October 6, 2017

Quotes & Mentions

Muslim activists in US vow to fight Trump’s new travel ban but there’s a catch (The Arab Weekly)

Omar Noureldin quoted: The plan still showed “the intent to fulfil president Trump’s cam­paign promise,” said Omar Nourel­din, a lawyer and vice-president at the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC), an advocacy group.

"Putting a non-Muslim country such as North Korea on the black list did not change the nature of the ban because North Korea was sending few people to the United States anyway," he said.

‘The Night Of’ Was a Step Forward, But for Who? (Vice)

Sue Obeidi quoted and MPAC mentioned: "We're not about being watchdogs, and we don't demand that the storyteller change his or her vision. But if you come to us, we'll give you honest feedback, because we know that audiences are very intelligent, and they can see through it."

U.S. Congress: Rescind the Muslim Ban Immediately #NoMuslimBanEver (Change.org)

MPAC mentioned: The American people rejected Trump’s bans and rallied at airports across the country in January. Several court decisions have struck down Trump’s un-Constitutional and un-American attempts to turn the President’s campaign promise of “a total and complete shutdown of all Muslims entering the United States” into policy.