Donald Trump’s Call For Banning Muslims From Entering US Draws Condemnation

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Presidential candidate Donald Trump has called for an end to Muslims being allowed to enter the US.

“Stigmatizing me for no reason I think, is just a violation of human rights as well”, said Rehman.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump says he is calling for a “complete and total shutdown” on Muslims entering the United States.

Mr Trump’s statement to reporters on Monday said polling by the Center for Security Policy, a conservative think-tank, indicated that 25% of Muslims in the United States believed violence against America was justified. “What we need to do is to increase our intelligence capabilities and activity both around the world and in the homeland…We need to cooperate with peaceful Muslim Americans, who want to give us intelligence against those who are radicalized”.

The House passed legislation that would bar Syrian refugees from entering the USA until security officials certify they are not threats, and more than half of the nation’s governors have said they are no longer willing to take in refugees from Syria and Iraq. “We stand today united as Americans against stigmatization, against Islamophobia, against ISIS”.

Trump’s comments were made in the wake of last Wednesday’s mass shooting in San Bernardino, California, which left at least 14 people dead and 21 injured.

Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton, in a signed message, tweeted, “This is reprehensible, prejudiced and divisive”.

After giving his initial reaction, Baker asked to read a copy of the full statement released by the Trump campaign.

Reacting to Trump’s outrageous and racist proposal, which was met with outrage and lots of attention online, rival Rebublican Presidential candidate Jeb Bush called Trump “unhinged”.

But Trump explained Monday on Fox News that his proposal would not apply to Muslim Americans and Muslims already living legally in the United States. “But I don’t care”, he said a cheering crowd. “We also know that this country must not give into fear by turning its back on its fundamental values, even at a time of great crisis”.

“It’s un-American, its un-constitutional, and I certainly don’t agree with it. And I don’t think that the party as a whole in Rhode Island would agree with that stance”, says GOP Chairman, Brandon Bell.