Article Title: Donald Trump's Muslim US ban call roundly condemned
Author: Not given, found on BBC
Summary: Various leaders have spoken out against Donald Trump’s call to ban Muslims from entering the U.S. These include leaders of the Council on American-Islamic relations, The U.N., and other presidential candidates such as Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, and Jeb Bush. All of those candidates see Trump’s idea as overreaching, based in prejudice, and highly offensive. These comments came after the San Bernardino shootings where the shooters were known to be radical and the female shooter even pledged allegiance to ISIS. As a result, Trump’s plan would involve disallowing any Muslim from entering the country, but it would allow Muslims in the military to “come home”. Trump also made very inflammatory comments in this speech such as “many Muslims nursed a ‘hatred’ towards America”. This is not the first time that Trump has made extremely offensive comments towards muslims, such as claiming that Muslims in New Jersey were cheering after 9/11 and wanting to make a database to target muslims in the U.S.
Who:
Donald Trump, Republican presidential hopeful for the 2016 election
What: During Donald Trump’s Pearl Harbor Day Rally he gave a speech which claimed that in order to secure our country’s safety, all Muslims should be banned from entering.
Where:
Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, United States
When:
Monday, December 8th, in a speech he gave at the Pearl Harbor Day Rally
Why: Because of recent terrorist attacks in San Bernardino, Donald Trump thinks the only necessary solution to preventing future attacks is to not let any Muslim people into the country. Trump hopes to prevent “many more World Trade Centers” through this. He sees the ban of all Muslims entering the country as the only solution.
Bias:
Fairly factual, though the author put in the opinions of other candidates. This shows how Donald Trump’s view is mostly unsupported and denounced as a way to discredit it. Also, the article uses terms such as “horrified reaction” to suggest distaste toward Trump. BBC News is known to have a more liberal view.
Democratic Values:
Equality: By selecting what kind of people would be allowed to enter the country, Donald Trump’s idea would act against equality in this country. He would discriminate against a large group of people, this is a complete opposite of the equality which our country takes great pride in.
Common good: Common good is also a democratic value that could possibly be at stake. Although nothing Trump says will become law unless he becomes president, restricting Muslim people from coming into the United States would risk the common good of the world. Many refugees that are coming into the country are Muslim. If there was a law restricting Muslims, these refugees would be in grave danger in their native countries.
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