Trump proposes to close the entrance to the US Muslims

American billionaire Donald Trump, who is a potential Republican presidential candidate, has advocated a complete ban on Muslims entering the country. According to Trump, such a measure should be in effect until the authorities “understand what is happening” after the terrorist attack in San Bernardino.

A day earlier, US President Barack Obama called on Americans Do not turn away from Muslims, despite recent events.

“Even without looking at the results of various surveys, we can say that hatred [in society] is beyond comprehension. Where and why it comes from is something we have to figure out," Trump said in a statement. leads the nomination race from the Republican Party.

A spokesman for Donald Trump, as reported by the New York Times, confirmed the authenticity of this statement, saying that he was motivated by the death of an 14 man during a shooting at a medical center in California.

It turned out, the organizers of the attack were born in the USA Syed Farouk and his wife Tashfin Malik, who moved from Saudi Arabia after marriage.

“Until we identify and understand this problem and the dangerous threat it poses, our country must not be subject to horrific attacks by people who believe only in jihad and have no respect for human life,” said the presidential candidate.

Trump's statement cited polling data according to which "a significant portion of the US Muslim population hates Americans" and "25% of respondents agree that violence against Americans is part of global jihad."

The ban on the entry of Muslims into America, according to Trump, could operate up to the legislative definition by the Congress of measures to prevent terrorism.

The proposal of the Republican candidate was negatively perceived by many immigration experts.

“This is completely inconsistent with the history of the United States,” says Nancy Morawetz, a professor at New York University. — Conducting experiments on religious grounds in the country is unacceptable. I do not recall a single case of a ban on immigration on the basis of religion.”

“What if we banned Russians from coming to America because of the Cold War? Who would have created Google then? - asks the president of the organization of American Muslims IYC Eboo Patel, hinting at the founder of the search giant, Muscovite Sergei Brin. “I am now standing in a building in Chicago and looking at the Sears Tower, designed by Fazlur Khan.”

A Bangladeshi-born civil engineer Fazlur Khan designed the Chicago-based skyscraper, which is called Willis Tower since 2009, as the project’s chief engineer.

In November, after the terrorist attacks in Paris, Donald Trump suggested “seriously considering” closing mosques in the country as a response.