The World react to Donald Trump’s Comments About Muslims

Donald Trump, the Republican presidential candidate, doubled down Tuesday on his remarks calling for a “total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until America can figure out what is going on.”

Appearing on ABC’s Good Morning America, Trump compared his plan to the Japanese internment camps used by President Franklin D. Roosevelt during World War II.

“This is a president highly respected by all, he did the same thing,” Trump said. “If you look at what he was doing, it was far worse. I mean, he was talking about the Germans because we’re at war.

Trump’s comments were nearly universally condemned—both in the U.S. and around the world. Here’s a roundup of global reaction

U.K.

A spokeswoman for British Prime Minister David Cameron called the remarks “divisive, unhelpful and quite simply wrong.”

Egypt

A statement from Dar al-Ifta, the country’s official religious body, called Trump’s remarks “hate rhetoric.”

“Such hostile attitudes towards Islam and Muslims will increase tensions within the American society of which Muslims represent around 8 million peaceful and loyal American citizens,” the organization said.

France

French prime minister tweeted: “Mr. Trump, like others, stokes hatred: our ONLY enemy is radical Islamism.” 

Paskistan

Asma Jahangir, the prominent human-rights activist, called Trump’s remarks “absurd.”

“This is the worst kind of bigotry mixed with ignorance,” she said. “I would imagine that someone who is hoping to become president of the U.S. doesn’t want to compete with an ignorant criminal-minded mullah of Pakistan who denounces people of other religions.”

Indoensia

I think the perspective of people here in Indonesia is that they see Donald Trump as a loser. We don’t really take his comments seriously" according to Yenny Wahid, an Islamic activist and daughter of Abdurrahman Wahid, the former Indonesian president

Palestine 

Usama Sallah, a prominent Palestinian businessman in Jerusalem who lived in the US for 14 years, said Trump’s statements were “a shame”.

Australia

Azra Khan, president of the Canberra Islamic Centre, said Trump’s proposal was the wrong way to address last week’s attack.

Malaysia

Nur Jazlan Mohamad, Malaysian deputy home minister, said the proposal is not aligned with America’s image as tolerant and democratic, and could play into the Islamic State group’s hands by alienating Muslims who are already in the US.

However, his comment drew some supports from some Americans