British Prime Minister David Cameron "completely disagrees" with the remarks, which are "divisive, unhelpful and quite simply wrong", a spokeswoman for the Conservative leader said.
Trump called for a "total and complete shutdown" of Muslims entering the US yesterday, in the wake of a mass shooting in California by a Muslim couple believed to have been radicalised.
The statement, the latest in a series of increasingly virulent remarks by Trump in recent weeks, was quickly attacked by presidential rivals and was described as "totally contrary" to US values by the White House.
In a speech yesterday, Trump read part of his statement aloud and said the ban on Muslims entering the US should remain "until our country's representatives can figure out what the hell is going on".
His campaign did not clarify whether the proposed ban would be imposed on both tourists and immigrants, or whether it would affect American Muslims based abroad.
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