Apart from the speakers there were Christian, and Muslim protesters of the event.
Military soldiers later arrived to repel the Muslim protesters.
Matters came to a boil last spring with fierce street clashes between Muslim protesters and Bulgarian security forces.
Police had killed 12 Muslim protesters after a brief altercation with them.
In one neighborhood the police were seen opening fire indiscriminately on Muslim and Christian protesters.
And the difference, I think, is to the credit of the Muslim protesters and to the discredit of the liberal editors.
A public inquiry into the deaths of 85 Muslim protesters in southern Thailand claims the killings were "not deliberate".
Muslim protesters lined Michigan Avenue across the street from City Hall.
He himself was a focus of rage by the Muslim protesters, who consider him too moderate.
The rest of the area will serve as a plaza for millennium pilgrims, and will be vacated by the Muslim protesters, according to the plan.