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Hollywood it outraged and is very vocal about Donald Trump's anti-Muslim immigration ban in the US.
Updated : Jan 29, 2017, 01:25 PM IST
Raising their voices once again, this time against the Muslim ban, stars like Mark Ruffalo, Mark Hamill, Ava DuVernay, Michael Moore, Miley Cyrus, Chrissy Teigen and others spoke about controversial anti-Muslim immigration ban in the US.
US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday afternoon to suspend the entry of refugees to the US for 120 days and imposed an indefinite ban on refugees from Syria. A 90-day ban was also placed on citizens of seven predominantly Muslim countries: Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen.
According to a report by Reuters, Gillian Christensen, spokeswoman for Department of Homeland Security said that the ban applied to green card holders as well.
Star of HBO's show Silicon Valley, Kumail Nanjiani, who is a Pakistani immigrant, said,
As someone who was born in Pakistan I can tell you coming into America is VERY difficult. A #Muslimban accomplishes nothing but hate.
— Kumail Nanjiani (@kumailn) January 28, 2017
You're saying to a billion people "You're all the same. You're all dangerous to us." Children hear this. You breed evil here & everywhere.
— Kumail Nanjiani (@kumailn) January 28, 2017
Indian-American actor Kal Penn, better known for his role in Kumar and Harold movies, who has also worked closely with Obama administration, called out a troll and started a fundraising page for Syrian refugees in his name.
To the dude who said I don't belong in America, I started a fundraising page for Syrian Refugees in your name. https://t.co/NOR5P48fBi pic.twitter.com/jtJOsK9GrU
— Kal Penn (@kalpenn) January 28, 2017
Speaking about Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi being barred from attending the Oscars 2017 ceremony owing to the ban, director Ava DuVernay quoted parts of his 2012 Oscar acceptance speech for A Separation.
Amplifying words of one of my favorite filmmakers, Asghar Farhadi, who like too many others will be turned away from the Land of the Free. pic.twitter.com/CcskcFueuo
— Ava DuVernay (@ava) January 28, 2017
According to a report in Variety, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences issued a statement slamming the ban: "The Academy celebrates achievement in the art of filmmaking, which seeks to transcend borders and speak to audiences around the world, regardless of national, ethnic, or religious differences. As supporters of filmmakers — and the human rights of all people — around the globe, we find it extremely troubling that Asghar Farhadi, the director of the Oscar-winning film from Iran A Separation, along with the cast and crew of this year’s Oscar-nominated film The Salesman, could be barred from entering the country because of their religion or country of origin."
Mark Ruffalo, who has been very vocal about opposing Trump's policies and decisions, be it Standing Rock protests or the anti-Trump rally in New York on the eve of Presidential Inauguration, shared images of protests outside New York's JFK airport with the caption, "The day the music died."
The day the music died... “Protestors gather at New York's JFK Airport over refugee detainment”https://t.co/h8eyFmbAOs
— Mark Ruffalo (@MarkRuffalo) January 28, 2017
Documentary maker Michael Moore apologised to the Muslims of the world on behalf of American citizens.
To our Muslim neighbors in the world: I & tens of millions of others are so very sorry. The majority of Americans did not vote 4 this man.
— Michael Moore (@MMFlint) January 28, 2017
Star Wars star Mark Hamill tweeted an image of Statue of Liberty shedding tears.
#UnAmerican pic.twitter.com/NRgmhchRYF
— Mark Hamill (@HamillHimself) January 28, 2017
Here are more reactions:
Donald Trump has no fucking clue. His desperate need for self aggrandizement is destroying US. Nothing will fill his black heart. #MuslimBan
— Rob Reiner (@robreiner) January 28, 2017
Well a bunch of countries on #MuslimBan are OPEC countries- wonder if this will drive up the price of oil..
— Patricia Arquette (@PattyArquette) January 28, 2017
Day 1, @POTUS talks 'maybe' going into Iraq to take the oil. But Iraqi refugees who #SupportTheTroops? 'We don't want them here.' #Criminal
— Jeffrey Wright (@jfreewright) January 28, 2017
Donald Trump is an unwell, evil human being. To the core.
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) January 28, 2017
— Miley Ray Cyrus (@MileyCyrus) January 28, 2017
1. Trump's #MuslimBan is against the law. The 1965 Immigration & Naturalization Act eliminated national origins as a basis for immigration.
— Beau Willimon (@BeauWillimon) January 28, 2017
We've lost something very precious.
— Adam McKay (@GhostPanther) January 28, 2017
And traded it for a cowardly, foolish illusion of safety.
I'm ashamed.#MuslimBan
And the fact that they did it on Holocaust Memorial Day...
— Adam McKay (@GhostPanther) January 28, 2017
the most vile thing I've seen in a long, long time.#MuslimBan
I moved to America 32 years ago. Yesterday was the first day I felt ashamed to be part of this country.
— Malcolm Gladwell (@Gladwell) January 28, 2017
My best friend, Alaa Mohammad Khaled, is Muslim. His parents were Palestinian refugees. His brother is DJ Khaled. #RefugeesWelcome pic.twitter.com/qXOapgvvF7
— Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) January 28, 2017