Betsy Hodges Quotes

People are terrified of them to the point where Trump wants to ban all Muslims from coming here, which is ridiculous.

Just turn the sheriff loose and have him arrest every Muslim that crosses the state line

Stop Islamization of America!

Calls to ban Muslims from entering the U.S. are offensive and unconstitutional.

What would people say if I had only asked to ban Muslim clothing? They would burn me as a Muslim hater.

When I heard Donald Trump make that sweeping hysterical statement that all Muslims have to be banned because they are terrorists, I was chilled by that.

I think we all agree that the comments Donald Trump made in relation to Muslims were divisive, unhelpful and wrong.

Candidate Trump had previously opined that 'Islam hates us' and had called for 'the total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States,' an argument he has since modified and moderated.

When leading evangelicals say terrible things about Islam, evil things about Islam, terrible things about Muhammad, they ought to be ashamed of themselves.

Islam is not a race, yet Islamophobia partakes of racist characteristics.

A kind of racism still exists in the United States, and Islamophobia is a more convenient way to express that sentiment. There has also been an attempt to paint Muslims as enemies of the United States.

Those who claim to uphold freedom of speech by defending the right to reproduce insulting depictions of the prophet are in effect saying to Muslims that what they hold dear and sacred is far more worthy of protecting than what Muslims hold dear and sacred. The cartoons had more to do with incitement of hatred, racism and Islamophobia than with freedom of expression.

While Islamophobia like anti-Semitism is centuries old, it too will not be eradicated easily or soon.

A fear of Moslems is rational.

Comments that suggest that Muslims should be banned from the United States are offensive and unconstitutional.

When there's no push back against Islamophobic rhetoric, people see that as tacit endorsement of anti-Islamic rhetoric.

Silence on the part of public officials at the national level only serves to empower Islamophobes.

Social media has emboldened an army of online Islamophobes; in the real world, mosques have been firebombed and politicians line up to condemn Muslim terrorism/clothing/meat/seating arrangements.

We have been sold a Muslim boogeyman. We are buying into it, and we are terrified, and that terror is causing people to lash out at comedians like myself or women wearing hijabs, or anyone who seems to defend equality for Muslims worldwide.

Do I disagree that we need to ban all Muslims from entering the country? Yes, I disagree with that strongly.

Are we willing and able to stand up to Islamophobia on days when there are not brutal terrorist attacks on Muslims in mosques?

With the 5-to-4 decision upholding Trump's Muslim ban, arbitrary discrimination is now formal U.S. policy, celebrated by a president who campaigned on a 'total ban' of Muslims entering the United States.

Rudy Giuliani is a known racist Islamophobe.

It's really awful, the rhetoric that's becoming part of the national discourse, but when it has such an ugly headline - that's what activated a group of people that was otherwise complacent to go, "Hey, I'm going down to the airport, and I'm going to hold hands in solidarity around Muslims in the arrival section of the airport." That's why I've made a choice to be so public about my position.

The point is [Donald] Trump goes way too far. He then demonizes Muslims - American Muslims. He wants to ban all Muslims from everywhere in the world, including the new mayor of London who has spoken about this from coming to our country.