Anti-Shariah law rallies and counter-protests

Demonstrators against Islamic law (background) gather in New York Saturday, June 10, 2017, as counter demonstrators line up across Centre Street, foreground. Marches against Islamic law were planned Saturday in more than two dozen cities across the United States, but scholars and others say the protesters are stoking unfounded fears and promoting a distorted and prejudiced view of the religion.

(Craig Ruttle / AP)

Associated Press

June 10, 2017 4:01 PM PT

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In more than two dozen cities across the country, rallies were held against Shariah law, saying it is incompatible with Western democracy.

Demonstrators against Islamic law, right, engage with demonstrators opposing their views, left, in New York Saturday, June 10, 2017.

(Craig Ruttle / AP)

Cathy Camper, of Tacoma, Wash., wears a stars-and-stripes cowboy hat as she protests against Islamic law at a rally Saturday, June 10, 2017, in Seattle, as counter-protesters demonstrate across the street.

(Ted S. Warren / AP)

Counter-protestors stand behind barricades across the street from an anti-Islamic law protest rally Saturday, June 10, 2017, in Seattle.

(Ted S. Warren / AP)

A line of Seattle Police Officers at left, keeps space between counter-protesters at right and people taking part in an anti-Islamic law protest rally Saturday, June 10, 2017, in Seattle.

(Ted S. Warren / AP)

Anthony Parish, an organizer with ACT for America, which claims Islamic law is incompatible with Western democracy, speaks during an anti-Islamic law protest rally Saturday, June 10, 2017, in Seattle.

(Ted S. Warren / AP)