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| Arish Singh has promised to visit Trump during his next rally as well with his now famous banner: Stop Hate. |
January 26, 2016, NewsCrunch
The Sikh protester, who was thrown out of a Donald Trump rally on Monday, has been identified as a writer and comedian from Iowa, Arish Singh.
A Sikh American, Arish Singh, was escorted out after he unfurled a banner saying 'Stop Hate'.
Mistaking him for a Muslim, Trump mocked at his turban calling it a "hat", though it is not clear what he meant by that.
After the incident, Arish Singh tweeted saying he was not a Muslim. But you don't have to be Muslim to stand up against anti-Muslim bigotry, he stated.
Speaking to Daily Mail, he said, since 9/11 attacks on Muslims and Sikhs had increased.
He added he had no problem if Trump thought he was a Muslim,
"We all have to stand with the Muslims and reject the hate that is being directed towards them. How can anybody stand up and say Muslims should be banned from this country?" he asked.
Arish Singh's popular show includes a ventriloquist act with a dummy, who is a white terrorist. The satire is aimed at fellow comedian Jeff Dunham, who uses a dummy labelled Achmed the dead terrorist, to crack offensive jokes at Muslims,
Dunham has angered Sikhs as well as his dummy often sports a turban sacred to Sikhs.
Arish Singh told Daily Mail that Trump was both childish and muttered like an old man, who had no control of what he was saying.
He said he decided to protest as Trump had been attracting support from white supremacists.
Arish Singh has promised to visit Trump during his next rally as well with his now famous banner: Stop Hate.
I am not a Muslim. But you don't have to be a Muslim to stand against anti-Muslim bigotry #MakeAmericaGreatAgain https://t.co/nkrkKdUzOP— Arish Singh (@arishish) January 25, 2016