Donald Trump’s immigration ban, targeting Muslims, may be helping ISIS
Who would have thought that blatant anti-Muslim bigotry would be used by radical Islamic terrorists for recruiting?
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(Credit: AP Photo/Nish Nalbandian)President Trump’s infamous Muslim ban has proved to be a potent recruitment tool for ISIS.
Rukmini Callimachi, a correspondent for The New York Times who specializes in al-Qaeda and ISIS, explained this in a series of tweets on Wednesday.
1 For the last 2 days, I’ve been reporting from eastern Mosul, now under Iraqi control. It’s amazing to finally be able to walk freely here pic.twitter.com/4J2xoXmwzY
— Rukmini Callimachi (@rcallimachi) February 8, 2017
2. The front line is now demarcated by the Tigris River. We are waiting for the Iraqi army to make their push into Western Mosul: pic.twitter.com/kUTSf15WVQ
— Rukmini Callimachi (@rcallimachi) February 8, 2017
3. I reported here in Nov/Dec of last year. Guess what’s different on this trip? Everywhere I go, Iraqis want to ask about the visa ban — Rukmini Callimachi (@rcallimachi) February 8, 2017
4. I’ve been asked about it by officers of the elite CTS division who speak fluent English and who work with US special forces. — Rukmini Callimachi (@rcallimachi) February 8, 2017
5. On the banks of the Tigris, I was quizzed on the ban by Mohammed, with Iraq’s Federal Police, himself a former interpreter for US forces
— Rukmini Callimachi (@rcallimachi) February 8, 2017
6. But here’s the best part. Guess who else is talking about it? ISIS is, according to a resident of W. Mosul my translator reached by cell
— Rukmini Callimachi (@rcallimachi) February 8, 2017
7. My translator reached the resident at 2 am. ISIS is forbidding people under their rule to have phones. Resident hid his. Calls at night — Rukmini Callimachi (@rcallimachi) February 8, 2017
8. The resident said ISIS has been openly celebrating the ban. They’ve even coined a phrase for it: الحظر المبارك Or “The Blessed Ban”
— Rukmini Callimachi (@rcallimachi) February 8, 2017
9. Why are they calling it a “Blessed Ban?” Because ISIS sees this as *their* doing. They succeeded in scaring the daylight out of America
— Rukmini Callimachi (@rcallimachi) February 8, 2017
10. ISIS, according to this resident of Western Mosul, thinks their terror tactic worked. They frightened the most powerful man in the world
— Rukmini Callimachi (@rcallimachi) February 8, 2017
