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A weekend of angst over Islam: Guns in Richardson, marchers in Dallas and a quiet conversation in Ir
The Bureau of American Islamic Relations protest in the parking lot across from the Islamic Association of North Texas in Richardson. (Nathan Hunsinger The Dallas Morning News)
A weekend of angst over Islam: Guns in Richardson, marchers in Dallas and a quiet conversation in Irving
A clash over Islam that started in Irving is splintering, shifting and spreading through North Texas this weekend.
Anti-Islam protesters took their guns to Richardson today, even as hundreds of peace marchers condemned their message in Dallas.
Meanwhile, an Irving mosque at the center of the storm is turning crowds and cameras away as it tries to hold a quiet conversation with its Christian and Jewish neighbors.
Read more: http://thescoopblog.dallasnews.com/2015/12/a-weekend-of-angst-over-islam-guns-in-richardson-marchers-in-dallas-and-a-quiet-conversation-in-irving.html/