Progressive counter-mobilization defeated the Park51 mosque opposition

Evidence

The zealots, who were largely bused in from outside the city, retreated. Park51 opened in 2012. Such efforts have been reproduced around the United States, sometimes resulting in victories, other times in defeats. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 588

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The Park51 controversy triggered anti-mosque movements across the Western world — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 567; Grassroots progressive protest can pressure politicians to disavow Islamophobic acts; Mass progressive mobilization defeated the Islamophobia network in the Ground Zero Mosque fight (+3 more)