Muslims in Austin seek support at rally

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Tuesday is Muslim Day at the Texas State Capitol. In the midst of an executive order temporarily suspending all travel for citizens of seven majority-Muslim countries, the representatives of Nueces Mosque in Austin’s West Campus are at once apprehensive and hopeful.
Imam Mohamed Umer Esmail told KXAN he anticipates demonstrators will be out in force at the Muslim Day event, which begins at 10 a.m. Tuesday on the south steps of the capitol. The same event two years ago