A woman who inspired thousands with a photo of herself in a hijab, a smile on her face and two fingers raised in a peace sign in front of anti-Islam protesters said she wanted to 'combat their hatred with kindness.'
The protesters targeted the Islamic religion, the prophet Muhammad and the Quran, said Dr. Zahid Bukhari, executive director of the ICNA Council for Social Justice. People have protested the ICNA before, he said, but this was the first time they demonstrated against the Islamic religion.“I’m really proud of her, of what she did,” he said. “That’s the exact response that should be over there.
For the most part, Ismaa’eel said, people walked by the protesters without giving them attention, but some teenagers were upset and tried to approach the men. Bukhari attributed the protests to an “overall environment of Islamophobia and anti-Islamic rhetoric” citing President Donald Trump and white supremacists.
“Previously, it was just against ICNA, now it was against the religion and prophet due to that environment,” he said. Anti-Muslim bias incidents increased 17 percent nationwide in 2017, with non-violent and non-threatening harassment the most prevalent type of abuse,The ICNA convention included presentations, a bazaar and expo and a youth conference, among other events. This year’s theme was “Healing Humanity: Lessons from Islam,”
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