The US war on Muslim refugees

LONDON: The gloves are off. With his executive order on “Protecting the Nation from Terrorist Attacks by Foreign Nationals,” US President Donald J. Trump has declared war on Muslim refugees around the world.

With the stroke of a pen, Trump has–among other actions–banned Syrian refugees from the US and has also effectively prevented anyone (including refugees) from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen from entering the US. These seven countries have two main things in common: they are predominantly Muslim, and they are the countries from where the majority of people seeking asylum from serious human rights violations like persecution or torture are trying to escape.