--- title: Madeleine Albright Says She's 'Ready to Register as Muslim' description: Former Secretary of State Madeline Albright said Wednesday that she is "ready to register as Muslim" in protest of the Trump administration canonical: https://time.com/4649987/madeleine-albright-donald-trump-muslim/ author: Justin Worland article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-01-26T13:20:23.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T02:57:49.353Z article:section: Politics og:title: Madeleine Albright Says She's 'Ready to Register as Muslim' og:description: To protest President Trump og:url: https://time.com/4649987/madeleine-albright-donald-trump-muslim/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte47eab1435438410/6988b75b97cdff65a06af421/madeline-albright-donald-trump-muslim.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3500 og:image:height: 1969 og:image:alt: madeline albright donald trump muslim og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Madeleine Albright Says She's 'Ready to Register as Muslim' twitter:description: To protest President Trump twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte47eab1435438410/6988b75b97cdff65a06af421/madeline-albright-donald-trump-muslim.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Madeleine Albright Says She's 'Ready to Register as Muslim' to Protest President Trump > Sponsored content. 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Brief is free at time.com/newsletters.  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Jan 26, 2017 1:20 PM UTC  Madeleine Albright, former U.S. Secretary of State, participates in a conference on the transition of the US Presidency from Obama to Trump at the US Institute Of Peace in Washington DC, Jan. 10, 2017. Madeleine Albright, former U.S. Secretary of State, participates in a conference on the transition of the US Presidency from Obama to Trump at the US Institute Of Peace in Washington DC, Jan. 10, 2017. Chris Kleponis—AFP/Getty Images  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Jan 26, 2017 1:20 PM UTC Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright said Wednesday that she is “ready to register as Muslim” in apparent protest of [President Donald Trump](http://time.com/4649966/donald-trump-chelsea-manning-traitor-twitter-barack-obama/)‘s administration. The post follows announcements from the Trump White House that it will halt the U.S. [refugee program](http://time.com/4624432/refugees-donald-trump-barack-obama/) and temporarily [stop issuing visas](http://time.com/4648516/donald-trump-immigration-executive-orders/) to people from several majority-Muslim countries. Albright called attention to her own diverse background in a post on Twitter, noting that she was “raised Catholic, became Episcopalian & found out later my family was Jewish.” > [](https://twitter.com/madeleine/status/824320652278693892) > [](https://twitter.com/madeleine/status/824320522188161036) It remains unclear how Albright would register as Muslim. 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