The American Muslims and Muslims all around the world got discomfited, but I think the American Muslims thought having a considerable reaction the same as desecrators would not be for Islam
Edoardo used the name Hesham Aziz in most of his letters and correspondence but in correspondence with his Iranian friends he used the name Mahdi
Thus, I started researching the issue until I heard a debate by Ahmad Deedat with an American preacher
Ayatullah Shaheed Syed Abdul Husayn Dastaghaib Shirazi