Alwaght- A top US Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization condemned the country’s President Donald Trump’s “incitement to violence against American Muslims” after he retweeted Islamophobic videos from an anti-Muslim British political leader.
In a Wednesday statement, The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), National Executive Director Nihad Awad said, “By his unconscionable and irresponsible actions this morning, President Trump is clearly telling members of his base that they should hate Islam and Muslims. These are actions one would expect to see on virulent anti-Muslim hate sites, not on the Twitter feed of the president of the United States. Trump’s posts amount to incitement to violence against American Muslims. His actions should be condemned by all American political and religious leaders, regardless of their party or faith.”
Awad also tweeted in response to Trump’s hate posts: “Have you no sense of decency, Sir? Do you know how many anti-Muslims incidents in the US we recorded at #CAIR this year alone? 3,296. And we haven't heard a peep from you. Some president.”
He noted that his organization has witnessed an unprecedented spike in hate incidents targeting American Muslims and members of other minority groups since the election of Donald Trump as president.
US President Donald Trump re-tweeted three anti-Muslim videos posted by a British far-right political organization.
The footage was posted by Jayda Fransen, deputy leader of the far-right group Britain First, who has been convicted of religiously aggravated harassment.
Earlier this month, Fransen was found guilty of religiously aggravated harassment after she verbally abused a Muslim woman wearing a hijab.
Thomas Mair, the extreme right-wing terrorist, shouted “Britain first” before killing UK lawmaker Jo Cox during the Brexit referendum campaign last year.
Cox’s widow, Brendan Cox, accused Trump of spreading hatred and trying to legitimize the far right in Britain.
