<p>And the <a type="internal">Trump chronicles</a> continue.</p> 
<p>Presidential hopeful <a type="internal">Donald Trump</a> said he supports creating a mandatory database to track Muslims in the United States.</p> 
<p>&#8220;I would certainly implement that. Absolutely,&#8221; Trump, 69, told <a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/trump-says-he-would-certainly-implement-muslim-database-n466716" type="external">NBC News</a> between campaign events on Thursday in Newton, Iowa.</p> 
<p>&#8220;There should be a lot of systems, beyond databases. We should have a lot of systems.&#8221;</p> 
<p>When asked by the reporter whether Muslims would be legally obligated to register in the database, the business mogul responded: &#8220;They have to be. They have to be. &#8221;</p> 
<p>He said that the country&#8217;s Muslims would register for the database at &#8220;different places,&#8221; adding, &#8220;It&#8217;s all about management.&#8221;</p> 
<p>The comments come less than a week after terrorists <a type="internal">wreaked havoc on the French capital</a>, taking the lives of at least 129 people and injuring more than 300 others in a <a type="internal">series of coordinated attacks</a>. The attacks have prompted calls for new restrictions on <a type="internal">accepting Syrian refugees.</a></p> 
<p>On Thursday, the House passed a bill to drastically tighten screening procedures on Syrian refugees, requiring key national security agencies to determine whether each Iraqi and Syrian refugee poses a threat, <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/19/politics/house-democrats-refugee-hearings-obama/" type="external">CNN</a> reports. The White House vowed that <a type="internal">President Barack Obama</a> would veto the bill.</p> 
<p>Trump&#8217;s recent comments stem from an earlier interview with <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/politics/donald-trump-has-big-plans-1303117537878070.html" type="external">Yahoo News</a> on Thursday in which he did not reject the idea of requiring Muslims in the U.S. to register into a database or present a special ID that noted their religion.</p> 
<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re going to have to look at a lot of things very closely,&#8221; the 69-year-old said. &#8220;We&#8217;re going to have to look at the mosques.&#8221;</p> 
<p>The Council on American-Islamic Relations criticized the candidate for the comments in a <a href="http://www.cair.com/press-center/press-releases.html" type="external">statement</a> on Thursday, and a council spokesman told NBC, &#8220;We&#8217;re kind of at a loss for words,&#8221; adding that the database plan is comparable to that of prewar Nazi Germany.</p> 
<p>However, when a reporter asked Trump about the difference between Muslim databases and requiring Jews to register in Nazi Germany, Trump replied, &#8220;You tell me.&#8221; He did not answer when asked what consequences would be implemented for Muslims who refused to register. He later denied responding to questions regarding a potential Muslim database at all, adding that he didn&#8217;t &#8220;know where you heard that.&#8221;</p> 
<p>Trump isn&#8217;t the only Republican to come under fire regarding comments made after the Paris attacks.</p> 
<p><a type="internal">Ben Carson</a> is <a type="internal">facing criticism</a> for comparing blocking Syrian refugees from entering the U.S. to protecting a child from a &#8220;rabid dog.&#8221;</p> 
<p>Meanwhile, GOP hopeful <a type="internal">Ted Cruz</a> has said that <a type="internal">Obama</a> is endangering the safety of Americans by allowing Syrian Muslim refugees to enter the U.S.</p> 
<p>However, he says, America should provide a &#8220;safe haven&#8221; for Christian refugees. He added that the U.S. would need to &#8220;vet anyone coming in,&#8221; a practice the White House called a &#8220;religious test,&#8221; <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/17/politics/ted-cruz-refugees-syria/" type="external">CNN</a> reports.</p>
Donald Trump Says He Supports a Database and ID Cards to Track Muslims in the U.S.: 'We're Going to Have to Look at the Mosques'