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A rally organized by the Islamic Center of Rochester and several area faith groups that was planned for today at 3:30 p.m. in front of the Federal Building downtown has been cancelled. The rally was intended to protest against Islamophobia and the anti-Muslim refugee backlash. 

This article appears in Dec 2-8, 2015.

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