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  • 2017-02-09 (xsd:date)
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  • Did President Trump Ban 'Sharia Law' in the U.S.? (en)
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  • In February 2017, a December 2015 commentary that originally aired on a Georgia television newscast resurfaced online, published under misleading headlines implying that President Donald Trump had just banned Sharia law in the United States. Multiple web sites published (sometimes without attribution) transcripts of a segment by TV anchor Ben Swann of Atlanta television station WGCL discussing then-candidate Donald Trump's statement calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslim immigration into the U.S. Trump said the restriction was necessary, because (in his words) large portions of Muslim communities harbor great hatred towards Americans: Trump later added that the ban would not apply to Muslim citizens of the U.S. seeking to re-enter the country after traveling abroad. The statement drew criticism from both President Barack Obama and Trump's Republican primary opponents. But Swann argued that such a move would be justified under the terms of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, citing Section 212(f) of that act, which states: However, neither Swann nor Trump addressed Sharia law in that segment, a term that has been used as the basis for several false anti-Islam claims. President Trump's executive order, issued on 28 January 2017, barred entry into the U.S. of nationals from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen for 90 days. On 3 February 2017, U.S. District Judge James Robart suspended the ban on a nationwide basis. A day later, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied the Trump administration's request to stay Robart's ruling. (en)
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