function onPlayerReadyVidible(e){'undefined'!=typeof HPTrack&&HPTrack.Vid.Vidible_track(e)}!function(e,i){if(e.vdb_Player){if('object'==typeof commercial_video){var a='',o='m.fwsitesection='+commercial_video.site_and_category;if(a+=o,commercial_video['package']){var c='&m.fwkeyvalues=sponsorship%3D'+commercial_video['package'];a+=c}e.setAttribute('vdb_params',a)}i(e.vdb_Player)}else{var t=arguments.callee;setTimeout(function(){t(e,i)},0)}}(document.getElementById('vidible_1'),onPlayerReadyVidible); As thousands of people rallied against President Donald Trumps Fridayexecutive order blocking refugees and travelers from several Muslim-majority countries from entering the U.S., they took time out for peace and prayer. Demonstrators at several of the protests held around the country Sunday paused to join together and pray. Michigan resident Charles Gaba protested at the Detroit Metropolitan Airport on Sunday because he is horrified by whats happening, he told The Huffington Post. When he exited the terminal around 6 p.m., he saw about a dozen men praying outside.It was a beautiful moment, Gaba said. The protesters had offered up their signs and scattered them on the grounds to use like prayer rugs.Group of Muslim men leading a prayer as the DTW #NoBanNoWall protest wraps up pic.twitter.com/S74VNyK9pG ''Charles Gaba '' (@charles_gaba) January 29, 2017 As we prepared to pray, protesters started offering their posters as mats for us, regardless of their faith. It was a beautiful gesture. https://t.co/9cUU32vhG9 Ali Aboukhodr (@Ali_Aboukhodr) January 30, 2017 Today, at Detroit Metro Airport, protesters made room for Muslims to pray.They used protest signs as prayer mats.#nomuslimban pic.twitter.com/8SW8Pphhbo Diana Hussein (@heyadiana) January 30, 2017 Jenna Pateel told MLive that protesters at the Detroit airport planned to form a circle around those who were praying, for love and protection. Everyone just quieted down. It was a really moving moment, Pateel told the news site.My protest sign became a prayer mat. This is America. This is worth fighting for. #NoBanNoWall #MuslimBan #DTW pic.twitter.com/CuBnMbeVSh mandi (@i_mandi) January 30, 2017 People at protests held at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport and San Francisco International Airport also tweeted photos and video of group prayer.Group prayer at SFO. Several women are praying on their protest signs. pic.twitter.com/Co0wnn7Vuk Blake Montgomery (@blakersdozen) January 30, 2017 At #sfoprotest #NoBanNoWall and I heard the call to prayer. It was surreal to pray in the arrivals terminal, in community, in protest. ' ' https://t.co/bgkWvomlon Saqib (@Saqibkeval) January 30, 2017 Muslims take time away from protest to pray at DFW airport. #MuslimBan #MuslimBanprotest @ldelucaDMN pic.twitter.com/vJboEDYNuW DMN Photo (@dallasnewsphoto) January 29, 2017 Protests were held around the country on both Saturday and Sunday, in cities including Boston, New York, Seattle, Chicago, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.It was fantastic, a wonderful show of unity and rejection of hatred and bigotry, Gaba said of the Detroit protest. It sounds like this is going to have to be a regular thing for a while. ... I suspect things are going to have to get worse before they get better.Trumps order, signed Friday evening, spurred massive backlash and widespread confusion. The order temporarily ends the refugee resettlement program and blocks travelers from several Muslim-majority countries from entering the U.S.It also bars Syrian refugees indefinitely.Problems with the order emerged quickly as authorities attempted to enforce it,detaining people at airports or refusing to let them enter the country.Court orders issued Saturday temporarily blocked parts of Trumps plan, prohibiting authorities from deporting refugees who had already been cleared to enter the country. On Sunday, the Department of Homeland Security clarified that the order would not bar legal permanent residents, or green card holders, from entering the country ' a major point of confusion with Trumps order. Trump disputed the idea that implementation of the order had been chaotic, saying Saturday that its working out very nicely. -- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.
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