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Posted On Dec 11 2015
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Late Night with Seth Meyers Hillary Clinton slammed Donald Trump’s plan to keep Muslims out of the US, calling it “dangerous”. But the truth is many of them have said extreme things about Muslims.
Ali was born Cassius Clay and converted to Islam and changed his name in 1964. “If you’re a Muslim in this community, as the leader of Facebook I want you to know that you are always welcome here and that we will fight to protect your rights”.
“I’m leading in every poll by a lot”, Trump said.
“Absolutely”, Perry responded. “I’m going to support the Republican nominee”. But he wouldn’t go as far as many other Republicans, who criticized the remarks as unserious or an affront to American values – although most said they would support any eventual GOP presidential nominee.
After the September 11 attacks, Ali appeared on a celebrity telethon to defend his religion. “And what he is saying now is not only shameful and wrong, it is unsafe”.
Second District Republican Congressman John Kline, on WCCO Radio, said, “I don’t know what Donald Trump’s thinking was there, but we are not at war with Islam”.
Fourteen years later, Ali’s statement echoed his original comments.
“I am a Muslim and there is nothing Islamic about killing innocent people in Paris, San Bernardino, or anywhere else in the world”, Ali said.
In the days since Trump questioned Obama’s statement that Muslims were among America’s sporting heroes, people on the Internet responded by compiling lists of Muslim athletes.
Trump’s stance prompted comparisons to Adolf Hitler and suggestions from White House officials that the comments disqualify him from presidency.
Hopkins later took to Twitter to write: “Donald Trump is speaking up for Americans who look at not so great Britain with pity”.
Views are mixed among Republicans: Forty-two percent of GOP respondents supported the proposal, while 36 percent opposed it. Among Republican primary voters, however, 38 percent supported it and 39 percent were opposed.
