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The latest on tomorrow’s Islamophobic protests

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The nation's premier Islamophobic group, ACT for America, has organized more than two-dozen rallies at cities around the United States to take place tomorrow. Officially called the "March against Sharia," it's less about "Sharia law"— a non-issue in the United States, where it is illegal — than it is about getting Islamophobes whipped up into a fury about this tiny minority.

According to the march organizer's web page, there will be two such marches in Michigan tomorrow: one in Lansing and another in Southfield.

Yesterday, Democratic leaders held a press conference in Washington, D.C., to voice opposition to the marches, and participating legislators included U.S. Reps. John Conyers and Debbie Dingell.

What's more, a coalition of 129 groups have written a letter urging mayors of the cities where the marches will take place to disavow the protests and their anti-Islam agenda.…

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