Donald Trump's Muslim Ban Proposal is 'Full of Hate' – Malala Yousafzai
Donald Trump's proposed ban on Muslims in the United States is "full of hatred" and discrimination, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai said on Tuesday.
During a ceremony to commemorate the 134 Pakistani school children who died in a Taliban attack last year, Malala Yousafzai condemned U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump's anti-Muslim views. The billionaire earlier drew flak for suggesting that all Muslims be banned from entering the United States after a shooting rampage by a Muslim couple, according to India Times.
While most of Trump's political rivals have avoided addressing Muslim policies, the real estate mogul has called for stricter mosque surveillance and a temporary ban on the entry of Muslims in the United States, the New York Times reports.
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"Well, that's really tragic that you hear these comments which are full of hatred, full of this ideology of being discriminative towards others," the Times quotes Yousafzai's statement to AFP.
In an interview with Britain's Channel 4, Yousafzai urged politicians and media firms to be very careful on what they say. She said people should not generalize Muslims and blame their whole population for one act of terrorism, the report details.
On Tuesday, Yousafzai's father Ziauddin echoed his daugher's sentiments during the ceremony in Birmingham, England. He said Trump's suggestion is very unfair because it associates the 1.6 billion Muslims all around the world with a few terrorist groups, the report relays.
Yousafzai, who warned that anti-Muslim sentiments would only inspire more terrorist activities, cited the attacks in Paris and Peshawar and said Pakistan is not the only place being targeted by extremists. She explained that the world needs to remove hatred from people's mindset if they want to put an end to terrorism, the report relays.
Malala Yousafzai rose to fame in 2009 when she exposed Taliban's oppressive rule in Pakistan through an anonymous blog. In 2012, the terror group attempted to assassinate her by shooting her in the head, but she survived to continue her fight against Islamist violence.
