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Rolling Stone By Daniel Kreps “We are here unified because of Donald Trump. We want to thank him for bringing us together,” Def Jam mogul says Russell Simmons helped lead a gathering of thousands Sunday in New York at the “I Am a Muslim Too” Rally, which declared solidarity with those targeted by Donald Turmp’s “Muslim ban” executive order. “We are here today to show middle America our beautiful signs and, through our beautiful actions and intention,...

Refinery 29 By Amelia Edelman Gotta love parenting via peaceful protest — it is, by necessity, the 2017 way. And even our favorite mom/activist/once and forever First Daughter is joining in. Chelsea Clinton was a proud participant in today’s #IAmAMuslimToo protest, and she brought her daughter along. Clinton tweeted that it was the first time 2-year-old Charlotte Clinton Mezvinsky had joined a protest. She certainly picked a good one. AM New York reports that about 1,000 people rallied in Times...

People Magazine By Stephanie Petit Among the protesters filling Time Square in New York City for the “Today, I Am a Muslim Too” event on Sunday was a first-time protester: Chelsea Clinton’s 2-year-old daughter, Charlotte. The former First Daughter and only child of Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton took to Twitter to post a photo of the scene and share that Charlotte was also participating in the rally held in response to the executive order President Donald Trump signed that put a...

NPR By Kat Chow At a rally in New York City’s Times Square on Sunday, protesters filled three city blocks to express solidarity with Muslims. The crowd gathered to speak out against President Trump’s executive order — now on hold after a unanimous federal appeals court decision — banning immigration from seven predominantly Muslim countries. Organized by the Foundation For Ethnic Understanding — a coalition of religious groups led by record label founder Russell Simmons, Rabbi Marc Schneider...

Newsday By Alison Fox and Maria Alvarez About 1,000 protesters descended Sunday on Times Square in a show of unity against President Donald Trump’s immigration policies, including a ban on travelers and refugees from seven Muslim-majority countries. Under sunny and warm skies, the “Today, I Am A Muslim Too” rally took over Times Square, known as the Crossroads of the World, at about noon. Participants of various ethnicities and religious faiths proclaimed “I Am A Muslim Too” with a huge American...

NBC New York More than a thousand people rallied in support of American Muslims in Times Square on Sunday afternoon, with pumping fists and chants of “We are One” resonating through the so-called Crossroads of the World. The “I Am a Muslim Too” march was co-organized by the Foundation For Ethnic Understanding and the Nusantara Foundation in response to the uncertainty and anxiety created by President Donald Trump’s now-rescinded executive order. American flags waved...

Fox News Politics By Cody Derespina The Muslim call to prayer rang out through Times Square in New York City on Sunday afternoon as a large, mixed-faith crowd of merchandise hawkers, social activists, organizers, curious tourists – and genuine protesters – declared their allegiance with Islam. “I am a Muslim, too!” the group chanted several times at the anti-President Trump rally organized by hip hop mogul Russell Simmons and a local rabbi and imam. “We are here, unified, because of Donald Trump,...

CNN By Eliott C. McLaughlin February 19, 2017 Jason: This should Thumbnail of video in link New Yorkers by the thousand, representing myriad backgrounds and faiths, converged on Times Square on Sunday, heeding a music mogul’s calls to let Muslims know their fellow Americans stood by them. The demonstrators — many of them hoisting placards featuring a woman in an American flag hijab with the caption “we the people are greater than fear” — gathered at one of the world’s...

CBS New York February 19, 2017 A crowd flooded Times Square Sunday to protest President Donald Trump’s immigration policies, claiming they target Muslims. The order, which was placed on hold earlier this month by a federal judge, banned travel from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. It also banned all refugees from across the globe. On Feb. 9, a three judge panel from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals refused to reinstate the temporary ban. But at the rally, organized by music...

Bustle By Brandi Neal Thousands of people gathered in New York City’s Times Square Feb. 19 for a rally organized by Def Jam Recordings co-founder Russell Simmons to support those affected by President Trump’s Muslim travel ban. The Today I am Muslim, Too rally united people in solidarity against Trump’s executive order barring travelers from seven Muslim-majority nations from entering the United States. Though the order has been blocked by a federal appeals court, Trump reportedly...