Muslim group asks women to speak out against Trump

A prominent Muslim group is urging women to speak out against Donald Trump after the Republican presidential nominee made disparaging remarks about the mother of a slain US soldier.

In a press release on Sunday, the Council on American-Islamic Relations called on Muslim women activists to “tweet about who they are and how they speak out,” using the hashtag #CanYouHearUsNow.

Trump drew condemnation from both sides of the aisle over the weekend after he belittled the parents of Captain Humayun Khan, who was killed in Iraq in 2004.

Last Thursday night, Khizr Khan addressed the Democratic National Convention, denouncing Trump as unpatriotic and selfish over his divisive rhetoric against immigrants and Muslims.

Trump responded, in part, by suggesting that Ghazala Khan, the mother of the fallen soldier, was silent during her husband’s speech at the DNC because she was not “allowed” to speak.

In an op-ed in the Washington Post published on Sunday, Ghazala Khan said that she did not intend to speak during the convention because she would get emotional.

“Walking onto the convention stage, with a huge picture of my son behind me, I could hardly control myself,” she wrote. “What mother could? Donald Trump has children whom he loves. Does he really need to wonder why I did not speak?” 

CAIR also demanded that Trump apologize to the Khan family.

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