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Will take Donald Trump to a London mosque: Jeremy Corbyn

Britain's Labour Party leader says Trump 'has some weird and off the wall views'

News Desk January 17, 2016

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Britain’s Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn said on Sunday he would take US Republican candidate Donald Trump to a mosque if he came to the UK.

“I would invite Donald Trump along to a mosque if he came to the UK,” Corbyn said while speaking on BBC’s Andrew Marr Show.

Speaking about how he feels about Trump’s proposal to bar Muslims from entering the United States, the Labour Party leader said, “I think Donald Trump has some weird and off the wall views.”

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Regarding the upcoming debate in the congress about whether Donald Trump should be banned from entering Britain, Corbyn said people shouldn’t be banned from coming to the country. “I think he should come here and visit all our cities” he added, suggesting that Trump should visit Leicester, Newcastle or Birmingham and take a walk around central Manchester and see the great diversity in the British society.

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“Yes, we’ve got problems in Britain, but we’ve also got a great community, great society and great cohesion. He might learn something, you never know,” he said.

In December last year, the Republican presidential frontrunner called for a “total and complete” block on Muslims entering the United States. Although, Trump has stood by his proposal, senior White House officials in response have lined up to condemn Trump’s proposal saying it is contrary to US values and interests.

This article originally appeared on the BBC.

COMMENTS (7)

Asif | 8 years ago | Reply @mohsin: , US have sufficient oil in his own land. they buy it from saudi because it is cheap.

Fahim | 8 years ago | Reply @vinsin: When will you ban algebra and chemistry ?

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Rex Minor | 8 years ago | Reply @vinsin: Hindu numerical system? What do you guys get taught in your temples? Your illetrate Prime Minister talks about plastic surgery being the invention of hindu civilisation not knowing that there never was a hindu civilisation in ancient period but a Buddhist civilisation which the great Asoka succumbed to parting with the avatar cult after the blood bath he caused among the natives. Rex Minor

vinsin | 8 years ago | Reply @mohsin: And then Muslims should loose planes, medicines, light, internet etc. America hardly buys oil from Muslims. What about Pakistani banning Hindu Numerical System from their study syllabus?

mohsin | 8 years ago | Reply All the Americans should be barred entering and doing businesses in Muslim countries. Including buying oil.

Saad Nazim | 8 years ago | Reply Hahahahaha, UK ? Which has in recent past rejected applications from students to visitors visa at astonishing rate and with some of the worst reasons. Muslims are pretty much already banned in UK.

John B | 8 years ago | Reply I am not a Trump fan but his comments on the issue have gone out of rational thinking even with people who have nothing to do with US election, thanks to mass hysteria! He said "temporary ban" until we figure out what is going on. In any case, in the last republican debate when the same question was asked at the end to all the candidates, they all said the same thing ! The question comes at the end before the closing statements in the debate. So, any rational person should ask, how his view is any different from other mainstream republican candidates?

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