Rivals blast Trump for Muslim comments

Republican Presidential frontrunner Donald Trump’s comments about Muslims in the wake of the Paris terrorist attacks have drawn rebukes from the top candidate for Democratic nomination, Hillary Clinton, as well as a few of his Republican rivals.

The outrage stems from Trump telling NBC News on Thursday he “would certainly implement” a Muslim registry, indicating that it would be mandatory for all Muslims in the U.S.to register.

During a campaign stop in Iowa, Trump told an NBC reporter he would “certainly implement” a registry forcing Muslims to “sign up at different places” and make themselves known. When Yahoo News asked Trump “whether this level of tracking might require registering Muslims in a database or giving them a form of special identification that noted their religion”, the story said that Trump “wouldn’t rule it out”.

The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility, elevating fears in the USA and prompting calls for new restrictions on refugees fleeing war-torn Syria.

The ADL also criticized Republican presidential candidates Sen. Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush called them “abhorrent”. “That’s not strength. That’s weakness”.

“The idea that someone would have to register with the federal government due to their religion strikes against all that we have believed in our nation’s history”, he said in a statement.

Trump was then asked, “So, to be clear you’re not saying anything with respect to a religious database”.

He said Muslims would be signed up at “different places”, adding, “It’s all about management”. “This is exactly why there is an America, to not be like that”, he said. We’re going to have to look at the mosques.

“It should be denounced by all seeking to lead this country”, she wrote on Twitter.

Ben Carson came under fire this week for comparing terrorists who try to sneak into America as refugees to sick animals.

He said: ‘We’re going to have to do things that we never did before.

Trump’s explosive comments were met with swift condemnation by Democrats – as well as by members of his own party.

Among registered Republican voters, the leaderboard remains relatively unchanged: Trump (24%), Carson (20%), Rubio (12%), Cruz (9%), and Bush (6%).

Legal experts also told Yahoo News that such a database would be unconstitutional.

After word of Trump’s comments spread, other Republican presidential candidates were quick to condemn the proposal of a Muslim database. At the same time, those who think the U.S. is on the right track fell to 23 percent, the lowest rating in more than three years.

On Thursday, the Democratic National Committee sent an email to reporters with a response to Trump from DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz. Bernie Sanders said Trump should be “ashamed of himself”.

In its statement, the ADL also slammed other candidates’ recent remarks on Syrian refugees, saying such comments “cross[ed] the line into scapegoating”.

And placing the cherry on his xenophobic cake, Trump added that none of the 11,000 refugees due to be resettled in the U.S. by 2017 would be allowed to stay, at least not on his watch.