PRESIDENT-ELECT, DONALD TRUMP ACCUSED OF ISLAMOPHOBIC STATEMENTS


The American elections may have come and gone but the ripples are still bursting. One particular group seems not to be happy with the U.S President-elect and that is Muslims many of whom accuse him of islamophobia.


Islamophobia is simply hatred or prejudice or bigotry directed against Islam or Muslims. Some of the adherents of the Islamic religion accuse Mr. Trump of capitalizing on the fears of the average Americans to paint the image of Islam black and subsequently coasting to victory with their votes.

They held that Mr. Trump scapegoated and villifed Muslims and this campaign of islamophobia paid off really well in ensuring that Mr. Trump secured most of the key swing states like Florida, Ohio, North Carolina etc

These key states helped him easily clinch victory. Islamophobia they maintained was a permanent campaign strategy for Donald Trump.

They stated that unlike his predecessors George W. Bush, Mitt Romney who were adopted "cautious Islamophobia", Donald Trump was did not but rather employed various anti-Muslim rhetoric to get to the American people.

Consequently, Islamophobia became a winning strategy for Donald Trump and his team and this they believed does not portend good tidings for them.

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