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Muslim women defy Donald Trump with viral campaign #CanYouHearUsNow

Muslim women defy Donald Trump with viral campaign #CanYouHearUsNow

The hashtag started trending on Twitter after Trump decided Ghazala Khan was not "allowed" to speak at the DNC
02 Aug, 2016

Leave it to Donald Trump to hit a new low.

The presidential candidate (gulp) did not take kindly to the Democratic National Convention speech that was given by Khizr Khan, whose son Humayun Khan, an US Army Captain was killed in Iraq in 2004. Khan's wife, Ghazala joined him on stage but chose not to speak.

Of course Trump went ahead and assumed that she was not "allowed" to speak because the couple is Muslim.

In an Op-Ed in the Washington Post on Sunday, Ghazala clarified: "Donald Trump said that maybe I wasn’t allowed to say anything. That is not true. My husband asked me if I wanted to speak, but I told him I could not. My religion teaches me that all human beings are equal in God’s eyes."

Muslim women on Twitter weren't having any of it either, uh uh.

From L-R: Artwork by Hate Copy and Malala graffiti in the heights of Houston
From L-R: Artwork by Hate Copy and Malala graffiti in the heights of Houston

The Council on American-Islamic Relations called on Muslim women activists to set the record straight and “tweet about who they are and how they speak out.”

We've got some (read: a lot!) ladies of the law in the mix.

And some professors so they can mould young minds to NOT turn out like Trump.

Women from all walks of life really.

And let's not forget we've got a couple of Nobel Prizes under our belt too.

Can you hear us now, Mr. Trump? drops the mic

Comments

ak Aug 02, 2016 02:32pm
I dont know, Im muslim, my sister's a Chartered Accountant, and boy when she speaks, everyone listens. GOOD GOING GIRLS. PROUD OF YOU.
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Pakistan Aug 02, 2016 02:44pm
Further, contribution of women in Pakistan Airforce, Army, Navy, Police, Medical, Science, Education, Politics, Sports and Govt. is remarkable. long live Muslim Women's around the world are great and they live life with dignity and prosperous life.
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Sixer From Chakwal Aug 02, 2016 02:46pm
Well Done Girls. Proud of you. Trump must be thinking that earning billions for years could not protect him from this humiliation from these talented girls. True, money is not everything.
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