Trump says Muslims should report incidents, Twitter flags ‘creepy orange clown’

Hundreds of Muslims took to Twitter on Monday after the second United States presidential debate to rebuff Republican party hopeful Donald Trump’s suggestion that Muslims in America should report when they see “something going on”.

Updated on: Oct 10, 2016, 11:52:24 IST

Hindustan Times | By Dhrubo Jyoti, New Delhi

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Hundreds of Muslims took to Twitter on Monday after the second United States presidential debate to rebuff Republican party hopeful Donald Trump’s suggestion that Muslims in America should report when they see “something going on”.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during the second presidential debate at Washington University in St Louis. (AFP Photo)

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The brazen real estate mogul turned Republican party leader has been repeatedly accused of peddling Islamophobia and his response – to a question of bias against Arabs and Muslims – seemed to confirm the community’s fears.

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Twitter reacted with hilarity, though, after author Moustafa Bayoumi responded with a tweet that went viral and the hashtag #MuslimsReportStuff was trending in a matter of hours. Here are some choicest barbs by Muslims back at Trump:

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Dhrubo Jyoti
Dhrubo Jyoti is Deputy Executive Editor at Hindustan Times, where they help oversee the newspaper’s daily news and opinion coverage. They are part of the leadership team of the newspaper and their daily responsibilities include news selection, commissioning and editing, apart from planning and executing special projects. Apart from this, they write on national affairs at the intersection of caste and sexuality, with a focus on elections, politics and the lifeworlds of the caste marginalised. Formally trained in physics from St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata and Bose Institute, Kolkata, they made a switch to studying journalism from the Asian College of Journalism in Chennai. Over the past decade at Hindustan Times, they have worked at the National Desk, Page 1 team, Integrated Copy Desk and Special Stories Team, before running the opinion page as views editor for two years, and then moving back as Senior Editor of News Operations. In the past 12 years, they have reported on numerous national and state elections, specialising on caste-informed coverage of major moments in India’s history, and focussing on leading investigations into government accountability and social inequities. Their narrative non-fiction work aims to put Dalit voices at the core of India’s LGBTQIA+ movements.Read More