Music mogul Russell Simmons led thousands of New Yorkers in a show of solidarity for Muslim Americans at the “I Am A Muslim Too” rally on Sunday in Times Square. Simmons headlined the event, which was co-organized by the Foundation For Ethnic Understanding and the Nusantara Foundation in response to the increased anxiety over President Donald Trump’s executive order limiting immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries. “We are here today to show middle America our beautiful signs and, through our beautiful actions and intention, that they have been misled. We want to thank him for bringing us together,” Simmons told the crowd. He added, “We are focused on things that are not helpful to America, we’re using the Muslim community as a scapegoat.

Source: Huffington Post February 19, 2017 23:15 UTC