--- ---  # Silent Muslim Protester Kicked Out of Donald Trump Rally ## Video: Donald Trump’s Anti-Islam Rhetoric Gets Featured In New Al Qaeda Video [Watch (HLS stream): Donald Trump’s Anti-Islam Rhetoric Gets Featured In New Al Qaeda Video](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/G4UuhIxB.m3u8) (0:53)  _Published 2016-01-02. Al-Shabab, Al-Qaeda’s Somali affiliate, has released a new video featuring Donald Trump’s call to ban all Muslims from the United States._ by [Jacob Davidson](https://time.com/author/jacob-davidson/) ## Jacob Davidson Jan 9, 2016 8:13 PM UTC  Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event in Rock Hill, SC on Jan. 8, 2016. Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event in Rock Hill, SC on Jan. 8, 2016.Chris Keane—Reuters by [Jacob Davidson](https://time.com/author/jacob-davidson/) ## Jacob Davidson Jan 9, 2016 8:13 PM UTC A Muslim woman was [removed](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/01/08/muslim-woman-escorted-out-of-trump-rally-in-south-carolina/) from a Donald Trump rally on Friday after staging a silent protest in the crowd of supporters. Rose Hamid, a 56-year-old flight attendant, seated herself behind Trump and stood during the Rock Hill, South Carolina event wearing a blue T-shirt that read, “Salam, I come in peace.” After people around her began chanting “Trump” she was ejected along with fellow protesters, the Washington _Post_ reports. The protester told [CNN](http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/08/politics/donald-trump-muslim-woman-protesting-ejected/) that she decided to come to the event because she “figured that most Trump supporters probably never met a Muslim.” Hamid, who was wearing a white hijab, took to her feet after the GOP frontrunner suggested that many Syrian refugees “probably are ISIS.” > [](https://twitter.com/JDiamond1/status/685620952495984645) She told CNN that while some Trump supporters were sympathetic, others shouted “You have a bomb” or “Get out!” Trump has come under fire for remarks made about Muslims during the campaign, in particular his [December](http://time.com/4139476/donald-trump-shutdown-muslim-immigration/) demand that members of the religious group be banned from entering the United States. “This demonstrates how when you start dehumanizing the other it can turn people into very hateful, ugly people,” Hamid told the network. “It needs to be known.” \[[_WaPo_](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/01/08/muslim-woman-escorted-out-of-trump-rally-in-south-carolina/)\] Donald Trump: Silent Muslim Protester Kicked Out of Rally ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4174182/muslim-protester-donald-trump-rally/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4174182/muslim-protester-donald-trump-rally/"},"headline":"Silent Muslim Protester Kicked Out of Donald Trump Rally","datePublished":"2016-01-09T20:13:58.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T13:55:51.619Z","description":"She wore a blue T-shirt saying 'Salam, I come in peace'","url":"https://time.com/4174182/muslim-protester-donald-trump-rally/","keywords":["Donald Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt84fb51062a810fc2/6988784f5f570f8471b1f1c0/trump1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jacob Davidson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/jacob-davidson/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt84fb51062a810fc2/6988784f5f570f8471b1f1c0/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 speaks during a campaign event in Rock Hill","caption":"Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event in Rock Hill","creditText":"Chris Keane—Reuters","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/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/donald-trump/","name":"Donald Trump"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4174182/muslim-protester-donald-trump-rally/","name":"Silent Muslim Protester Kicked Out of Donald Trump Rally"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Donald Trump’s Anti-Islam Rhetoric Gets Featured In New Al Qaeda Video","description":"Al-Shabab, Al-Qaeda’s Somali affiliate, has released a new video featuring Donald Trump’s call to ban all Muslims from the United States.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/G4UuhIxB/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2016-01-02T17:00:21.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/G4UuhIxB.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4174182/muslim-protester-donald-trump-rally/","duration":"PT53S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4174182/muslim-protester-donald-trump-rally/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```