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Donald Trump said that all US Muslims should be placed on a database
Sergeant Tayyib Rashid posted his Marine Corps ID on twitter in response
The tweet challenged the Republican candidate to show his military ID card
Trump deferred his Vietnam draft four times before being declared 'unfit'

Published: 06:45 EST, 20 November 2015 | Updated: 08:38 EST, 20 November 2015

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A Muslim Marine sergeant has posted an image of his Armed Forces of the United States identity card on Twitter after Donald Trump called for all Muslims to be put on a database.

Sergeant Tayyib Rashid, wrote on Twitter: 'Hey @realDonaldTrump, I'm an American Muslim and I carry a special ID badge. Where's yours? #SemperFi #USMC.'

Sgt Rashid posted his Tweet after Trump admitted that if he was president, he would introduce a mandatory database to track Muslims in the United States. Following his post, Sgt Rashid has been inundated with support around the globe as thousands of social media users re-tweeted his original message.

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Sergeant Tayyib Rashid issued Donald Trump a challenge after the Marine posted his military ID on Twitter

Trump, pictured, made the comments while at an event in Newton, Iowa to an NBC reporter

Many users on social media thanked Sgt Rashid for his service while others said that the prospect of Trump in the White House scared them.

Donald Trump deferred his draft call-up for the Vietnam War four times because he was a student, but after completing college in 1968 he was declared medically unfit after attending an armed forces physical examination.

Speaking to an NBC News reporter on his plans while visiting Newton, Iowa, he claimed: 'I would certainly implement that. Absolutely.'

He said Muslims would be signed up at 'different places,' adding, 'It's all about management.'

Asked whether registering would be mandatory, Trump responded, 'They have to be.'

The latest comments come less than a week after the deadly attacks on a concert hall, sports stadium and restaurants in Paris that have elevated fears of attacks in in the U.S. and prompted calls for new restrictions on Syrian refugees fleeing their war-torn country.

While some of his rivals have been chastised by President Barack Obama for suggesting that Christian Syrian refugees be given preference over Muslims, Trump has gone further in his rhetoric, advocating new restrictions on civil liberties and enhanced surveillance activities, including inside mosques.

He said earlier this week that the country was 'going to have no choice' but to close certain mosques because 'really bad things are happening, and they're happening fast.'

Sgt Rashid's message started to trend across the world in the hours after he sent the tweet

Trump never served in the military, having deferred his Vietnam draft four times before being declared 'medically unfit' in 1968, just a few weeks after graduating college

The first reference to the database idea came in an interview with Yahoo News published earlier Thursday in which the billionaire real estate mogul did not reject the idea of requiring Muslims to register in a database or giving them special identification cards noting their religion.

'We're going to have to look at a lot of things very closely,' Trump told Yahoo News.

He also suggested he would consider warrantless searches, according to Yahoo, saying, 'We're going to have to do things that we never did before.'

Asked by reporters Thursday night to explain his Yahoo comments, Trump suggested his response had been misconstrued. 'I never responded to that question,' he said.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued a statement Thursday condemning Trump for what the group described as 'Islamophobic and unconstitutional' comments targeting American Muslims and Syrian refugees.

They also criticized Trump rival Ben Carson, who on Thursday compared blocking potential terrorists posing as Syrian refugees from entering the U.S. to handling a rabid dog.

'If there's a rabid dog running around in your neighborhood, you're probably not going to assume something good about that dog,' Carson told reporters at a campaign stops in Alabama. 'It doesn't mean you hate all dogs, but you're putting your intellect into motion.'

'By mainstreaming Islamophobic and unconstitutional policies, Donald Trump and Ben Carson are contributing to an already toxic environment that may be difficult to correct once their political ambitions have been satisfied,' CAIR's Robert McCaw said in a statement.

Trump was in Iowa Thursday for a televised question-and-answer session hosted by WHO-TV at the Des Moines Area Community College. At a rally after answering questions, Trump took a few shots at his fellow candidates. He said Carson's campaign was in 'freefall' and said Sen. Marco Rubio 'never shows up to vote because he's campaigning.'

Also Thursday evening, New Day for America, a super PAC supporting Ohio Governor John Kasich, announced plans to launch a $2.5 million ad campaign targeting Trump.

'There's a growing consensus that someone has to do something to stop Donald Trump,' said Matt David, a spokesman for the group, who said the campaign would include television, radio, mail and digital ads in New Hampshire.

Trump responded to the news, which was first reported by Politico, by unloading a dozen rapid-fire tweets mocking Kasich's polling and debate performances and threatened to 'sue him just for fun!' if the ads aren't truthful.

Kasich responded with his own flurry of tweets aimed at Trump.