An Al-Qaida recruitment video targeting American blacks and Muslims features video of GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump calling on the United States to ban Muslims from entering the country.
The 51-minute video by the Somalia-based al-Shabab militant group describes the U.S. as a country of institutionalized hatred toward blacks and Muslims.
The video presents radical Islam as the solution.
The clip of Trump on the campaign trail consists of his infamous proposal for the “total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States” to protect the country.
The recruitment video seemed to vindicate Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s statement several weeks ago that ISIS, an unaffiliated extremist organization, was using such quotes to recruit followers. Trump blasted Clinton as a “liar” at the time.
The video was released on Twitter Friday, according to the SITE Intel monitoring group. It tells the story of several Americans from Minnesota who joined al-Shabab and were killed in Somalia, holding them up as exemplary.
Using footage from recent racial conflicts in the U.S. as well as historic quotes from Malcolm X, the video lays out the argument that blacks and Muslims will always face discrimination in the U.S. and should join jihadi movements to fight back.
Al-Shabab is fighting the internationally backed Somali government. It was pushed out of Mogadishu in 2011 with the help of African Union troops.
The militants have still carried out numerous guerrilla attacks in Somalia and the countries contributing troops, including Kenya, Djibouti and Uganda.
Both Democratic and Republican candidates have rebuked Trump’s proposal, made in early December, to ban Muslims. The real-estate developer and reality TV star has a commanding leading in the race for the Republican presidential nomination.
Clinton’s campaign declined to comment on the video.
