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Crónica de un debate presidencial (II) | ctxt.es.

“Aproximadamente el 70% de las personas en los Estados Unidos no conoce a ningún musulmán”, explica Hussein Rashid, fundador de una empresa de consultoría centrada en conocimiento cultural. Oriente Medio sigue siendo también una región desconocida.

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Sin embargo, la profundidad de la hostilidad hacia los musulmanes ha dejado a algunos educadores en estado de desesperación. Para Hussein Rashid, la retórica de Trump es profundamente perturbadora: “En los debates presidenciales, tiene que salir a relucir su intención de prohibir la entrada de inmigrantes a un país fundado por inmigrantes. No se trata sólo de islamofobia, sino de racismo con mayúsculas”. Rashid admite que él está perdiendo la esperanza. “Lo que hemos visto este año en Nueva York son hombres asesinados, mujeres apuñaladas, otras mujeres quemadas con fuego. No estoy seguro de que si alguien tiene en su corazón intentar quemar vivo a otro ser humano, la formación pueda servir de algo”.

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