By the weekend, Rashid’s tweet had been seen by thousands and sparked the hashtag #MuslimID, which others used to send Trump photos of their identification cards
Tayyib Rashid tweeted a photo of his Marine identification card to Donald Trump Thursday. The caption with the photo read “Hey @realDonaldTrump I’m an American Muslim and I already carry a special ID badge. Where’s yours? #SemperFi #USMC.”
Sergeant Tayyib Rashid, a former Marine from Chicago, knew he had an important message to share with Donald Trump, but he had no idea his message would turn into a social media movement.
Rashid said Trump "really touched a nerve" when the Republican presidential hopeful called for a mandatory database to track Muslims in the U.S., an idea some have compared to the identification of Jews in Nazi Germany.
“As Muslims, we’re told that loyalty to our nation is part of faith and it was for that reason that I served in the Marine Corps," Rashid said, "and for Trump to say that it just really hit me the wrong way.”
Rashid, whose Twitter handle is @MuslimMarine, tweeted to Trump a photo of his Marine identification card. The caption with the photo read “Hey @realDonaldTrump I’m an American Muslim and I already carry a special ID badge. Where’s yours? #SemperFi #USMC.”