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<p>After Rose Hamid’s horrifying experience at Trump’s rally on Friday in South Carolina, many people might wonder how I survived a Trump rally wearing a bright-orange headscarf while holding a giant Qur’an – or why I went at all.</p> <p>I went because I firmly believe that Hamid was on the right path: it is important for people to stand up peacefully for the right things, even if we are confronted with physical and verbal intimidation. It is important to give people that may not have ever met or interacted with a Muslim an opportunity to meet her and learn about Islam from someone that actually practices it. And it it important, at a time when people like me too often face discrimination and hatred living our daily lives, to be polite, and yet be visible and present when we are the subject of political speeches.</p>

Muslim activists who oppose Israel and Zionism oppose Donald Trump because they know that Trump will actively work against their agenda. Trump is the strongest Republican candidate for Israel. Trump is the candidate Islamofascists and Muslim radical activists fear the most. "Rose Hamid, an Islamic protester who made headlines when she was removed from a Donald Trump rally in South Carolina Friday night and attempted to position herself as a victim of 'Islamophobia' thereafter, has a history rife with extremist advocacy." ... "It must be said, that Hamid was asked as she entered the rally if she was there to...

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."

A leading Muslim advocacy group is calling for Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump to apologize after a Muslim woman was ejected from his rally in South Carolina on Friday night. "The image of a Muslim woman being abused and ejected from a political rally sends a chilling message to American Muslims and to all those who value our nation’s traditions of religious diversity and civic participation," said Nihad Awad, the executive director for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), in a statement. "Donald Trump should issue a public apology to the Muslim woman kicked out of his rally and make...

Rose Hamid, an Islamic protester who made headlines when she was removed from a Donald Trump rally in South Carolina Friday night and attempted to position herself as a victim of "Islamophobia" thereafter, has a history rife with extremist advocacy.

A Muslim woman wearing a hijab was escorted out of Donald Trump's campaign event on Friday by police after she stood up in silent protest during Trump's speech. Rose Hamid, a 56-year-old flight attendant sitting in the stands directly behind Trump, stood up Friday during Trump's speech when the Republican front-runner suggested that Syrian refugees fleeing war in Syria were affiliated with ISIS. Trump has previously called for a temporary ban on Muslims entering the U.S. Despite her silence, Trump supporters around her began chanting Trump's name -- as instructed by Trump campaign staff before the event in case of...