UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on the administration of US President Donald Trump to entirely lift a controversial ban it has imposed on the entry of nationals from seven Muslim-majority countries.
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), the world’s largest body of Muslim nations, has slammed US President Donald Trump's decision to ban nationals of seven Muslim countries from traveling to the United States, saying the controversial measure will only give rise to radicalism and fuel violence.
Australian Director George Miller has thrown his support behind acclaimed Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi who is boycotting the Academy Awards in protest at Donald Trump's visa ban on citizens of seven predominantly Muslim nations.
Two Iranian female lawmakers refused to take part in the UN Commission on the Status of Women, to be held in March, in New York, in a protest to Trump’s decision on visa-ban for Iranian nationals.
Muslims living in the United State were involved in only one-third of 1 percent of all murders in the country in 2016, according to a new study, even as President Donald Trump seeks to portray Muslims as dangerous and ban them from entering the US.
Iranian Foreign Ministry said the country would adopt counter-measures following Trump’s decision to suspend visa for citizens of Iran and 6 other countries.