(Middle East Eye) Muslim rights groups have accused US President Donald Trump of stoking Islamophobia after he said there “could be a difference” in how local authorities and politicians enforce coronavirus lockdown measures during the month of Ramadan.
During his daily coronavirus news conference on Saturday, Trump referred to the way authorities and law enforcement would impose lockdown measures on mosques compared with how they were enforced on churches during the Easter holiday.
“I would say that there could be a difference,” Trump said. “And we’ll have to see what will happen. Because I’ve seen a great disparity in this country.”
The president made the comments after he was asked about a tweet by conservative writer Paul Sperry, which Trump had retweeted, that suggested Muslims could get preferential treatment.
