A Muslim woman was escorted out of rally for GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump on Friday after she staged a silent protest.
Rose Hamid, a 56-year-old flight attendant stood quietly in the crowd at the center in Rock Hill, South Carolina, wearing a hijab and a t-shirt that read ’Salam, I come in peace.’
She stood up in the bleachers behind Mr. Trump after he said in his speech that Syrian Refugees fleeing war in Syria were connected to the Islamic State terrorist group, CNN reported.
Audience members at the rally booed Ms. Hamid and told her to get out as security removed her from the building.
One woman shouted “you have a bomb,” Ms. Hamid told CNN.
“The ugliness really came out fast and that’s really scary,” Ms. Hamid said.
As Ms. Hamid was escorted out by police, Mr. Trump said from the stage, “There is hatred against us that is unbelievable. It is their hatred, it’s not our hatred,” according to CNN.
Ms. Hamid said she wanted to attend the rally to meet Trump supporters to offer them a glimpse of what Muslims are really like, according to The Daily Telegraph.
“I figured that most trump supporters probably never met a Muslim so I figured that I’d give them the opportunity to meet one,” she said.
“People don’t have a chance to see anything other than the Muslims they see on TV,” Ms. Hamid added, saying images of Islamic extremists were misleading about her faith.
In the wake of several recent terrorist attacks, Mr. Trump has called for a temporary ban on Muslims entering the U.S.
Ms. Hamid said that some Trump supporters at the rally were apologetic for the crowd’s behavior toward’s her.
“The people around me who I had an opportunity to talk with were very sweet,” she told CNN. “The people I did not make contact with, the people who Trump influenced were really nasty.”
This is not the first time an audience has lashed out at peaceful Trump protesters.
Two protesters sitting quietly at a Trump rally in Lowell, Mass. on Monday had their “America’s already great” signs ripped out of their hands and torn to pieces by audience members before they were escorted out by security.
• Kellan Howell can be reached at khowell@washingtontimes.com.
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