How Fox News Built Donald Trump’s Presidential Campaign
Washington (CNN) Florida Sen. Marco Rubio said Friday that Donald Trump is the most vulgar person to ever run for President of the United States. “Donald Trump has been perhaps […]
Memo to Trump: pork isn’t Kryptonite to Muslims
Haroon Mughal, http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/feb/20/donald-trump-pork-not-muslim-kryptonite-bigotry? On Friday night, Donald Trump recounted for his supporters an inaccurate story about John Pershing, the commander of the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I, who he alleged decided to summarily execute 49 of 50 Muslim prisoners while helping to put down a rebellion in the Muslim […]
Trump’s interview with the devil (COMMENTARY)
Source: RNS (RNS) It’s August 2016. Slipping in the polls to the Democratic nominee, Donald Trump searches for someone notable to interview him. Satan volunteers. The following is a rush transcript of their wide-ranging discussion of American politics. THE DEVIL: Issue No. 1 for me is immigration. For the past […]
Religion, patriotism, partisanship: Donald Trump and Ted Cruz’s Presidents’ Day history lesson
Source: Salon If the vague, yet oft-touted, religiosity of presidential wannabes remains a factor in elections these days, there may be a good historical explanation for why that is, beyond […]
‘The world needs more from us’ (USA)
Feb 01,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – JAMES J. ZOGBY I have long argued that the way candidates for high office speak about the Middle East should be a critical test of their capacity to lead our nation. Since the end of the Vietnam war, we have spent more money, sold or […]
White Supremacists Campaign For Trump Because “We Don’t Need Muslims”
The American Freedom Party said it placed about 200,000 “robocalls” in Iowa and may also target New Hampshire. 01/11/2016 ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – A white supremacist group said it has placed thousands of automated phone calls in Iowa urging voters to back billionaire Donald Trump’s bid for the […]
Trump urged to apologise to Muslim protester ejected from rally
Source: BBC The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has urged Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump to apologise to a Muslim protester ejected from one of his rallies. CAIR said Rose […]
Video: Fareed Zakaria: I Am Appalled By Donald Trump’s Bigotry
Fareed Zakaria: I Am Appalled By Donald Trump’s Bigotry Not As A Muslim, But As An American CNN’s Fareed Zakaria gave his take on GOP frontrunner Donald Trump’s hateful and […]
Malala Shuts Down Donald Trump In The Most Elegant Way Possible
Source: The Huffington Post By Ed Mazza; Overnight Editor, The Huffington Post “The more you speak about Islam and against all Muslims, the more terrorists we create.” Malala Yousafzai offered […]
Why Donald Trump Can’t Actually Close ‘Parts of the Internet’
Source: Time During Tuesday’s Republican presidential debate, frontrunner Donald Trump doubled down on his call for “closing off parts of the Internet” in order to stymie terrorist groups’ online recruitment efforts. “I would certainly be open to closing areas where we are at war with somebody,” Trump said, referring to […]
Unconscionable bigotry
Dec 13,2015 – JORDAN TIMES The campaign of one key Republican contender to the White House, Donald Trump, has been awash with gaffes, posturing, and all sorts of irresponsible and inane declarations that often made one teeter between laughter at the lack of political savvy of this man and annoyance at […]
I am a Muslim. But Trump’s views appall me because I am an American.
Source: The Washington Post By Fareed Zakaria Writes a foreign affairs column for The Post. He is also the host of CNN’s Fareed Zakaria GPS and a contributing editor for […]
Citing Religious Liberty, Evangelical Leaders Blast Trump’s Muslim Ban
Source: NPR Evangelical leaders are speaking out against Donald Trump’s controversial call for “a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States.” Russell Moore, president of the Southern […]
Is Pakistan Just a Huge Trumpistan?
By Kashif N. Chaudhry; Physician, writer and human rights activist Source: Huffington Post I am a Pakistani immigrant to the United States. With the recent rise of Islamophobia here in […]
Boxing legend Muhammad Ali criticises Donald Trump
Source: BBC Boxing legend Muhammad Ali has criticised US Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump’s proposal to ban Muslims from entering America. Without naming Mr Trump, Mr Ali said that Muslims […]
Muslim lawmaker blames Trump’s rhetoric for death threat
Source: Politico A Muslim lawmaker is blaming the “toxic environment” created by Donald Trump’s rhetoric on Islam for a death threat he received Monday. Indiana Rep. André Carson said threats […]
Trump’s proposal to keep out Muslims crosses a line for many in both parties
Source: The Washington Post Republican presidential contender Donald Trump said on Dec. 7 that he was in favor of a ‘”total and complete” shutdown of Muslims entering the United States. […]
Trump’s Muslim ban idea pushes GOP toward chaos
Source: Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s plan to ban Muslims from entering the United States is shoving the Republican Party to the edge of chaos, abruptly pitting GOP […]
Netanyahu ‘rejects’ Donald Trump’s comments on Muslims
‘The State of Israel respects all religions and strictly guarantees the rights of all its citizens,’ Mr Netanyahu said Benjamin Netanyahu has joined a long list of international leaders to […]
Trump UK ban petition passes 250,000 signatures
Source: BBC A petition calling for Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump to be barred from entering the UK has gathered more than 250,000 names, so MPs will have to consider […]