After Armed Protest At Mosque, Group Posts Names & Addresses Of Muslims
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IRVING (CBS11) - After holding an armed protest in front of an Irving mosque last Saturday, members of the group BAIR, the Bureau on American-Islamic Relations, posted the names and addresses of Muslims and who they call "Muslim sympathizers" on its Facebook page.
BAIR published a city of Irving document containing the names and addresses of those who spoke before a city council meeting last April against a city resolution that supported a Texas bill that prohibited the use of foreign laws in the state.
We were unsuccessful in contacting BAIR's organizer David Wright.
But he has told the Dallas Morning News that he worries a terror attack similar to the one in Paris will happen here.
Wright told the Morning News that his group only carried guns in front of the mosque to defend themselves, not to intimidate others.
Another group of people now plans to gather in front of the Islamic Center of Irving this Saturday from noon until 4pm for a very different purpose.
Organizer Tonya Cadenhead says at this weekend's event, they'll show support for Muslims.
Cadenhead says she's expecting at least 100 people, some from across the state. "It's just going to be us standing out here with signs, hugs, and maybe olive branches if we can find them and just trying to show that Irving is a community of love and not of hate."
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