Dressed in colorful tunics, head scarves, and robes, members of the well-behaved crowd seemed awed and delighted at being able to pray in such a historic spot. Many posed in groups for photos with the Capitol in the background. "What we've done today, you couldn't do in any Muslim country," said Imam Abdul Malik, 42, of Brooklyn, New York, the rally organizer who made a 40-minute address to the crowd. "If you prayed on the palace lawn there, they'd lock you up." Organizers from Dar-ul-Islam, a mosque in Elizabeth, New Jersey, had estimated that 50,000 Muslims might show up for the event, and set up a website stating "Our Time Has Come."
08 October 2009
Wrong again
Rico says he was wrong, there was some press coverage of the Islamic march on the Capitol; he just didn't see it. And 3,000 people showed up, according to The Washington Times, plus a few Christian counter-protestors (as shown here):
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