From the badly written article, what appears to have happened is
1) man yells slurs at Muslim women
2) two men “intervene”
3) two men get stabbed.
My speculation is that the guy was drunk, said something, two Muslim men decide to kick his ass, and find out the guy has a knife and is unwilling to be beaten.
Guy is screwed. It’s not self defense if you instigated the fight.
That may depend upon state laws. Verbal assault, name calling etc. does not necessarily constitute initial aggression. Of course, calling Mudslimes names may be a different thing.
Has it been confirmed that the two victims are mooselimbs?