Sentences with phrase «predominantly muslim»

He has tried to ban refugees and limit travel for people from predominantly Muslim countries, including permanent residents of the US.

CCLA is deeply concerned for Canadians and Canadian residents who may be affected by today's United States Supreme Court decision to re-instate a modified version of President Trump's travel ban against individuals from six predominantly Muslim countries.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FEBRUARY 10, 2017 TORONTO ̶ Opponents of President Donald Trump's Jan. 27, 2017 Executive Order restricting the travel of individuals from seven predominantly Muslim nations scored a victory in appeals court in Washington state last night, but many questions remain about how the ban was and could once again be enforced, particularly at overseas -LSB-...]

However he retorts that America does not have to win as long as it can keep predominantly Muslim countries fighting each other.

The president's order prohibits for 90 days the entry of travelers from six predominantly Muslim countries: Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen, unable to demonstrate a bonafide connection to the country.

The Los Angeles Times and the Washington Post also agreed that the court appeared ready to uphold the restrictions on travel to the United States from seven countries, including five predominantly Muslim nations — Iran, Libya, Somalia, Syria and Yemen.

Travellers from the predominantly Muslim countries Sudan, Syria, Iran, Libya, Somalia, and Yemen are barred entry to the U.S. for 90 days, unless they fall under certain exceptions, including having a bona fide relationship to a person or entity in the U.S., or qualify for a waiver.

Once a Polish enclave, the city is now predominantly Muslim, home to large Yemeni, Bengali, and Pakistani populations.

The president has ordered a 90 - day ban to anyone attempting to enter the United States from seven countries — Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen — all of which are predominantly Muslim.

Though Lombok has a predominantly Muslim population, beer like Bintang Pilsener, Bali Hai and Heineken are available in bars and restaurants here catering to Western and foreign tourists.

Apart from being the only Hindu - majority region in a predominantly Muslim country, the island of Bali has an enchanting mixture of local animist traditions and practices, Tantric Buddhism, ancestor worship and more.

With a big Hindu population, the culture has a different vibe than the predominantly Muslim rest of the country.

(Unlike Bali, the Gilis are predominantly Muslim.)

Although a predominantly Muslim province, one of the standout attractions is Pura Meru in Mataram, the largest Hindu temple on the island.

Predominantly a Muslim nation, Indonesia's testaments to Buddhism and Hinduism are some of the most mesmerising on the continent.

A lonely Hindu enclave in the predominantly Muslim Indonesian archipelago of 17,500 islands, its unique variant of faith is a composite of Indian cosmology, Tantric Buddhism, local animist traditions and ancestor worship.

Since Indonesia is predominantly a Muslim country, mixed dorms are very uncommon here.

Lombok and Sumbawa are predominantly Muslim, and while Lombok has a significant Balinese Hindu minority, Sumbawa is almost universally Muslim.

Paul Brady of Condé Nast Traveler weighs in on President Trump's executive order banning travel from seven predominantly Muslim countries and the greater long - term impacts.

Azerbaijan, a predominantly Muslim country, actively protects its Jewish community.

The Gili residents are predominantly Muslim, which means the dress codes here are different than it is in the Western world.

In a predominantly Muslim country, Bali is the exception to the rule in that it celebrates Hinduism as well.

As Malaysia is predominantly a Muslim country you may consider opening an Islamic account where you will not be charged and you will not make interest on your overnight positions.

The letter implies these methods have already been put into action and urges the recipient to use Ofsted reports to identify schools in predominantly Muslim areas which are struggling.

Our inspectors have had to go into schools serving predominantly Muslim communities in Birmingham and Tower Hamlets, Jewish schools in Hackney, and Christian schools in the north east and say some uncomfortable things about how these institutions were failing to prepare their pupils for life in modern Britain.

A lack of faculty from other countries, especially those that are predominantly Muslim, along with students» lack of relationships with peers from those countries will prevent American students from developing broader understandings of the world, with important and worrisome consequences for our global world.

The predominantly Muslim staff has accepted me from the get - go and I immediately felt that I was a part of the Ilim College «family.»

Although nominated for an Oscar again this year in the best foreign language film category for The Salesman, Farhadi has announced he will forgo the trip to the United States for the ceremony due, in his words, to» the unjust circumstances» of the proposed U.S. travel ban from seven predominantly Muslim countries.»

Caitlin PenzeyMoog: The Oscars are more than three weeks away but have been a topic of discussion recently thanks to Donald Trump's «Muslim ban,» so called because it targets immigrants of predominantly Muslim countries.

Protesting President Trump's executive order banning Syrian refugees and citizens from seven predominantly Muslim countries from entering the United States, Asghar Farhadi, the director of the Oscar - winning film from Iran, «A Separation,» and this year's Oscar - nominated film «The Salesman,» has decided that he will not be attending the Oscars — even if he were granted an exception to do so.

Some of them are also predominantly Muslim: Tatar, Bashkir, Chechen.

For a predominantly muslim country like Indonesia it can be said that transsexuals in Indonesia face legal challenges and prejudices not experienced by non-transsexuals residents.

Whilst Marrakech isn't as conservative as visiting many Arabian countries, it is still a predominantly Muslim country and you should respect that culture.

To the Princeton community, Many of you have written to express concerns about the recent federal executive order barring entry to the United States for refugees and for citizens of seven predominantly Muslim countries.

A federal appeals court has blocked President Donald Trump's executive order issuing an immigration ban barring people from seven predominantly Muslim countries from entering the United States.

(Editor's note (1/30/17): In response to President Donald Trump's immigration order to close U.S. borders to refugees and visitors from seven predominantly Muslim countries, which has impacted scientists and students, we are republishing the following article from our 2014 special report on how diversity powers science and innovation.)

By sunrise on a warm December morning, Janila Shulu's team are out in the dirt roads and alleyways of Ungwan Rimi, a poor neighborhood in a predominantly Muslim section of Kaduna city in northern Nigeria.

That leaves him vulnerable under an executive order, signed by U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday, that calls for the rigorous vetting of applicants for U.S. visas from Iran and six other predominantly Muslim nations, and bars the entry of any citizen from those nations for 90 days while procedures for that vetting are put in place.

But some of those potential cultural reasons could also point to vitamin D. Surrounded by strangers, the predominantly Muslim women covered themselves almost continuously when outdoors, says Gregory A. Plotnikoff, medical director of the Penny George Institute for Health and Healing in Minneapolis.

Aria of the flu diva Siti Supari is as adept at getting under the collective skin of the world's superpowers as she is at playing on the fear of Western science that runs through Indonesia's population, which is predominantly Muslim.

Though he had a newly issued H - 1B visa for foreign workers in specialty occupations, he lived in Sudan, one of the seven predominantly Muslim countries from which President Donald Trump banned visitors for at least 90 days.

On Saturday, the governor blasted President Trump's order to halt immigration from several predominantly Muslim countries, and as crowds swelled at J.F.K., he ordered the Port Authority police to keep the AirTrain to the airport open to protesters.

President Trump's pushback against sanctuary cities and the public reaction to his executive order temporarily banning travelers from seven predominantly Muslim countries are two national issues that have deeply touched the city of Syracuse.

by David Greene Immigrants, visitors and refugees from seven predominantly Muslim nations are once again being allowed to travel to the United States after a federal judge in Seattle, WA., deemed the ban unconstitutional.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has joined the chorus of criticism against President Trump's ban on refugees and other immigrants from seven predominantly Muslim nations.

Rep. Pete King said Sunday he fully supports President Donald Trump's executive order temporarily halting immigration from seven predominantly Muslim countries, calling the measure «long overdue» in an interview with POLITICO New York.

But what I really want to underscore here is the fact that other than the Republic of Senegal, under the tenure of President Leopold Sedar Senghor, in absolutely no predominantly Muslim country on the African continent — we may, perhaps, also make a tangential or minor exception of Gabon — would a minority Muslim community be afforded the sort of political balance that Muslims enjoy among the rank - and - file membership of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).

But the package of bills is advancing amid a liberal push back to President Donald Trump's immigration policies placing a three - month ban on travelers from seven predominantly Muslim countries and a four - month ban on refugees.

Cuomo over the last several weeks has sought to condemn the three - month ban on travel from seven predominantly Muslim countries to the U.S. and has said the state will offer legal assistance to those who are detained because of Trump's executive order.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio urged demonstrators at a «Rally for Refugees» in lower Manhattan on Sunday to continue speaking out against President Donald Trump's efforts to ban the entry of Syrian refugees and travelers from seven predominantly Muslim countries.