President Donald Trump talks to reporters at Mar-a-Lago, Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2016, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP/Evan Vucci)
(REPORT) — Islamic State fighters in Mosul are celebrating US President Donald Trump’s ban on Muslims entering the US, according to media reports.
According to New York Times correspondent Rukmini Callimachi, residents in Mosul said they were celebrating the “Blessed Ban” because “they succeeded in scaring the daylight out of America”.
8. The resident said ISIS has been openly celebrating the ban. They've even coined a phrase for it: الحظر المبارك
Or "The Blessed Ban"
— Rukmini Callimachi (@rcallimachi) February 8, 2017
One resident also told Callimachi that this “proved” to their followers that America really does “hate” Islam.
11. And they are celebrating, he says, because it proves to their followers that America really does "hate" Islam.
— Rukmini Callimachi (@rcallimachi) February 8, 2017
Trump’s executive order, signed on 27 January and suspended by the courts since 3 February, blocked the arrival of travelers and refugees from Iran, Iraq, Yemen, Syria, Libya, Somalia and Sudan.
According to the resident in Mosul, Islamic State fighters think their terror tactics worked by frightening Donald Trump – the most powerful man in the world.
10. ISIS, according to this resident of Western Mosul, thinks their terror tactic worked. They frightened the most powerful man in the world
— Rukmini Callimachi (@rcallimachi) February 8, 2017
Trump’s ban on passport holders from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen has been greeted by protests both in the United States and around the world.
ForwardKeys, a travel analysis firm has reported that since the ban was introduced, arrivals from affected countries between from 28 January and 4 February were down 80 percent, compared with the same period of 2016.
Travel bookings to the United States fell 6.5 percent in late January compared with last year.
© Middle East Eye
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