Washington, December 8 (RHC)-- Donald Trump's proposal to ban all Muslims from entering the United States quickly drew comparisons to policies enacted by Nazi Germany against the Jews and condemnation from both Republican and Democratic candidates, as well as an array of civil society groups.

The head of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, Nihad Awad, compared Trump to the leader of “a lynch mob. ” He added: “This is outrageous, coming from someone who wants to assume the highest office in the land.”

Award-winning Nigerian-American writer and New Yorker magazine contributor Teju Cole posted on his Facebook: "Trump is a dangerous clown... But it is important to understand that his idea of 'banning all Muslims,' scandalous as it is ... is far less scandalous than the past dozen years of American disregard for non-American Muslim lives.”