"Dear Donald Trump, leading candidate for the Republican nomination:
Thank you for your cooperation, we sincerely hope it continues.
You, and what you represent, make our job so much easier, and truly make our quest for war without end between Islam and the West a reality."
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The above is how I imagine the Islamic State's leadership (Da'esh or ISIS) responded to Donald Trump's latest remarks calling for a ban upon all Muslims' entry to the United States. Little more than unadulterated racist hatred, Trump's anti-Muslim diatribe must have greatly pleased ISIS's delusional leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
(...) Though Trump clearly does not represent every American, his remarks have placed millions of American Muslims in danger, engendering hatred and stoking the flames of Islamophobia.
(...) Da'esh will exploit Trump's foolhardy remarks to deepen the divide between Muslims and the US and recruit more disaffected youths to its ranks, just as it did when criticizing America's hypocritical response to the Syrian refugee crisis; Trump's statements legitimizing hatred and causing more instances of anti-Muslim violence and harassment will only lead to similar results.
Lest Trump's recent statements be dismissed as an inarticulate slip of
the tongue, we should remember that his campaign has been chock full of
diatribes against nearly every other minority group, regularly insulting
women, Mexicans, the poor, and the disabled.
(...)
In sum, ISIS' letter to Trump could only conclude as follows:
"Dear Trump, we wish you all the best.
We sincerely hope that you become the next President of the United States in order to strengthen our shared ties.
Happy Holidays,
ISIS"
