Using the hashtag #MuslimNeighborhood, these users seek to show that there is little to no difference between a “Muslim neighborhood” and an “American” one.
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In the wake of Tuesday’s terrorist attacks in Brussels, Sen. “We have over 90% of Muslims saying if there is any Muslim within their own community, maybe committing an attack, they would report them”.
“Our prayers are out to the people who are victims of this act”, said Mohammed on the Brussels’ attack.
“Ordering special patrols of Muslim neighborhoods will nearly certainly create an adversarial relationship between law enforcement and the communities they have sworn to protect, making those communities more vulnerable, more frightened, and often less willing to help”, ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt said in a prepared statement.
This is the second time in this election season that the ADL has denounced a major presidential candidate for anti-Muslim remarks. “Islam is a religion of peace, and as you know, 1.6 billion people are practicing Islam peacefully, and that’s what Islam is all about”, Tariq Rasheed, president of the Islamic Center of Orlando, said.
“We need every American community invested in this fight, not fearful and sitting on the sidelines”. Are they going to watch us?He said Cruzs remarks seemed aimed at exploiting prejudice to get votes.The way he talks, it could work maybe 40 years ago.
Donald Trump said later Tuesday on CNN that he agreed with Cruz’s proposal to target Muslim neighborhoods, calling it “a good idea”. “I’m talking about any area where there is a higher incidence of radical Islamic terrorism”.
The Republican hopeful called on law enforcement to “patrol and secure Muslim neighborhoods” while also stating that the New York Police Department should bring back their special unit devoted to the surveillance of Muslim communities in the city. After the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attacks, leaders in Ohio, Kentucky, New York, New Jersey, and California spoke out quickly to dissuade anti-Muslim sentiment.
Cruz’s comments prompted Muslims across America to take to Twitter under the hastag #MyMuslimNeighborhood.
“As far as the notion of having surveillance of neighborhoods where Muslims are present, I just left a country that engages in that kind of neighborhood surveillance”, Obama said, “which by the way, the father of Sen. I didn’t go to a pollster I just said what was on my mind and I said there is a serious serious problem here”. “We can’t waterboard and they can chop off heads”.
The program was later disbanded amid complaints of religious and racial profiling. “Or president Obama should be planning to travel to Brussels”, Cruz said Tuesday at a news conference on Capitol Hill.
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“You’ve got to take them out harshly and you’ve got to take them out fast”. “I don’t think there’s any one silver bullet to this thing, but I think there is a series of counter-measures that can make us a lot safer”.
