--- description: Priyanka Chopra was asked about the ban on Muslims proposed by 2016 presidential candidate Donald Trump at the TIME 100 gala. title: Priyanka Chopra Says 'Primitive' Muslim Ban Wouldn't Keep U.S. Safe image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt723e58a6634823c2/698890c33c1639612f45d014/priyanka-chopra-time-100-gala.jpg?branch=production ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [TIME 100](/tag/time-100/) ## TIME 100 Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Priyanka Chopra Says 'Primitive' Muslim Ban Wouldn't Keep U.S. Safe  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Apr 27, 2016 12:28 AM CUT  Priyanka Chopra at the TIME 100 gala in New York on April 26, 2016. Priyanka Chopra at the TIME 100 gala in New York on April 26, 2016.Dimitrios Kambouris—Getty Images for TIME  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Apr 27, 2016 12:28 AM CUT [TIME 100](http://time.com/collection/2016-time-100/ "undefined") honoree [Priyanka Chopra](http://time.com/4299686/priyanka-chopra-2016-time-100/ "undefined"), star of _Quantico_, a TV drama about fighting terrorism, has some strong feelings about the real fight against extremism—which has come up repeatedly in the 2016 presidential race. At the TIME 100 gala on Tuesday night, Chopra slammed 2016 candidate and fellow [TIME 100 honoree Donald Trump](http://time.com/4302104/donald-trump-2016-time-100/ "undefined")‘s call for banning Muslim immigrants form the U.S. “I just think you can’t put a ban on anyone,” she said. “Generalizing a type of people is really primitive.” The fight against domestic terrorism has grown so complex that “you can’t put a face on it anymore,” she added. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4308783/priyanka-chopra-banning-muslims-time-100-gala/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4308783/priyanka-chopra-banning-muslims-time-100-gala/"},"headline":"Priyanka Chopra Says 'Primitive' Muslim Ban Wouldn't Keep U.S. Safe","datePublished":"2016-04-27T00:28:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-07-21T07:15:17.841Z","description":"\"Generalizing a type of people is really primitive\"","url":"https://time.com/4308783/priyanka-chopra-banning-muslims-time-100-gala/","keywords":["TIME 100","TIME 100","TIME 100 Gala"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt723e58a6634823c2/698890c33c1639612f45d014/priyanka-chopra-time-100-gala.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt723e58a6634823c2/698890c33c1639612f45d014/priyanka-chopra-time-100-gala.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"2016 Time 100 Gala, Time's Most Influential People In The World - Red Carpet","caption":"2016 Time 100 Gala, Time's Most Influential People In The World - Red Carpet","creditText":"Dimitrios Kambouris—Getty Images for TIME","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/time-100/","name":"TIME 100"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4308783/priyanka-chopra-banning-muslims-time-100-gala/","name":"Priyanka Chopra Says 'Primitive' Muslim Ban Wouldn't Keep U.S. Safe"}}]}] ```