Order extended against Muslim Day protester

[struggle4progress]

08:59 PM CDT on Monday, October 29, 2007

JEFF MOSIER / The Dallas Morning News

FORT WORTH — A judge extended a temporary restraining order against the organizer of a protest at the Six Flags Over Texas Muslim Family Day while he considers a request for a temporary injunction.

Both sides made their cases in state District Judge Ken Curry’s court Monday afternoon as mostly Muslim supporters of the injunction, most of them Muslim, watched. The protest of the special event at the Arlington theme park Oct. 14 was organized by Joe Kaufman, president of the Florida-based Americans Against Hate. He argued that the organizers of the Muslim event have connections to Middle East terrorist groups.

The plaintiff’s attorney, Don Fulton, said ... “This clearly is an invitation to violence” ...

Some Tarrant County Muslims who attended the event at Six Flags testified they were fearful the protests would turn violent and they would be targeted. At least two attendees said they arrived early and left early to avoid the protests ...

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