The ACLU is trolling Trump with Arabic 'First Amendment' signs

The campaign is the latest in a string of many others fighting the xenophobic and Islamophobic rhetoric of U.S. President Donald Trump.
Source: Twitter/ACLU

A new campaign for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is attracting a lot of attention as of late, and for good reason. By hanging huge posters in New York's Times Square and Washington, D.C., ACLU aims to remind people of their fundamental rights as outlined by the U.S. Constitution. 

The posters of the First Amendment were made in three different languages - Arabic, Spanish and English - and their purpose is to raise awareness on people's right to freedom of speech, regardless of where a person is from or what language he/she speaks. But, that's not all, the First Amendment also protects the right to practice one's religion without being discriminated against. 

The campaign is the latest in a string of many others fighting the xenophobic and Islamophobic rhetoric of U.S. President Donald Trump.  

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances," the First Amendment says.

ACLU put up these words on billboards and bus shelters in New York's Times Square and Washington D.C.

"Because we now have a president that openly disdains such freedoms, it seemed like a good time to point out the 'We the People' means everyone," Stacy Sullivan, ACLU communications staffer, wrote.

"Trump came to power on a wave of anti-immigrant sentiment, and it was particularly bad when it came to Muslims," she told The Huffington Post.

"We thought this would be a good time to remind the public ― and Trump ― that the First Amendment applies to Muslims and Latinos, and everyone else in this country, too," Sullivan added.

It's not the first time the Arabic language was used to make a political statement against Trump.

In 2016, a billboard on a highway near Dearborn, Michigan mocked the then-presidential candidate. Using Arabic, the billboard addressed Trump, saying: 

"Donald Trump, he can’t read this, but he is scared of it anyway."

The location was chosen because of the large Arab-American population in the area. 

Michigan is home to the second largest Arab-American population in the United States, and the largest mosque in North America is located in Dearborn.

Commenting on the billboard, Dawud Walid, executive director of the Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, told Detroit News

"It is stating a feeling ... that Donald Trump has been a fear-monger about communities he really doesn’t know. What I’ve been hearing on the streets of Detroit and Dearborn ... I have not spoken to a person yet that they’re going to vote for (Trump) in this upcoming election. 

The general statements are he’s just a racist bigot and not just against people of the Islamic faith, but he made comments against Latinos and women."

FOX News host tells Muslims to stop burning people alive to fix their image

"If you don't want to be portrayed in a negative light don't burn people alive/set off bombs."

Fox News co-host Jon Scott decided to send the Muslim community a very Islamophobic message on Sunday.  

During the Fox & Friends Weekend segment, Scott 'advised' Muslims to not "burn people and set off bombs" if they want more positive portrayals in the media. 

The comment came up during a talk with Fox News co-hosts Pete Hegseth and Abby Huntsman, as the trio discussed a comment made by Homeland actor Mandy Patinkin.  

Patinkin said the show, which has been criticized for its false depiction of Muslims, was trying to turn that around in season six.  

Patinkin explained that the story-line in the new season aims to show that "it's the white men in government and the military establishment that are the bad guys." 

The trio seemed to be frustrated by that comment, and by the entire show's direction saying, "there is a political agenda behind that plot."  

That's when Muslims spoke up ... with sarcasm

Thanking Scott for the thoughtful advice

Note-To-Self ... check!

Some sent their own advice to the Fox community:

The comment was just a tone-deaf statement, really

A Fox News contributor spoke up: "This is embarrassing"

Fox ... maybe you should ask yourselves this question next time: