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Wednesday 09 Dec 2015 - 13:48 Makkah mean time-27-2-1437
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London, (IINA) - U.S. Republican Presidential hopeful Donald Trump was branded a 'hate preacher' last night and faced calls to be banned from Britain after his 'obnoxious, repellent and dangerous' claims that police in London 'fear for their lives' because some communities are so radicalized, according to media reports.
The Republican also demanded 'a total and complete shutdown' of Muslim immigration into America, which British Prime Minister David Cameron said was 'divisive, unhelpful and quite simply wrong'.
Labour Member of Parliament Stella Creasy and the Scottish National Party's Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh condemned Trump as a 'hate preacher'.
Also, in an unprecedented condemnation, Trump came under fire from Scotland Yard, Downing Street (headquarters of the executive branch of the British Government and the official residence and office of the First Lord of the Treasury) and the leading contenders to be London Mayor after he claimed areas of the British capital are too dangerous for police, sparking calls for him to be banned from Britain.
It said: 'The UK has banned entry to many individuals for hate speech. The same principles should apply to everyone who wishes to enter the UK.
'If the United Kingdom is to continue applying the "unacceptable behaviour" criteria to those who wish to enter its borders, it must be fairly applied to the rich as well as poor, and the weak as well as powerful.'
Asked what she would do about the US politician in response to his comments, Walthamstow MP Creasy said: 'Be clear he's a hate preacher and therefore not welcome round here.'
The British Prime Minister was quick to condemn the remarks yesterday. Cameron's official spokesman said: 'The PM clearly disagrees with the comments made by Trump which are divisive, unhelpful and quite simply wrong.'
'As we look at how we tackle extremists and this poisonous ideology, what politicians need to do is look at ways that they can bring communities together and make it clear these terrorists are not representatives of Islam.'
Downing Street refused to be drawn on suggestions that Trump should be banned from entering the UK for inciting racial hatred.
But Labour's Shadow Home Office Minister Jack Dromey backed calls for him to barred from Britain.
'I do not believe that a man who stirs up religious and racial hatred at a time when our country is under threat of terrorist attack should be allowed within 1,000 miles of our shores,' he told the Birmingham Mail.
On the other side, furious MPs and Muslim groups argued in response that anti-extremist legislation should be used to ban the billionaire Republican presidential hopeful from the UK if he attempts to visit Britain.
The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) said: “We have been told that those who espouse hatred have no place in the UK. We expect the same rules to apply to Trump if he tries to enter the UK.”
An online petition on Parliament's website demanding that Trump is banned from the UK had more than 30,000 signatures first thing on Wednesday morning.
As public disgust at the US presidential hopeful’s comments grew in Scotland, an Aberdeen university that once awarded him an honorary degree said it was “considering” whether to revoke it. By 5 pm, more than 7,500 people had signed a petition calling on Robert Gordon University to strip Trump of the award.
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