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A Muslim woman said Sunday that her viral article explaining why she voted for Donald Trump has angered her liberal pals as well as other Muslims.
Asra Nomani declared herself one of President-elect Donald Trumpās silent supporters in an opinion piece she wrote in the Washington Post Thursday called "I'm a Muslim, a woman and an immigrant. I voted for Trump."
āAs you can tell I donāt have horns on my head, right, but nonetheless I am now being [characterized] as a traitor, to my own liberals as an idiot, names that I canāt even repeat on air,ā she told "Fox & Friends."
The former Wall Street Journal reporter also said fellow Muslims have told her they hope Allah sends her āto the gates of hell.ā
āBut you know none of that matters to me because Iām getting more responses than in my 30 years in journalism from people who are saying, āThank you,ā because they too are fed up with the polarization,ā she said.
The 51-year-old woman wrote in the Post that she voted for President Obama in 2008 and 2012, but she became a Trump voter over the issue of Islamic terrorism.
āAs a liberal Muslim who has experienced, first-hand Islamic extremism in this world, I have been opposed to the decision by President Obama and the Democratic Party to tap dance around the āIslamā in Islamic State,ā she wrote.
Nomani told "Fox & Friends" she knows Trump is not an Islamaphobic or a racist or a bigot.
āHe is insensitive at times with what he says and his proposals are tough, but they reflect a reality of concern people have about an issue thatās killing people from Orlando to Paris,ā she said.
Asra Nomani declared herself one of President-elect Donald Trumpās silent supporters in an opinion piece she wrote in the Washington Post Thursday called "I'm a Muslim, a woman and an immigrant. I voted for Trump."
āAs you can tell I donāt have horns on my head, right, but nonetheless I am now being [characterized] as a traitor, to my own liberals as an idiot, names that I canāt even repeat on air,ā she told "Fox & Friends."
The former Wall Street Journal reporter also said fellow Muslims have told her they hope Allah sends her āto the gates of hell.ā
āBut you know none of that matters to me because Iām getting more responses than in my 30 years in journalism from people who are saying, āThank you,ā because they too are fed up with the polarization,ā she said.
The 51-year-old woman wrote in the Post that she voted for President Obama in 2008 and 2012, but she became a Trump voter over the issue of Islamic terrorism.
āAs a liberal Muslim who has experienced, first-hand Islamic extremism in this world, I have been opposed to the decision by President Obama and the Democratic Party to tap dance around the āIslamā in Islamic State,ā she wrote.
Nomani told "Fox & Friends" she knows Trump is not an Islamaphobic or a racist or a bigot.
āHe is insensitive at times with what he says and his proposals are tough, but they reflect a reality of concern people have about an issue thatās killing people from Orlando to Paris,ā she said.