The British Parliament is debating today a petition calling for the Republican candidate for the US presidency, Donald Trump, to be banned from entering the UK because of his statements about Muslims.
The statement of the leading Republican candidate for the US president that Muslims should be banned from entering the US shocked the public around the world.
More than 500.000 people have signed an online petition calling for Trump to be banned from entering Britain because of his hate speech and his views on Muslims.
Under British law, any online petition with more than 100.000 signatures can trigger a parliamentary debate.
Labor MP Paul Flynn, who chairs the petitions committee, scheduled a three-hour debate but no vote.
Flynn told the AP news agency that he would try to satisfy the angry signatories of the petition, but also that a ban on entry to Britain would be counterproductive and would present Trump as a victim.
British Prime Minister David Cameron condemned Trump's statement about Muslims as "devastating, stupid and wrong", but said he could not agree to the idea of banning him from entering Britain.
The Scottish government revoked Trump's status as a business ambassador of its "GlobalScot" network, and the Scottish "Robert Gordon" University withdrew his honorary doctorate. Trump's mother was born in Scotland.
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