Media: Trump a recruiting tool for Islamic State
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Commentators this week decided that Donald Trump's call for a ban on Muslims entering the U.S. is a message that will help the Islamic State achieve its goals.
New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman was the latest to make that charge against Trump on Wednesday.
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"Trump, by alienating the Muslim world with his call for a ban on Muslims entering America, is acting as the Islamic State's secret agent," Friedman said. "ISIS [an alternate name for the Islamic State] wants every Muslim in America (and Europe) to feel alienated. If that happens, ISIS won't need to recruit anyone. People will will just act on their own."