Trump's anti-Muslim remarks threaten his business interests
A result of US Republican hopeful, Donald Trump's string of hostile remarks regarding Muslims could impact his business interests in the countries with large Muslim populations, reports suggest. These include the Trump Towers Istanbul development in Turkey, which is owned by the Ortadogu conglomerate and earns him between $1m and $5m a year; he also earned 42.5m last year from licensing his brand, Trump Hotel and Tower in Baku, Azerbaijan, owned by the oligarch Anar Mammadov.  Furthermore, Trump Organisation is developing in two golf and property developments in Dubai with Damc, and Trump's high-profile daughter, Ivanka, is executive vice-president in Trump Organisation who stated that it was looking at "multiple opportunities in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Qatar, Saudi Arabia: the four areas where we are seeing the most interest". Just last year, derogatory comments about Mexicans cost Mr Trump a lucrative deal with Univision, the US's largest Hispanic television network, among others.

Gulf News criticises Republican frontrunner, saying his “extremism is no different than that of Daesh”.