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Undated:
Khizr Muazzam Khan (born
1950) and Ghazala Khan (born 1951) are the
Pakistani American parents of
United States Army Captain
Humayun Khan, who was killed in 2004 during the
Iraq War.
The couple received international attention following a speech at the
2016 Democratic National Convention that criticized
Republican presidential candidate
Donald
Trump.
Immigration
to the United States
They moved from the UAE to the United States in 1980. Their first home in
the US was in
Houston, Texas, where the family stayed while Khizr went to receive
LL.M. degrees from the
University of Missouri Law School in 1982 and
Harvard Law School in 1986.[4][5]
In 1986 they also became
American citizens.[1]
Khizr, Ghazala, and their two sons then moved to
Silver Spring, Maryland, where their third son, Omer, was born.[1][6][7]
Khizr went on to work at the Washington, D.C., office of the
law firm
of
Hogan & Hartson, one of the largest lobbying firms in the United States,
where he was employed as the firm's manager of litigation technology from 2000
to 2007.[8]
Death of Humayun Khan
Their middle child, Humayun, attended the University of Virginia, where he
became a cadet in its
Army ROTC program. Upon graduating in 2000, he was commissioned in the
Army as a way to earn money for law school and because, according to Khizr,
Humayun "felt that ROTC had completed him as a person, and he wanted to give
back."[9][10]
He rose to the rank of
captain and served in Iraq during the
Iraq War.
In 2004, at the age of 27, Humayun was killed in
Baqubah,
Iraq, in an explosion. He was inspecting a guard post when he saw a suspicious
vehicle approaching. Ordering his subordinates to stay back, he stepped forward
to engage. The car was later determined to have been carrying more than 200
pounds of explosives, and when it detonated he was killed along with the two
suicide attackers.[6][7][9]
He was posthumously awarded the
Bronze Star Medal and
Purple
Heart and is interred at
Arlington National Cemetery.[1][6]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khizr_and_Ghazala_Khan
-- 2016 --
July 28:
[Khizr Khan speech at the Democratic National Convention]
Tonight we are honoured to stand here as parents of Captain Humayun Khan and as
patriotic American Muslims - with undivided loyalty to our country.
Like many immigrants, we came to this country empty-handed. We believed in
American democracy; that with hard work and goodness of this country, we could
share in and contribute to its blessings.
We are blessed to raise our three sons in a nation where they were free to be
themselves and follow their dreams.
Our son, Humayun, had dreams too, of being a military lawyer, but he put those
dreams aside the day he sacrificed his life to save the lives of his fellow
soldiers. Hillary Clinton was right when she called my son 'the best of
America'.
If it was up to Donald Trump, he never would have been in America. Donald Trump
consistently smears the character of Muslims. He disrespects other
minorities; women; judges; even his own party leadership.
He vows to build walls, and ban us from this country. Donald Trump, you're
asking Americans to trust you with their future.
Let me ask you: have you even read the United States constitution? I will gladly
lend you my copy. [he pulls it out] In this document, look for the
words 'liberty' and 'equal protection of law'.
Have you ever been to Arlington Cemetery? Go look at the graves of brave
patriots who died defending the United States of America.
You will see all faiths, genders and ethnicities. You have sacrificed nothing
and no one.
We cannot solve our problems by building walls, sowing division. We are stronger
together. And we will keep getting stronger when Hillary Clinton becomes our
President.
In conclusion, I ask every patriot American, all Muslim immigrants, and all
immigrants to not take this election lightly.
This is a historic election, and I request to honour the sacrifice of my son
- and on election day, take the time to get out and vote.
And vote for the healer. vote for the strongest, most qualified candidate,
Hillary Clinton, not the divider. God bless you, thank you.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/dnc-2016-khizr-khan-donald-trump-read-full-transcript-father-muslim-soldier-a7161616.html
[July 29]
July 31: Mr Trump responded to the criticism
in an interview with ABC's This Week.
"If you look at his wife, she was standing there," he said, "She had nothing to
say... Maybe she wasn't allowed to have anything to say. You tell me."
In an interview for ABC on Saturday, Ghazala Khan said: "When I was standing
there, all of America felt my pain, without a single word. I don't know how he
missed that."
"Please Mr Trump, feel that pain and you will be better.
https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2016-36935175
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