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Washington and Vermont protests were in favor of helping Syrian refugees
Rallies came after Donald Trump said he supported registering Muslims
Comparisons were made between his plan and the Nazi treatment of Jews
Meanwhile Ben Carson compared Syrian refugees to 'rabid dogs'
Comments came in wake of Paris attacks, where some of the Islamists involved are believed to have entered Europe posing as refugees

By Ollie Gillman and J. Taylor Rushing, U.s. Political Reporter For Dailymail.com

Published: 22:06 EST, 20 November 2015 | Updated: 01:39 EST, 21 November 2015

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Protesters have rallied across the nation in support of refugees after Donald Trump said he would force Muslims to register and carry ID cards stating their religion.

Trump was branded 'abhorrent' after he said on Thursday that he supported registering Muslims, with comparisons made between his plan and the way Jews were treated in Nazi Germany.

Meanwhile Ben Carson was also accused of creating a 'toxic environment' for Muslims after he compared Syrian refugees to 'rabid dogs'.

Demonstrators in Washington and Vermont called for Trump and other Republican presidential candidates to relax their stance towards refugees.

Both candidates' comments came in the wake of the terrorist attacks in Paris, where some of the Islamists involved are believed to have entered Europe posing as Syrian refugees.

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A protester holds a sign at the Washington State capitol in Olympia on Friday. Protesters have rallied across the nation in support of refugees after Donald Trump said he would force Muslims to register

Demonstrators in Washington called for Trump and other Republican presidential candidates to relax their stance towards refugees

'Welcome refugees': Protesters gathered in Olympia, Washington, to protest in support of Syrian refugees

Protesters rallied in Olympia, Washington, on Friday, calling for the United States to do more to help refugees fleeing civil war and ISIS in the Middle East.

They chanted 'racists go home' at a counter-demonstration by a group demanding tougher restrictions on refugees entering the country.

There were similar clashes in Montpelier, Vermont, where those supporting refugees vastly outnumbered those rallying against allowing Syrians into the country.

Meanwhile in Lincoln, Nebraska, a special Thanksgiving dinner was held for the Yazidi community there, which is the largest in the county.

The Kurdish group mixed with others from the local area, tucking into their meal in a room adorned with banners that read '#RefugeesWelcome'.

The protests came a day after Trump said he would force Muslims to register on a federal database in the wake of the Paris attacks.

He was branded 'abhorrent' and accused of creating a 'toxic environment' for Muslims after he voiced support for the idea.

Comparisons were immediately made to the registration of Jews in Nazi Germany by one Muslim group.

Protesters rallied in Olympia, Washington, on Friday, calling for the United States to do more to help refugees fleeing civil war and ISIS in the Middle East

They chanted 'racists go home' at a counter-demonstration by a group demanding tougher restrictions on refugees entering the country

There were also pro-refugee demonstrations in Montpelier, Vermont (pictured), on Friday

Protesters for and against refugees clashed outside of the Statehouse on Friday (pictured)

Community spirit: In Lincoln, Nebraska, a special Thanksgiving dinner was held for the Yazidi community

The Kurdish group mixed with others from the local area, tucking into their meal in a room adorned with banners that read '#RefugeesWelcome'

Asked whether he would implement a register and ID cards for Muslims, Trump said: 'I would certainly implement that. Absolutely,'

Trump told an NBC News reporter between campaign events in Newton, Iowa, that Muslims would be signed up at 'different places', according to video posted on MSNBC.com.

Asked how he would actually implement his plan, the billionaire said: 'It would just be good management... It's all about management.'

Trump said registration would be mandatory but refused to explain whether Muslims would be punished for refusing to do so.

But he retreated quickly Friday morning, posting a note on his Twitter page that said: 'I didn't suggest a database - a reporter did. We must defeat Islamic terrorism & have surveillance, including a watch list, to protect America.'

What else can you compare this to except to prewar Nazi Germany?

Ibrahim Hooper, national spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations

Trump was also under fire from his own party, with Jeb Bush calling the database idea 'abhorrent'.

'That's just wrong,' Bush added said on CNBC on Friday. 'It's manipulating people's angst and their fears. That's not strength. That's weakness.'

Carson, speaking on the campaign trail in Concord, N.H., called for a national database on 'everybody who comes into this country,' but said focusing on Muslims is wrong.

'I don’t think it’s a good idea to treat anybody differently. One of the hallmarks of America is that we treat everybody the same,' Carson said, adding that picking out individual groups sets 'a pretty dangerous precedent, I believe.'

Cruz called himself 'a big fan of Donald Trump's but I'm not a fan of government registries of American citizens'.

He said the move would interfere with the First Amendment.

'The First Amendment protects religious liberty and I’ve spent the past several decades defending the religious liberty of every American,' Cruz said.

John Kasich criticized the front-runner for trying to 'divide people'.

Even former Defense Secretary Robert Gates piled on, telling Fox News on Friday that creating a national registry for Muslims would be 'a terrible mistake.'

Residents in Nebraska showed their support with the Yazidi community in Lincoln, Nebraska, which is the largest in the US

Dinner time: There were high spirits as neighbors tucked in to dinner with each other on Friday night

Looks tasty: Volunteers handed out food to locals as they had a friendly dinner together on Friday

Support: This is the moment Donald Trump voiced backing for a register of Muslims. Asked whether registering would be mandatory, Trump responded: 'They have to be'

Trump's campaign posted this tweet Friday morning

On the rack: Donald Trump was on the stump in South Carolina today as rivals from his own party laid into his plan to register every Muslim

Ibrahim Hooper, national spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said he was 'at a loss for words' after hearing Trump's plan, adding: 'What else can you compare this to except to pre-war Nazi Germany?'

The Muslim-American group also accused Trump - and Carson, who has compared refugees to 'rabid dogs' - of creating a 'toxic environment'.

'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 while campaigning in Alabama. 'It doesn't mean you hate all dogs, but you're putting your intellect into motion.'

The latest comments come less than a week after the deadly attacks on a concert hall, sports stadium and restaurants in Paris.

They have elevated fears of terrorism across the U.S. and prompted calls for new restrictions on Syrian refugees fleeing their war-torn country, as some of the ISIS militants are believed to have entered Europe posing as Syrian refugees

While some of his rivals have been chastised by the President 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'.

FAITH GROUPS COMPARE TRUMP'S COMMENTS TO 'NAZI GERMANY' WHICH FORCED JEWS TO REGISTER THEIR RELIGION IN 1938

Faith groups have today compared Trump's comments on creating a Muslim registry to Hitler's policies in Germany in the build up to the Second World War.

The Republican frontrunner's rhetoric has been condemned across the board, with politicians of all stripes stepping forward to voice their objections.

Ibrahim Hooper, national spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said he was 'at a loss for words' after hearing the statement, adding: 'What else can you compare this to except to prewar Nazi Germany?'

In 1938, dubbed 'The Fateful Year' in Nazi documents, Jews were required to register their religion, issued with identity cards - and all new passports were required to be stamped with the letter 'J' (pictured)

Rabbi Jack Moline, executive director of the nonprofit Interfaith Alliance, drew the same comparison, telling NBC: 'My father was in World War II, and he fought to preserve America against what the Nazis were doing.

'This is exactly why there is an America, to not be like that.'

After seizing power in an effective political coup in 1933 following the Reichstag Fire, Hitler began passing legislation that laid the groundwork of a Nazi state.

While the Nazis started publishing legislation against Jews from 1933, it mostly targeted Jewish businesses or employees who could be identified through family census data.

Jews were also forced to adopt 'traditionally Jewish' names so they could be identified. Women were forced to add 'Sarah' (pictured in this passport)

In 1938, dubbed 'The Fateful Year' by Nazi documents, Jews were required to register their religion and were issued with special identity cards marking them out as Jews.

Anyone identified as Jewish, which the Nazis defined as having three of four Jewish grandparents, was also forced to adopt a 'typically Jewish' name - men were forced to add Israel, women were forced to add Sarah.

All of their passports were also declared invalid, and anyone who wished to get a new passport was reissued with one bearing the letter 'J' - meaning Juden, or Jew.

Singling out Jews in this way led, in part, to the events of Kristallnact - or 'the night of broken glass' when many Jewish businesses were vandalized or burned.

Following Kristallnact and Jewish registration, persecution of the Jewish population at large began in earnest, with restrictions placed on movement, seizures of personal property, and the infamous edict requiring Jews to wear a yellow Star of David.

Areas of eastern Germany also began the forced deportation of Polish Jews, rounding them up and pushing them back across the border.

The registration and yellow stars allowed Jews to be effectively cut off from regular society, and for their businesses, jobs and possessions to be taken away.

Jewish children were excluded from non-Jewish schools, while Jews were barred from attending non-Jewish hospitals and even banned from having sex with non-Jews.

When Hitler began the 'final solution' during the war, the SS used the registry documents in order to round up the population and put them in concentration camps, before millions were systematically killed.

Source - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Yad Vashem