Donald Trump’s call to stop Muslims from coming to the U.S. is prompting fierce backlash around the world and online. Hashtags and memes both criticizing and supporting the Republican presidential hopeful took off over the week.
Muslim-Americans posted photos of themselves in their daily lives under the hashtag #MuslimAmericanFaces.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg also declared his site a safe space for Muslims.
Hundreds of thousands of Britonssign a petition calling for Donald Trump to be banned from the UK, and Twitter users show just how radicalized London is with the hashtag#TrumpFacts.
Femi Oke, host of the “The Stream” on Al Jazeera English, joins Here & Now‘s Eric Westervelt to discuss what’s trending on social media this week.
Britain so radicalised that the Queen now wears a hijab instead of a crown #TrumpFacts @realDonaldTrump Haha pic.twitter.com/PsFn10OcV0
— Raees Ul Haq (@RaeesUlHaq) December 9, 2015
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