Massive Show of Support for Muslims in Silicon Valley after Trump's Ban

[RiazHaq]

http://www.riazhaq.com/2017/01/massive-show-of-support-for-muslims-in.html

Thousands of protesters and dozens of civil rights lawyers from ACLU and CAIR flocked to San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to free Muslim travelers detained by the US Customs and Immigration Service after President Donald Trump's Muslim Ban executive order over the weekend.


Anti-Ban Protest at San Francisco International Airport

While the scene with anti-ban protesters and civil rights lawyers was repeated at all major international airports across the United States, what was special about San Francisco was the presence of Silicon Valley tech elite, including Google cofounder Sergey Brin and Y Combinator president Sam Altman, among the protesters. The Who's Who of America's technology world work with tens of thousands of Muslim technologists everyday. They have all spoken out against Trump's Muslim ban. Meanwhile, several Silicon Valley venture capitalists have committed to match donations to American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the biggest organization of civil rights lawyers in the United States. ACLU says it has already raised over $10 million so far to fight Trump's Muslim Ban in the US Court system.

Silicon Valley Muslims:

Silicon Valley companies rely on technology talent from many Muslim nations around the world. They also do significant business in the Islamic world. It is in Silicon Valley's best self-interest for the United States to have friendly ties with world's 1.5 billion Muslims. Among the most famous sons of Muslim immigrants was the legendary Apple founder Steve Jobs.

The US-born Muslims make up the largest percentage at 34% of all Muslims in San Francisco Bay Area, followed by 14% born in Pakistan, 11% in Afghanistan, 10% in India, 3% in Egypt and 2% each in Iran, Jordan, Palestine and Yemen.

Bay Area Muslims by Country of Birth

There are 35,000 Pakistani-born Muslims in San Francisco Bay Area, or 14% of the 250,000 Muslims who call the Bay Area home, according to the study. Bay Area Muslim community constitutes 3.5 percent of the area’s total population and is one of the highest concentrations of Muslims in the country.

As of 2013, South Asian Muslims, including Pakistanis, have the highest income levels, with nearly half (49%) of them having a household income above $100,000. In comparison, those groups with the lowest proportion of household incomes above $100,000 were Hispanic Muslims (15%), Afghans (10%), and African American Muslims (10%).

The Bay Area Muslim community is very diverse in terms of race and ethnicity:

South Asians (30%)

Arabs (23%)

Afghans (17%),

African Americans (9%)

Asian/Pacific Islanders (7%)

Whites (6%)

Iranians (2%)

Silicon Valley Tech Elite Protest:

While Sergey Brin (Google) and Sam Altman (Y Combinator) physically joined the protest at San Francisco International Airport, there are many more among the Who's Who of the tech world who have voiced their opposition to Trump's Muslim Ban: Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, Tesla founder Elon Musk, Netflix founder Reed Hastings, Apple CEO Tim Cook, PayPal cofounder Max Levchin, AirBnB founder Brian Chesky, DropBox founder Drew Houston, and many many more. They all know how critical the Muslim immigrant talent is to the success of their companies.

Many of the tech elite cite the fact that legendary Apple founder Steve Jobs was the son a Syrian Muslim immigrant father Abdul Fattah Jandali.

Summary:

Silicon Valley tech elite have joined the growing protests against Trump's Muslim Ban. Some have shown up at San Francisco International Airport while others have issued statements through social media to voice their opposition. Several venture capitalists have committed to match all individual contributions to ACLU, the civil rights lawyers' organization that has already raised $10 million over the weekend to fight Trump's executive order banning Muslims. They all know how critical Muslim immigrant talent pool is for the continuing success of Silicon Valley technology industry.

Here's video clip of a discussion on Trump's Muslim Ban:

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http://www.riazhaq.com/2017/01/massive-show-of-support-for-muslims-in.html

 

[Nilgiri]

Its not a muslim ban. God the retards expounding this is unbelievable.

https://defence.pk/threads/theresa-...r-ethics-for-trade-deals.475313/#post-9158946

 

[gangsta_rap]

Its not a muslim ban. God the retards expounding this is unbelievable.

https://defence.pk/threads/theresa-...r-ethics-for-trade-deals.475313/#post-9158946

The rise of anti-muslim sentiments has been caused by Trump's actions. It has encouraged people with intolerant views to come forward (as seen in recent events) and stir trouble. The protests are against the TREND and what it is being hinted further.

 

[RiazHaq]

#ACLU raises record $24 Million in online donations this weekend. #Trump's #MuslimBan http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slat...ions_this_weekend.html?wpsrc=sh_all_dt_tw_top … via @slate

The American Civil Liberties Union broke all its fundraising records this weekend as it became the main group challenging President Donald Trump’s immigration restrictions. The ACLU raised $24,164,691 this weekend from 356,306 online donations after Trump signed the order suspending the country’s refugee program and banning entry into the United States of citizens from seven predominantly Muslim countries. The nonprofit organization usually raises $4 million a year from online donations, ACLU executive director Anthony Romero said.

“I’ve never seen anything like this,” Romero told Yahoo News earlier on Sunday when the number stood at $10 million. “People are fired up and want to be engaged. What we’ve seen is an unprecedented public reaction to the challenges of the Trump administration.”

The ACLU filed the lawsuit on behalf of two Iraqi men who were detained at the JFK Airport in New York that resulted in a federal judge blocking part of Trump’s order on Saturday night. The organization that vowed the day after the election to be “eternally vigilant” during Trump’s presidency has seen its membership double to 1 million members since Nov. 8.

"People understand the threats the Trump administration poses and they are willing to take action to fight those threats," Romero said. "They don't just want to write a check and be done with it."

The donations saw a huge boost thanks in part to some big headline-grabbing names supporting the ACLU’s efforts. Singer Sia, for example, wrote on Twitter that she would match up to $100,000 in donations. Rosie O’Donnell followed suit with the same pledge. The founders of ride-share company Lyft also said they would donate $1 million to the ACLU over the next four years.

 

[Nilgiri]

#ACLU raises record $24 Million in online donations this weekend. #Trump's #MuslimBan http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slat...ions_this_weekend.html?wpsrc=sh_all_dt_tw_top … via @slate

The American Civil Liberties Union broke all its fundraising records this weekend as it became the main group challenging President Donald Trump’s immigration restrictions. The ACLU raised $24,164,691 this weekend from 356,306 online donations after Trump signed the order suspending the country’s refugee program and banning entry into the United States of citizens from seven predominantly Muslim countries. The nonprofit organization usually raises $4 million a year from online donations, ACLU executive director Anthony Romero said.

“I’ve never seen anything like this,” Romero told Yahoo News earlier on Sunday when the number stood at $10 million. “People are fired up and want to be engaged. What we’ve seen is an unprecedented public reaction to the challenges of the Trump administration.”

The ACLU filed the lawsuit on behalf of two Iraqi men who were detained at the JFK Airport in New York that resulted in a federal judge blocking part of Trump’s order on Saturday night. The organization that vowed the day after the election to be “eternally vigilant” during Trump’s presidency has seen its membership double to 1 million members since Nov. 8.

"People understand the threats the Trump administration poses and they are willing to take action to fight those threats," Romero said. "They don't just want to write a check and be done with it."

The donations saw a huge boost thanks in part to some big headline-grabbing names supporting the ACLU’s efforts. Singer Sia, for example, wrote on Twitter that she would match up to $100,000 in donations. Rosie O’Donnell followed suit with the same pledge. The founders of ride-share company Lyft also said they would donate $1 million to the ACLU over the next four years.

Good we need more money to be wasted by these people just like they did with never trump and hillary movements.

@Desert Fox @T-72M1 @CBU-105

 

[EgyptianAmerican]

Good we need more money to be wasted by these people just like they did with never trump and hillary movements.

@Desert Fox @T-72M1 @CBU-105

Better use of money then wasting tax dollars on a wall that won't work, a trade war with china,martial law and investigating voter fraud.

 

[Kuwaiti Girl]

Too bad we don't see a lot of Muslims in the Middle East showing similar support towards the non-Muslim minorities in their own countries.

 

[Nilgiri]

Better use of money then wasting tax dollars on a wall that won't work, a trade war with china,martial law and investigating voter fraud.

Jury still out on all of that. Difference between me and you is I let the facts and numbers come in before I make statements based on whatever theory floats around in the head (influenced by whatever bias).

For example a "wall that wont work"...when it comes to predicting that, I defer to people that actually work daily lives policing the border rather than fat cat MSM journalists and washington political elites.....or I just avoid predicting in the first place and wait for numbers and results to come in (just like they already have with Obamacare).

Martial law

This is the US my friend, not Egypt.

Voter Fraud, please watch the project veritas videos and why Hillary has been so silent after the election. There is a rich lode for Trump to get into here and open up the democrat party tactics bigly. Give it some time...wait and watch

 

[EgyptianAmerican]

Jury still out on all of that. Difference between me and you is I let the facts and numbers come in before I make statements based on whatever theory floats around in the head (influenced by whatever bias).

For example a "wall that wont work"...when it comes to predicting that, I defer to people that actually work daily lives policing the border rather than fat cat MSM journalists and washington political elites.....or I just avoid predicting in the first place and wait for numbers and results to come in (just like they already have with Obamacare).

Martial law

This is the US my friend, not Egypt.

Voter Fraud, please watch the project veritas videos and why Hillary has been so silent after the election. There is a rich lode for Trump to get into here and open up the democrat party tactics bigly. Give it some time...wait and watch

Seems like you are spewing the same ignorant garbage propaganda. Stop acting dumb, all experts agree, the wall won't work and neither will any of his other policies. All have Numbers,evidence, and proof something Trump has not been able to provide.

So far he has shown to be as incompetent and retarded as Morsi.

Too bad we don't see a lot of Muslims in the Middle East showing similar support towards the non-Muslim minorities in their own countries.

When was the last time a Muslim country banned Christians from coming into their country exactly?

 

[Nilgiri]

Seems like you are spewing the same ignorant garbage propaganda. Stop acting dumb, all experts agree, the wall won't work and neither will any of his other policies. All have Numbers,evidence, and proof something Trump has not been able to provide.

So far he has shown to be as incompetent and retarded as Morsi.

"All experts"...experts according to whom? You? The guy that literally posted John Oliver (job: typical libtard comedian, not expert) as his first video?

 

[EgyptianAmerican]

"All experts"...experts according to whom? You? The guy that literally posted John Oliver (job: typical libtard comedian, not expert) as his first video?

Stop acting ignorant, John Oliver cites and Sources all his facts. He provides Experts FACTS not his own opinion something you don't do. I suggest you watch the video than shut up because he is providing a lot more fakes than your idiot *** can.

Europe Is Living Proof That Donald Trump’s Wall Idea Wouldn’t Work
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/europe-border-walls-trump_us_57fbc9b1e4b0b6a430345103


Problems with Donald Trump's wall - Business Insider
http://www.businessinsider.com/can-donald-trumps-build-wall-mexico-2016-3

Trump's wall won't work - San Francisco Chronicle

Trump's Wall Can't Secure the Border on Its Own | WIRED

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[Nilgiri]

Stop acting ignorant, John Oliver cites and Sources all his facts. He provides Experts FACTS not his own opinion something you don't do. I suggest you watch the video than shut up because he is providing a lot more facts than your idiot *** can.

Europe Is Living Proof That Donald Trump’s Wall Idea Wouldn’t Work
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/europe-border-walls-trump_us_57fbc9b1e4b0b6a430345103


Problems with Donald Trump's wall - Business Insider
http://www.businessinsider.com/can-donald-trumps-build-wall-mexico-2016-3

Trump's wall won't work - San Francisco Chronicle

Trump's Wall Can't Secure the Border on Its Own | WIRED

Oh look more MSM fat cats....not people that actually work at the border.

Only the retarded MSM btw would make a comparison between Europe where there are clear ENDS to the multiple fragmented walls (and thus can easily be bypassed unlike an ocean to ocean wall) and completely different wall investment density in the first place. It actually makes the case that fragmented walls like the US currently has are ineffective....either keep it 0 (if you want open borders) or go all the way (if you want an effective border).

Only the MSM wouldnt talk to even one actual border official at the US-Mexico border (because that would mean actually exploring another perspective).

So keep going to your hearts content with the MSM links....Nov 8th must have been a pretty rude wake up call after what John Oliver and all the rest of the MSM were braying about non stop (Hillary winning 100%)....and yet you still latch onto everything they spew out. OK! Thats your choice to make.

It doesn't take much to shred apart anything John Oliver the comedian and the rest of what the MSM puts out:

 

[EgyptianAmerican]

Oh look more MSM fat cats....not people that actually work at the border.

Only the retarded MSM btw would make a comparison between Europe where there are clear ENDS to the multiple fragmented walls (and thus can easily be bypassed unlike an ocean to ocean wall) and completely different wall investment density in the first place. It actually makes the case that fragmented walls like the US currently has are ineffective....either keep it 0 (if you want open borders) or go all the way (if you want an effective border).

Only the MSM wouldnt talk to even one actual border official at the US-Mexico border (because that would mean actually exploring another perspective).

So keep going to your hearts content with the MSM links....Nov 8th must have been a pretty rude wake up call after what John Oliver and all the rest of the MSM were braying about non stop (Hillary winning 100%)....and yet you still latch onto everything they spew out. OK! Thats your choice to make.

It doesn't take much to shred apart anything John Oliver the comedian and the rest of he MSM puts out:

Talking to trump supporters is similar to talking to a useless wall. Just a bunch of ignorant idiots.

All the experts agree, Donald trump and his policies are retarded. END OF STORY

 

[Nilgiri]

Talking to trump supporters is similar to talking to a useless wall. Just a bunch of ignorant idiots.

All the experts agree, Donald trump and his policies are retarded. END OF STORY

All the "experts" agreed conclusively that Trump would not win the election through their "polls" and "reasoning":

Wasn't Obama such an expert on the topic too?:

The fact you choose to continue to defer to such experts (without any non-biased exploration of the matter yourself) like I said is your choice. If you want to stop the world time and date and freeze it to Nov 7th 2016 to create your reality, thats fine.

A good number of others are waking up or have woken up to the tactics of the "experts" and the trend will only continue....till those stuck in the slumber become completely irrelevant:

So like I said, the desperate set of same people (guided at the top by Soros and co) can keep funding X,Y and Z. It is going to amount to squat.

 

[EgyptianAmerican]

All the "experts" agreed conclusively that Trump would not win the election through their "polls" and "reasoning":

Wasn't Obama such an expert on the topic too?:

The fact you choose to continue to defer to such experts (without any non-biased exploration of the matter yourself) like I said is your choice. If you want to stop the world time and date and freeze it to Nov 7th 2016 to create your reality, thats fine.

A good number of others are waking up or have woken up to the tactics of the "experts" and the trend will only continue....till those stuck in the slumber become completely irrelevant:

So like I said, the desperate set of same people (guided at the top by Soros and co) can keep funding X,Y and Z. It is going to amount to squat.

Polls are not run by Experts. Polls are usually run by Political analysts or Political scientists doing surveys. You don't need experts for that. All of you know nothing about real facts so go ahead and wallow in your shallow pool of ignorance.