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US Muslim voters launch anti-Trump campaign

21st July, 2016 · admin 2 Comments
Donald Trump

Donald Trump

Press TV
July 21, 2016

Muslim leaders in the United States have begun to register a million voters to help combat Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s rhetoric against Muslims.

According to the leaders, Muslim voters could influence results in so-called swing states, such as Virginia and Florida, which are very important in the November presidential election.

“We want the Muslim community to understand that if you give up your rights voluntarily, no one will come and give it back to you,” said Osama Abu Irshaid, who is a member of the board of the US Council of Muslim Organizations.

The umbrella organization is spearheading the campaign against Trump who has proposed a temporary ban on Muslim travelers and called for racial profiling of 3.3 million American Muslims.

Imams, or prayer leaders, have been called on to encourage their congregations to register to vote. Organizers have sent activists to college campuses, bus stations and gas stations in Muslim neighborhoods for the registration.

Nihad Awad, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), said the campaign actually started in December 2015 and is part of an effort to counter an “unprecedented rise in Islamophobia.”

He said that 300,000 Muslims have registered so far.

Trump has said he doesn’t like the concept of racial profiling, but it may be necessary.

“Other countries do it. You look at Israel and you look at others, and they do it and they do it successfully,” the outspoken billionaire said.

He has called for a “total and complete shutdown of Muslims” entering the United States.

He has also sought for a database to track Muslims across the United States and said that the US would have “absolutely no choice” but to close down mosques.

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2 thoughts on “US Muslim voters launch anti-Trump campaign”

  1. Ali Goali says:
    July 22, 2016 at 7:37 am

    NO NEWS
    ABOUT HEINOUS MILITARY ATTROCITIES
    IN AFGHANISTAN: ON
    US MEDIA:

    This coward
    is not aware
    of how so many THOUSANDS OF young people are killed and SACRIFICED IN THEIR OWN COUNTRY IN AFGHANISTAN each month by the hands of the same parasitic war criminals that he is planning to empow even more AND ARM TO THE TEETH.

    THIS MAN IS A MENTAL CASE AND A MENACE TO THE WORLD.

    HE IS ANOTHER LOW-CLASS CHARACHTER WHO IS BOASTING HIS TOTALLY UNBELIEVABLE LAW AND ORDER, (and his manhood), CAPABILITIES ON EXPENSE OF SMALL COUNTRIES LIKE IRAQ, SYRIA, AFGHANISTAN AND MANY OTHER ISLAMIC COUNTRIES- WHAT A SICKO !

    This nut ball is trying to dedicate false hopes to the worried citizens of a declining empire.

    HE IS NO BODY AND WILL NEVER BE !

  2. Ali Goali says:
    July 22, 2016 at 10:28 pm

    * STOP:

    Terrorists of any kinds; war mongers; war criminals; megalameniacs Anglo/US anarchists; hate mongers; misogynysts; bigots and all those similar characters across the board who are real menace and cccthreat to normal folks g and the humanity at large.

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