On What Mr. Trump Said

Presidential candidate Donald Trump proposed to ban all Muslims from entering the United States and the statement has caused a heated argument in the political spectrum in the states and even in Europe.  Mr. Trump is a  real estate billionaire mogul who decided to give politics a try by running for the Presidential election in 2016. Sure he has all the money in the world to run a successful presidential campaign but the question is can he stand a chance in the race to be the next leader of one of the most powerful nation in the world? His statement caused a stir in the right and left wings and politicians are criticizing him for bigotry toward the Muslims. He even caused a reverberating response in Europe; United Kingdom residents voted to ban Mr. Trump from entering its land.

With that said, Trump's statement followed in the wake of the killing spree of fourteen people at a government health facility in San Bernardino, California by a married Muslim couple.  The two perpetrators entered a conference room at the facility where the staffs and the patients were celebrating Christmas and they opened fired with their AK-15 guns. Luckily, they escaped the chase of the police right after the shooting but they were gunned down by the police a few hours later after a strenuous police chase which caused a police man to be injured during the shooting battle. The married couple died during the gun battle and they left behind their six-month-old child.

However confidence Mr. Trump was with his statement, his belief has many flaws in it. First of all, just because two Muslim couple killed people, it does not mean we should ban all Muslim from entering the states. We cannot put a label on a group of people when only a few people committed an act of wrong doing toward other people. The statement is over the edge and it puts a stereotype label on the Muslim religion. NPR interviewed a Muslim woman living in Southern California and she said she was afraid to go to the supermarket, fearing she would get maltreatment from the people she meets in there. We cannot let the American Muslims live out of fear for something they never do or plan on doing. They are just like anyone on this planet, they want to live a comfortable life; they want to make enough money to live on, they want to protect their family and their rights just like anyone else on this earth.

Secondly, the statement can endanger Americans. Radicalized Muslim may see the statement as a confirmation of the hatred of Americans toward its religion and as a result, there will be further hatred toward America.

All in all we should accept everyone and not put a label on certain groups. Everyone is different and we need to take each person's background and current life circumstances in consideration.  In the wake of the latest attack in Paris and in San Bernardino, the world needs peace and we all can contribute to the cause and create a loving place for everyone to live in.