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New Jersey Muslims slam Trump 9/11 comments

2015-12-02 7 Dailymotion

The 55-year-old was on his way to an appointment when he got a phone call to turn on the TV and like many Americans saw the World Trade Center struck by hijacked planes on September 11.<br />The only difference?<br />His name is Ehtesham Naqvi and he's a Muslim-American who emigrated from Pakistan 45 years ago.<br />And it is what makes Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump's characterization that Muslims in Jersey City celebrated the attacks all the more personal and agonizing for Naqvi, now 69 years old.<br />Trump insisted for a second week that "thousands of American-Muslims in New Jersey celebrated 9/11," saying in an interview to NBC's Chuck Todd, "You have a huge Muslim population between Paterson and different places and Jersey City - an unbelievable, large population," he said.<br />Trump's recollection of that day and what took place in Jersey City and surrounding cities is false, according to city leaders, law enforcement and community leaders.

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