An anti-Islam organisation in Irving, Texas published the names and addresses of more than 60 Muslims and their sympathisers on its Facebook page but deleted them later after receiving a backlash.
David Wright III, the head of the anti-Islam Bureau of American Islamic Relations (BAIR), published the names of those who he taught were supporting the alleged Shariah tribunals in Irving, Texas, the Huffington Post reported.
These were the people who asked the Irving City Council not to support the "American Laws for American Courts" bill, which is being supported by Irving Mayor Beth Van Duyne, Wright said.
Muslims opposed the bill, saying it would target them.
Members of BAIR recently picketed outside the Islamic Center in Irving after the Paris attacks.
The Islamic Center in Irving has already denied the existence of Shariah courts at the mosque.
"The management of the Islamic Center of Irving categorically declares that no such court operates on the center's premises. However, there is an Islamic Tribunal that operates in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex to address a genuine need within our faith community for intra-community arbitration," said Dr. Zia Sheikh, the religious leader of the centre and an arbitrator at the tribunal.
He explained that "these religious tribunals are optional arbitration vehicles that only conduct their work when requested to do so by both parties involved in a dispute, do not attempt to impose any belief system upon any individual and work in compliance with State of Texas and U.S. law under the United States Constitution."
Executive Director Alia Salem of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) in Dallas-Forth Worth told Dallas Morning News that she was "absolutely concerned" after her name was included in the list published by BAIR.
"This is the first time I've been slightly alarmed. As bad as things have gotten in the past, and especially recently, this is the first time where I see people taking this in public," she said.
She said she does not want to give importance to anti-Muslim protesters.
"I don't want to give them any credibility at all, but at the same time when you are publicising people's names ... I'm trying to take this in stride. It doesn't seem to be getting much traction, and we are definitely getting support — people are horrified," she added.
The CAIR said between Nov. 13 and 24, "it has received more reports about acts of Islamophobic discrimination, intimidation, threats, and violence targeting American Muslims (or those perceived to be Muslim) and Islamic institutions in the past week-and-a-half than during any other limited period of time since the 9/11 terror attacks."
It attributes the incidents to the Paris attacks and the "mainstreaming of Islamophobia by political candidates and lawmakers in the run-up to the 2016 general election."
"Of particular concern is the extreme anti-Muslim rhetoric and falsehoods being espoused by leading Republican presidential candidates Donald Trump and Ben Carson," the CAIR said.
Wright made it clear that they oppose the Obama administration's plan to resettle thousands of Syrian refugees in the U.S.
