Trump call to �ban Muslims� sparks anger in Asia

Religious leaders in Asia yesterday condemned Donald Trump’s inflammatory comments on Muslims, warning that the US presidential hopeful was helping the Islamic State group’s cause and diminishing America’s global stature, reports AFP.
In Bangladesh, Indonesia and Pakistan, together home to more than a third of the world’s 1.5 billion followers of Islam, anger at the bouffant billionaire’s incendiary proposal to ban Muslims from entering the United States ran high.
Leading Bangladeshi cleric Fariduddin Masud told AFP the remarks fed IS propaganda that sought to depict a grand war between Islam and the West.
“By uttering such a hate-spreading statement, Donald Trump has committed a crime by indirectly helping the cause of so-called global Islamist militants such as Islamic State,” the chairman of the Jamiatul Ulama Bangladesh, an Islamic scholars council, told AFP.
The Republican frontrunner’s remarks came after an apparently radicalised Muslim couple shot dead 14 people at a workplace party in the Californian town of San Bernardino this month.
Trump’s demand for a moratorium on Muslims entering the United States until politicians “can figure out what was going on” was roundly condemned, although fellow Republican contender Ted Cruz and some conservative commentators praised the call.

Trump call to �ban Muslims� sparks anger in Asia

Religious leaders in Asia yesterday condemned Donald Trumps inflammatory comments on Muslims, warning that the US presidential hopeful was helping the Islamic State groups cause and diminishing Americas global stature, reports AFP. In Bangladesh, Indonesia and Pakistan, together home to more than a third of the worlds 1.5 billion followers of Islam, anger at the bouffant billionaires incendiary proposal to ban Muslims from entering the United States ran high. Leading Bangladeshi cleric Fariduddin Masud told AFP the remarks fed IS propaganda that sought to depict a grand war between Islam and the West. By uttering such a hate-spreading statement, Donald Trump has committed a crime by indirectly helping the cause of so-called global Islamist militants such as Islamic State, the chairman of the Jamiatul Ulama Bangladesh, an Islamic scholars council, told AFP. The Republican frontrunners remarks came after an apparently radicalised Muslim couple shot dead 14 people at a workplace party in the Californian town of San Bernardino this month. Trumps demand for a moratorium on Muslims entering the United States until politicians can figure out what was going on was roundly condemned, although fellow Republican contender Ted Cruz and some conservative commentators praised the call.