(MENAFN- Jordan News Agency) Washington Dec.8 (Petra)--Senior White House officials lined up on Monday to condemn Donald Trump's proposal to ban Muslims from entering the United States saying it was contrary to American values and interest.
During an interview on the CNN Ben Rhodes White House deputy national security advisor immediately condemned Trump's remarks and pointed to the "Bill of Rights" protection of freedom of religion stressing on the "extraordinary contributions" Muslim Americans have made to the U.S.
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump called Monday for barring all Muslims from entering the United States.
"Donald J. Trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country's representatives can figure out what is going on" a campaign press release said.
The release pointed to an online poll from the controversial Center for Security Policy which claimed that a quarter of Muslims living in the U.S. believe violence against Americans is justified as part of a global jihadist campaign. Critics have questioned the reliability of the organization's information. It also pointed to a Pew Research poll which the campaign declined to identify and claimed points to "great hatred towards Americans by large segments of the Muslim population." "Without looking at the various polling data it is obvious to anybody the hatred is beyond comprehension. Where this hatred comes from and why we will have to determine" Trump said in a statement.
"Until we are able to determine and understand this problem and the dangerous threat it poses our country cannot be the victims of horrendous attacks by people that believe only in Jihad and have no sense of reason or respect for human life." S Kh
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