A disagreement over religious views at the Khadeeja Islamic Center in West Valley City Friday afternoon escalated into a 100-person melee, police said.
The fight started about 2:30 p.m. after the midday prayer, which routinely draws large crowds to the mosque, located at 1019 W. Parkway Ave., said West Valley City Police Lt. Bill Merritt.
Two different groups whose "religious views vary a little bit" attend the mosque, Merritt said, and sometimes get into verbal spats.
As the crowded parking lot emptied Friday, one such disagreement between a 26-year-old man and a juvenile turned violent when the man pulled out a box cutter, Merritt said. Another man drew a knife to defend the juvenile, starting the fight. Nearly 100 people were pulled into the conflict before police broke up the fight, which resulted in a few minor wounds.
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