Wearing a headscarf and a shirt that read, "Salam, I come in peace", Rose Hamid was forcibly removed from a rally in support of US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump last week. As Hamid was escorted out of the auditorium, the crowd began chanting "Trump, Trump, Trump," with one man asking if she had a bomb. Increasingly criticised for his anti-Muslim rhetoric, Trump...

BY LEONARD PITTS JR. Miami Herald As a general rule, I loathe both Holocaust and slavery comparisons. Sadly, such comparisons have become more common in recent years even though, almost by definition, they trivialize two of the greatest crimes in human history. When GOP senatorial candidate John Raese declared that having to place “smoke-free environment” stickers on buildings he owne...

Politics | Mon Jan 11, 2016 6:25pm EST Muslim woman's silent Trump protest was far from spontaneous NEW YORK | BY JOSEPH AX Members of an informal group of civil rights activists who were thrown out of a Donald Trump campaign rally on Friday after a silent protest have a message for the Republican presidential candidate: you can expect more of the same. "Let’s just say if Mr. Trump comes b...

Domingo, Enero 10, 2016 Comparte en: Rose Hamid dijo en El Informativo de NTN24 que “quería alzar mi voz contra su discurso de odio”. “Tenía dos propósitos, uno era que sentía que las personas que apoyan a Trump quizás nunca han conocido a una persona musulmana y que era una buena oportunidad para ello y quería levantarme, alzar mi voz en contra de su discurso de odio”, dijo. Sobre el ...

Rose Hamid, a 56-year-old Muslim flight attendant wearing a “Salam, I come in peace” shirt was escorted out of a Donald Trump rally in South Carolina. She was displaced by police on Friday night for no apparent reason. Trump, the Republican party’s front running candidate, whose name has become synonymous with racism, xenophobia and Islamophobia, watched the proceedings from his pulpit. Afte...

BY DAVID PERLMUTT Jan 10, 2016 dperlmutt@charlotteobserver.com Rose Hamid drove from Charlotte to Friday’s Rock Hill rally for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump wearing a Muslim head scarf called a hijab and a blue T-shirt she’d had printed that morning with: “SALAM, I COME IN PEACE.” She and several others wore a yellow eight-point star with: “Muslim, ” evoking Nazi treatment ...

World | Sat Jan 9, 2016 9:51pm EST Muslim woman says Trump backers are supporting 'hateful rhetoric' BY KAREN BROOKS A U.S. Muslim woman who was ejected from a Donald Trump rally in South Carolina while engaging in a silent protest said on Saturday she wanted to make the Republican presidential candidate's backers recognize they are supporting "hateful rhetoric." Rose Hamid, a 56-year-old fl...