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MPs are to debate calls for US presidential hopeful Donald Trump to be banned from Britain after his controversial comments about Muslims.![MPs to debate calls to ban Donald Trump from Britain](http://books.islamstory.com/index.php/images/upload/content/P-30087093-efde-4196-a75d-4d6217184049-660x496.jpg)
MPs are to debate calls for US presidential hopeful Donald Trump to be banned from Britain after his controversial comments about Muslims.
The Commons Petitions Committee has scheduled a session in Westminster Hall on January 18 after 570,000 people signed a petition demanding the billionaire businessman be barred.
Politicians will also discuss a separate petition opposing such a ban, even though it only garnered around 40,000 signatures – well below the 100,000 threshold for triggering a debate.
Republican Mr Trump faced an international backlash last month after urging a “total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country’s representatives can figure out what is going on”.
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https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/world/796676/mps-debate-calls-ban-donald-trump-britain/?
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