INTERVIEW — DR ZUHDI JASSER – author of “A Battle for the Soul of Islam: An American Muslim Patriot’s Fight to Save his Faith”, President of American Islamic Forum for Democracy, Co-Founder, Muslim Reform Movement and a former Lt. Commander in the US Navy – discussed Trump’s executive order on immigration.
- President Donald Trump has signed an executive action implementing “new vetting measures” that he says are aimed at keeping “radical Islamic terrorists” out of the United States. The president says he only wants to admit people to the United States who will support the country. His comments echoed his campaign pledge to implement “extreme vetting” programs, particularly for people coming from countries with ties to terrorism. Trump said in a statement released that the countries chosen for what he called the “extreme vetting” of the order had been “identified by the Obama administration as sources of terror.” “To be clear, this is not a Muslim ban, as the media is falsely reporting. This is not about religion – this is about terror and keeping our country safe,” the statement reads. The administration, however, appeared to backtrack on one element of the order, saying late today that green card holders from those seven countries were not barred from re-entering the U.S., whereas earlier the administration had indicated they were.
