Simon Wiesenthal Center reaction to Donald Trump's statement on Muslims

"Mr. Trump, by lumping all Muslims in the crosshairs of the Terrorism crisis only hurts the legitimate campaign against IslamistFundamentalism and demeans law abiding American citizens," said Rabbis MarvinHier and Abraham Cooper Dean and Founder and Associate Dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, a leading Jewish Human Rights NGO. "Such a policy would only serve to strengthen ISISrecruitment around the world," Center officials concluded.

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The Simon Wiesenthal Center is one of the largest international Jewish human rights organizations with over 400,000 member families in theUnited States. It is an NGO at international agencies including the United Nations, UNESCO, the OSCE, the OAS, the Council of Europe and the Latin American Parliament (Parlatino).