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Trump’s Muslim ban enables the gender-based violence it claims to condemn, groups say
A coalition of more than 50 advocacy groups and humanitarian organizations sent an open letter to Trump on Monday evening in response to the administration’s attempt to justify the Muslim ban by citing gendered violence in the Middle East.
The original executive order as well as the revised order have called on the Department of Homeland Security to record and publish data on the “number and types of acts of gender-based violence against women, including so-called ‘honor killings,’ in the U.S. by foreign nationals.”
The letter, signed by Amnesty International, the International Rescue Committee and CARE, among many others, debunked the Trump administration’s assertions about gender-based violence in Muslim-majority countries.
Islam and Muslim-majority countries are not unique in their oppression of and violence against women. There is zero evidence to back up claims that honor killings in the U.S. are a commonality.
Advocates later added that Trump’s Muslim ban — which calls for the ban of all refugees and new visas for Iranian, Libyan, Somali, Sudanese, Syrian and Yemeni nationals — actually puts the lives of women fleeing gender violence at greater risk. Read more (3/14/17 3:03 PM)
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