REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Commission I of the House of Representatives (DPR) said President Donald Trump's policy banning people from seven predominantly Muslim countries to enter the United States could trigger anti Islam sentiment.

Indonesians in the United States could easily be the victims of Anti Islam sentiment because of the policy, Commission I lawmaker Bobby Rizaldi said. "I think, though Indonesia is not among the seven countries Indonesians in the United States could be the target of anti Islam sentiment," Bobby here on Monday. 

The government of Indonesian, which has the largest Muslim population in the world, has regretted the U.S. policy. Bobby said Indonesia is not directly affected by the Trump's policy, but it would the Indonesians in the United States would indirectly suffer the impact.

He said the Indonesian embassy in the United States had warned Indonesian citizens especially Muslims in that country to remain clam and to be careful. The Golkar politician the Indonesian embassy has opened hotline service for round the clock. 

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Earlier President Donald Trump issued a policy banning citizens from seven predominantly Muslim countries Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen for the next 90 days.

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