The appeal was launched by Scottish resident Suzanne Kelly, a long-time critic of the 69-year-old who was also behind the pressure on Robert Gordon University to revoke Trump’s honorary degree.
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“It’s a temporary ban on not everybody, but many”, the GOP presidential frontrunner said.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump points into the crowd as he heads off stage after speaking at town hall meeting at the Atkinson Country Club in Atkinson, New Hampshire, Monday, Oct. 26, 2015.
British police issued a rare rebuke after comments by Trump to USA network MSNBC claiming there were places in London “that are so radicalised that the police are afraid for their own lives”.
Prime Minister David Cameron took the unusual step on Tuesday of commenting about a us presidential candidate, saying Trump’s call for a ban was “divisive, unhelpful and quite simply wrong”.
His fellow Republican candidates were among those to condemn that plan, but senior party figures have refused to throw Trump under the bus, or even rule out voting for him.
“If they – Nicola Sturgeon and RGU – were going to do this, they should have informed me prior to my major investment in this £200 million development, which will totally revitalise that vast region of Scotland”.
“I am a Muslim and there is nothing Islamic about killing innocent people in Paris, San Bernardino, or anywhere else in the world”, the former heavyweight champion of the world and peace activist declared in a statement to NBC News. “We are proud of being American and Muslims, we talk about it, and we educate ourselves and others, yet when we see such kind of and hear such kind of rhetoric it hurts us a lot”, said Ali Ghazvini.
White House spokesman Josh Earnest endorsed Trump’s decision to postpone the trip to Israel and said “most people are relieved” that he would not be visiting such a sensitive region.
Mr Trump also made remarks that some said promoted Jewish stereotypes.
Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar of India, which has more than 170 million Muslims, likened the explosive potential of Trump’s comments to “a nuclear bomb”.
In the statement, Netanyahu’s office said Israel “respects all religions and strictly guarantees the rights of all its citizens”.
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“I am the least racist person that you have ever met”, he said.
