Armed groups staged nationwide protests outside US mosques since 2016

Evidence

In the years since 2016, we have seen coordinated nationwide efforts by networks of armed protestors to associate Muslims with gun control. They had the audacity to publicly advertise their gatherings on Facebook, which culminated in nearly twenty armed protests outside mosques across the United States which were supposed to be done simultaneously. These protests were euphemistically called the “Global Rally for Humanity,” but a child could see these were nothing more than anti-Muslim bullies who had decided that intimidating Muslims would further their own interests. — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 109

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 109
• XREF: connects to: Coordinated armed protests at American mosques continued years after Park51 — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 577; Armed anti-mosque protesters frame Muslim religious freedom as an extremist victory — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 579; Massive street mobilization defeated anti-mosque forces and won mainstream access — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 773

Related

• Coordinated armed protests at American mosques continued years after Park51 (similarity 0.92)
• Armed anti-mosque protesters frame Muslim religious freedom as an extremist victory (similarity 0.89)
• Mosque opponents argued Islam is not a First Amendment-protected religion. (similarity 0.84)
• The Park51 controversy triggered anti-mosque movements across the Western world (similarity 0.81)
• Progressive counter-mobilization defeated the Park51 mosque opposition (similarity 0.79)
• Massive street mobilization defeated anti-mosque forces and won mainstream access (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Coordinated armed protests at American mosques continued years after Park51 #corroborates (0.85) — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 577
• Armed anti-mosque protesters frame Muslim religious freedom as an extremist victory #expands (0.60) — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 579