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Pakistan Today New Yorkers by the thousand, representing myriad backgrounds and faiths, converged on Times Square on Sunday to participate in the ‘Today I am a Muslim too’ rally. People came out to show solidarity with Muslims and denounce anti-Muslim rhetoric promoted by the US President Trump following executive orders that stopped refugees and travellers from seven-Muslim majority countries to enter the US. The demonstrators — many of them hoisting placards featuring a woman in an American flag...

NY1 By Bobby Cuza New Yorkers of different faiths came together in Times Square on Sunday for a Muslim solidarity rally intended to send a message to the White House. NY1’s Bobby Cuza has the story. Hundreds, if not thousands, of Muslims descended on Times Square on Sunday — but that wasn’t so much the point; it was the legions of New Yorkers representing other religions —Judaism, Christianity, Hinduism, Sikhism — who turned out in support under the banner: “I Am A Muslim Too.” “I...

New York Post By Khristina Narizhnaya and Michael Gartland Some 2,000 people protested President Trump’s travel ban Sunday at a Times Square rally that featured Mayor de Blasio, hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons, and Chelsea Clinton. The “Today, I Am a Muslim Too” rally took direct aim at Trump voters in middle America who Simmons hopes will “question their government.” “We are here to show middle America our beautiful signs and, through our beautiful actions and intentions, that they have been misled,”...

Glamour By Kelsey Lafferty It’s been another weekend of protests, with crowds rallying across the U.S. in solidarity with Muslims and protesting Trump’s immigration and refugee policies, including the executive order banning travel from seven Muslim-majority countries for 90 days. And in New York City, where 1,000 people gathered Sunday afternoon in Times Square for the “Today, I Am A Muslim Too” protest, a famous face (and a smaller one) could be seen: In the crowd was Chelsea Clinton with...

China Daily About 1000 New Yorkers rallied in Times Square, dubbed as the Crossroads of the World on Sunday, to show solidarity with New York City’s Muslim community, protesting US President Donald Trump’s immigration policy. “We are here today to show middle America our beautiful signs and, through our beautiful actions and intention, that they have been misled,” Hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons, co-host of the “Today, I Am A Muslim Too” rally, told protesters on...

Associated Press NEW YORK —Demonstrations were held in cities around the U.S. this weekend to support Muslim Americans and to protest President Donald Trump’s immigration policies. More than a thousand people of various faiths rallied in New York City on Sunday. The “I Am A Muslim Too” event was held in Times Square and was organized by several groups, including the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding. Some protesters waved American flags, while others held signs saying “No...

USA Today By Greg Toppo   More than 1,000 people filled New York’s Times Square on Sunday, waving American flags and holding signs saying “No Muslim Ban.” The “I Am A Muslim Too” rally, designed to support Muslim Americans and protest President Trump’s immigration policies, was organized by several groups, including the non-profit organization Foundation for Ethnic Understanding (FFEU). New York Mayor Bill de Blasio told the crowd that America is “a...

The Hill By Jennifer Calfas Chelsea Clinton attended an anti-Trump rally in New York City on Sunday to show solidarity with the Muslim community. Clinton, the daughter of President Trump’s Democratic challenger Hillary Clinton and former President Bill Clinton, attended the rally in Times Square in New York City. She wrote on Twitter that the event was the first protest for her daughter Charlotte, age 2. “Thank you to all who organized #IAmMuslimToo today – Charlotte’s 1st protest rally. #NoBanNoWallNoRaids,”...

Rolling Stone By Daniel Kreps “We are here unified because of Donald Trump. We want to thank him for bringing us together,” Def Jam mogul says Russell Simmons helped lead a gathering of thousands Sunday in New York at the “I Am a Muslim Too” Rally, which declared solidarity with those targeted by Donald Turmp’s “Muslim ban” executive order. “We are here today to show middle America our beautiful signs and, through our beautiful actions and intention,...

Refinery 29 By Amelia Edelman Gotta love parenting via peaceful protest — it is, by necessity, the 2017 way. And even our favorite mom/activist/once and forever First Daughter is joining in. Chelsea Clinton was a proud participant in today’s #IAmAMuslimToo protest, and she brought her daughter along. Clinton tweeted that it was the first time 2-year-old Charlotte Clinton Mezvinsky had joined a protest. She certainly picked a good one. AM New York reports that about 1,000 people rallied in Times...