REMARKS OF DONALD TRUMP

REMARKS OF DONALD TRUMP A Trump Card For Muslims DONALD TRUMP is the front-runner for the Republican nomination to US presidency. On March 23 he appeared on ITV’s Good Morning Britain in which he said that Muslim communities were “absolutely not reporting” suspected terrorists and need to “open up to society”. This interview was extensively cited in the media. According to The Guardian, Donald Trump implied that Muslim communities were the “enemy within”. (Donald Trump hits on a sore point with Brussels ‘coddling’ remarks. The Guardian, 23 March 2016) Donald Trump’s remarks about American Muslims are applicable to all Muslims especially those living in the western world. At this moment, Muslims around the world number about 1.6 billion and the above news has reached almost all of them through the media. In reality, however, this news should be an eye opener for Muslims. They may not have discovered this fact at present, but they will soon come to realize it. Going by Muslims’ current mood, it can be said that they would at first give a negative reaction, claiming that Trump’s remarks are only a phenomenon of Islamophobia. However, Muslims will soon realize that this traditional response of theirs is not working. They must be guided to discover an alternative response that works. To be sure, this alternative would be only one, that is, Muslims will have to openly disown “Muslim terrorists” or “Muslim radicals” and dedicate themselves completely to work towards peace in every possible way and affirm that Islam is a religion of peace. They should now put into practice the fact which Islam states about all of mankind being one family of God. This change in the Muslim mind would come about sooner or later. It is a golden opportunity for those Muslims who have been working towards peace but have not gained much popularity among Muslims in general. Now their mission would receive full support from all Muslims and they would be able to spread their work globally. This change in western Muslims would surely appear and it would undoubtedly serve as a boon for the peace mission of Islam. Muslims should now put into practice the fact which Islam states about all of mankind being one family of God.