campaign trail and the false depiction of Muslims by the US news media.
The largest gathering was outside the Islamic Community Center of Phoenix, Arizona, where about 120 anti-Islam protesters showed up.
President of the Islamic Community Center, Usama Shami, says rally organizers are displaying their bigotry. "When you have angry people with guns, you always worry that a loose cannon will do harm," Shami said.
Almost all the rallies were met by bigger counter-protests that called for peace and denounced racism.
Despite the new wave of Islamophobia, Islam is still the fastest growing religion in the US.
The number of mosques in the United States has risen from approximately 1,200 in 2000 to about 2,100 in 2010, according to a study from the Hartford Institute for Religion.
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