US President Donald Trump’s newly-signed executive order that temporarily bans the citizens of seven Muslim-majority nations from entering the US has sparked criticism around the globe.
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31 January 2017
08:26 GMT
Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla has strongly criticized the travel ban, saying that Trump’s policy can raise “suspicion” toward Muslims.
“[The ban] won’t affect us directly in a big way, but it can raise suspicion especially toward Muslims,” Jusuf Kalla told news website Detik.com, as cited by Reuters. Indonesia was not included in the list of banned counties.
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08:25 GMT
Turkish Deputy Prime Minister and government spokesperson Numan Kurtulmuş called Trump in an attempt to get him to correct his “wrongful measure.”
“Unfortunately, I am of the opinion that rising Islamophobia, xenophobia and anti-immigrant feelings have a great weight on this decision. Taking such a decision in a country like America, where different ethnic and religious groups are able to co-exist is very offensive. This is not right,” he told Haberturk newspaper.
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04:29 GMT
Letter from Sally Yates, the acting Attorney General, to DOJ lawyers refusing to defend #Trump’s #MuslimBan https://t.co/4ECesFl9fP pic.twitter.com/ICoMDcEOn4
— Anonymous (@AnonyOps) January 31, 2017
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00:46 GMT
Acting Attorney General Sally Yates instructed Justice Department attorneys to not legally defend President Donald Trump’s executive order on refugees and immigration.
Yates, an Obama appointee, is expected to be replaced by Trump’s pick, Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Alabama), in the near future. Meanwhile, courts in California, Massachusetts, New York, Virginia and Washington state have already been presented with cases challenging the order. READ MORE here.
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00:35 GMT
Swelling crowd at LAX, more on the way, 25 confirmed detained #MuslimBan #nobannonnowall pic.twitter.com/VkjzNyNbNG
— Audrey Chu (@audgiechu) January 31, 2017
Source: Trump’s ‘Muslim ban’ fallout — RT News
