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| Donald Trump 'Muslim ban': Olympic hero Mo Farah speaks out against 'deeply troubling' executive order | Donald Trump 'Muslim ban': Olympic hero Mo Farah speaks out against 'deeply troubling' executive order |
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| British Olympic gold medallist Mo Farah has spoken out against Donald Trump's Muslim immigration ban, calling it "deeply troubling". | |
| Farah, who lives and trains in Portland, Oregon, said the President's actions had made him feel like "an alien". | |
| An executive order was passed by Mr Trump on Friday temporarily banning travellers from seven majority-Muslim nations, including Somalia, where Mr Farah was born. | |
| Mr Farah has dual British and Somali citizenship, and has been knighted by the Queen for his services to athletics. His historic Olympic victories in endurance running - winning four gold medals - have made him a household name in the UK. | |
| Despite this, he could be affected by the ban as he is currently out of the country, training in Ethiopia. | |
| In a statement on his Facebook page, Mr Farah wrote: "On 1 January this year, Her Majesty The Queen made me a Knight of the Realm. On 27 January, President Donald Trump seems to have made me an alien. | |
| "I am a British citizen who has lived in America for the past six years - working hard, contributing to society, paying my taxes and bringing up our four children in the place they now call home. | "I am a British citizen who has lived in America for the past six years - working hard, contributing to society, paying my taxes and bringing up our four children in the place they now call home. |
| "Now, me and many others like me are being told that we may not be welcome. It’s deeply troubling that I will have to tell my children that Daddy might not be able to come home - to explain why the President has introduced a policy that comes from a place of ignorance and prejudice. | "Now, me and many others like me are being told that we may not be welcome. It’s deeply troubling that I will have to tell my children that Daddy might not be able to come home - to explain why the President has introduced a policy that comes from a place of ignorance and prejudice. |
| "I was welcomed into Britain from Somalia at eight years old and given the chance to succeed and realise my dreams. I have been proud to represent my country, win medals for the British people and receive the greatest honour of a knighthood. | "I was welcomed into Britain from Somalia at eight years old and given the chance to succeed and realise my dreams. I have been proud to represent my country, win medals for the British people and receive the greatest honour of a knighthood. |
| "My story is an example of what can happen when you follow polices of compassion and understanding, not hate and isolation." | "My story is an example of what can happen when you follow polices of compassion and understanding, not hate and isolation." |
| The comment was met by numerous messages of support on social media, including from Sarah Brown, who wrote: "You have made me proud to be British on many an occasion. I hope we can make you proud of us by standing up against this great wrong being done to so many." | |