The mindset of publicly rejecting particular beliefs wasn’t introduced for the first time when the new US president Donald Trump made an appearance in the political arena in 2015. He is being severely criticized and attacked for his visible racism. However, the same policy of rejection and exclusion is currently present in the Middle East as well, and used to be common in Europe. Yet, no one bats an eye because the Middle East’s leaders don’t openly announce it. Trump signed on Friday an executive order whereby he banned the entry of citizens from seven Muslim-majority countries in the Middle East for 90 days. He also suspended the US Refugee Admissions Systems for 120 days, with the Syrian Refugee Program suspended indefinitely. Trump argues that his executive order is not a Muslim ban, he also said that his order worked out “very nicely, turning a blind eye to the chaos that broke out in the streets and airports of the US. The US president has explicitly voiced racism towards Muslims during his presidential campaign, vowing to ban their entrance to the US territories. Trump was severely criticized over his discriminatory statements…
What Trump Is Doing Isn’t New – the Middle East Has Been Doing It for a Long Time
February 3, 2017
