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US President Barack Obama has rebuffed Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's anti-Muslim rhetoric. Obama said treating Muslim-Americans differently to other citizens will make the country less safe and will only fuel the notion among ISIL followers that the West hates Muslims.

He said, "What exactly would using this label accomplish? What exactly would it change? Would it make ISIL less committed to trying to kill Americans? Would it bring in more allies? Is there a military strategy that is served by this? The answer is none of the above."

Obama spoke out a day after Trump reasserted the need to temporarily ban foreign Muslims from entering the US. Trump made the comments after the deadly shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando. 49 people have been killed there, while 53 others were wounded.
Sunday's attack is considered the worst mass shooting by a single gunman in recent US history as well as the deadliest attack on American soil since 9/11.