--- description: The new video shows Trump calling for temporary ban on Muslims title: Al-Qaeda Group Uses Donald Trump in Recruitment Video image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3b834ef29fa3c284/6988774cab6d7736bf6a7c99/donald-trump1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Terrorism](/tag/terrorism/) ## Terrorism Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Al-Qaeda Group Uses Donald Trump in Recruitment Video by [Josh Sanburn](/author/josh-sanburn/) ## Josh Sanburn Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 2, 2016 3:05 PM CUT  Donald Trump during a campaign event in Mesa, Arizona on Dec. 16, 2015. Donald Trump during a campaign event in Mesa, Arizona on Dec. 16, 2015.Ralph Freso—Getty Images by [Josh Sanburn](/author/josh-sanburn/) ## Josh Sanburn Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 2, 2016 3:05 PM CUT An al-Qaeda affiliate released a [recruitment video](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/02/world/africa/al-qaeda-uses-video-of-trump-for-recruiting.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&%5Fr=1 "undefined") Friday that includes an excerpt of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump announcing his call to temporarily ban all Muslims from entering the U.S. According to the New York _Times_, al-Shabab—the Islamic militant branch of al-Qaeda in Somalia—included the clip of Trump along with footage of Anwar al-Awlaki, an American imam and recruiter for al-Qaeda who was killed in 2011, as well as clips of white supremacists and protests over police use of force in the U.S. **Read More:** [Donald Trump Shifts Focus to Hillary Clinton](http://time.com/4164417/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-attacks/ "undefined") The video, apparently the first to include footage of Trump, juxtaposed clips of the presidential candidate and al-Awlaki saying “the West will eventually turn against its Muslims citizens,” according to the _Times_, while also including footage of al-Awlaki calling for attacks similar to that of the Fort Hood shooting in 2009, in which Army psychiatrist Nidal Hasan killed 13 people and injured more than 30 in Killeen, Texas. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4165462/donald-trump-al-qaeda-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4165462/donald-trump-al-qaeda-video/"},"headline":"Al-Qaeda Group Uses Donald Trump in Recruitment Video","datePublished":"2016-01-02T15:05:12.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T13:43:35.543Z","description":"The video shows Trump calling for temporary ban on Muslims","url":"https://time.com/4165462/donald-trump-al-qaeda-video/","keywords":["Terrorism","al-Qaeda","elections","Muslims","Somalia","Donald Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3b834ef29fa3c284/6988774cab6d7736bf6a7c99/donald-trump1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Josh Sanburn","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/josh-sanburn/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3b834ef29fa3c284/6988774cab6d7736bf6a7c99/donald-trump1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump Holds Rally In Mesa, Arizona","caption":"Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump Holds Rally In Mesa, Arizona","creditText":"Ralph Freso—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/terrorism/","name":"Terrorism"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4165462/donald-trump-al-qaeda-video/","name":"Al-Qaeda Group Uses Donald Trump in Recruitment Video"}}]}] ```