Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump has called for a “total and complete” block on Muslims entering the United States.
A statement from Trump’s campaign team said the halt on Muslims entering the country should remain in place “until our country’s representatives can figure out what is going on.”
The statement does not specify if the proposal would affect both tourists and immigrants.
Trump’s campaign cites poll data allegedly showing “hatred towards Americans by large segments of the Muslim population”.
“Where this hatred comes from and why we will have to determine,” the billionaire real estate mogul, who is leading in opinion polls among likely Republican voters, said in the statement.
“Until we are able to determine and understand this problem and the dangerous threat it poses, our country cannot be the victims of horrendous attacks by people that believe only in jihad, and have no sense of reason or respect for human life.”
Trump has been increasingly virulent in his remarks targeting Muslim Americans since the deadly Paris attacks, and again in the wake of last week’s shooting attack in California, which was carried out by a Muslim couple, leaving 14 dead and 21 wounded.
“Just put out a very important policy statement on the extraordinary influx of hatred & danger coming into our country. We must be vigilant!” Trump tweeted after the statement was released.
His announcement unleashed quick condemnation on Twitter.
“@realdonaldtrump removes all doubt: he is running for President as a fascist demagogue,” Democratic presidential contender Martin O’Malley said.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations group said: “We’re entering into the realm of the fascist now.”
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Is he not the same person who said blacks are only good for sex and films(for concert making people laugh) and nothing more? one can see he is getting mad. American are yet to harvest the result of their stupid laws on gun in their country. After infiltrating Africa with weapons for destroying us and you think GOD is asleep? The other shootings that has been happening are they Muslims? No religion support destruction and Islam is not a new religion, GOD ALMIGHTY is one. His holy prophets in the Bible (Jesus,Moses,Ambraham, Jacob, Joseph, Solomon etc) are the Isah, Musa, Ibrahim, Yakub, Yusuf, Suleiman respectively the Holy Qur'an is talking about. The holy message is the same, the relay or conveyance of the message is what differentiate the two religion on peoples believe.
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