On Saturday, anti-Muslim activists held a number of sparsely attended protests across the United States. The demonstrations were coordinated by ACT for America, an organization designated as a “hate group” by the Southern Poverty Law Center, which tracks right-wing extremism in the United States. Never mind that Muslim Americans form one of the most economically successful and well-educated communities in the United States. But it has found alarming encouragement from the occupants of the White House and certain hard line GOP politicians. Consider, for example, the declarations of White House chief strategist Stephen K. Bannon, which I cited in an earlier report on how some Trump supporters are obsessed with the Crusades.

Source: Washington Post June 12, 2017 00:45 UTC