Kissimmee Fl: Jan 27th, the American Muslim Leadership Council (AML COUNCIL) held a press conferance
joined by Islamic Leaders, and other Interfaith leaders to oppose President Trump new executive order to restrict immigration from 7 Muslim Countries.

The imam who heads up the American Muslim Leader Council in Kissimmee called a news conference to criticize Trump’s plan to implement a temporary ban on most refugees and a suspension of visas for citizens of Syria and six other Middle Eastern and African countries.

Through an executive order, Trump is expected to impose a ban, for several months, on the entry of refugees into the United States until more aggressive vetting is in place. Another order will block visas being issued to anyone from Syria, Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen, countries with a history of ties to terrorism.

At the news conference Thursday, Imam Helmi Elagha said while the Trump administration said this is not a Muslim ban, 99 percent of the people from the countries targeted are Muslim, and he and the other imams who stood with him see it as religious discrimination.

“We have not seen this happen in the past. Someone being denied entry based on their faith. This is not what the U.S. stands for. So if I were to put it in simple terms, it’s un-American,” Imam Helmi Abufarah Elagha said.

The imams who were at the news conference left to attend an open house with Democrat Rep. Darren Soto. They said they hope to discuss their concerns with him.

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http://www.wesh.com/article/muslim-leaders-call-president-trump-s-decision-un-american/8644062