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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

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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Padmakar Aug 02, 2016 03:33pm

Well Done Girls..Now raise your voices for rights of Non Muslims in Muslim majority countries.

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Javid Aug 02, 2016 03:51pm

You have done us proud, Muslim ladies

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Changez_Khan Aug 02, 2016 04:26pm

Great ladies. We hear you loud and clear.

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Salman Tarik Kureshi Aug 02, 2016 04:47pm

The US must hide it's face before the world for the fact that someone like Trump could even be considered suitable to stand for public office. Yes, there are plenty of boorish, misogynistic racists everywhere; but even we backward Third Worlders would not consider them in any way suitable for election to the highest office. In the eyes of the world, done immense damage has been done to America's moral standing...which is already irrecoverable even if Trump is defeated!

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Tariq Aug 02, 2016 04:57pm

Is Donald Trump a better speaker than the slain lady prime minister of Pakistan- Banazir Bhutto? He Wish!

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adil Aug 02, 2016 05:18pm

Need to remind Trump that Pakistan had two times females prime minister and so does Bangladesh, both are Muslims countries. Any female president yet from USA?

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Imran Ahmed Aug 02, 2016 05:22pm

We hear you!

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Jawaid Kamal Aug 02, 2016 06:18pm

Call them hijabi, millions of muslim women do not wear hijab and they are still muslim.

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Saman Aug 02, 2016 06:27pm

Words can explain the feeling after reading that every Muslim woman came out to support each other. We Muslims just need cooperation with each other and nothing can stop us then. Stay blessed all beautiful souls. May you do best in your profession. Ameen

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Fahad Aug 02, 2016 06:31pm

Why the need to justify? A fool made an ignorant comment and all of us got at the back foot to defend? How about if somebody else made a comment "look at Trump's wife, she wore a short dress. Maybe she had to wear a short dress to look good. Maybe she was forced!" Yeah, people would say what rubbish and move on. My point, just say what rubbish and move on!

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Sara Aug 02, 2016 08:36pm

Trump does not understand the pain of a mother who has lost her son fighting for this great country. He should send his son to Iraq or Afghanistan or Syria to fight against ISIS. Only then him and his wife would understand how difficult it is on a mother to remember her son.

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Sarwar, USA. Aug 02, 2016 09:08pm

They are all better than Trump!!

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idea Aug 02, 2016 09:23pm

Trump very skillfully avoided the attention from him and diverted towards Khan's wife. We should not have fallen trap into his trick. We should not have responded so strongly to his comments to Khan's wife. Unfortunately we are spending our energy answering Dump's silly objections and this is exactly what he wants.

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Ali Anwer Aug 02, 2016 10:50pm

KUDOS TO THESE YOUNG, TALENTED AND INTELLIGENT WOMEN.

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Iqbal Hadi Zaidi Aug 02, 2016 11:41pm

Trump! Be on your guard as very slowly the wind has already started blowing against you and who knows when it turns into hurricane or tsunami for that matter. Let me pronounce in quite crystal clear terms without any ambiguity that I am not at all related to Khizar Khan who is Pakistani American now and spoke out in open at your election meet saying that his son serving US Army has been killed and quite naturally he demanded some appreciation for his son's sacrifice which was regretfully ignored and thus a new controversy has sprung up which in the long run can not be conducive to your election campaign.I think that in the changed circumstances you should show some soft corner for all those Americans who have died alike which, of course, will not bring back to life those who have died but at least their parents and other loved ones will appreciate your such noble gesture.Please hurry up if you agree with me lest it will be too late to undo the damage. Iqbal Hadi Zaidi

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Shah, Canada Aug 02, 2016 11:46pm

Well said and collected... drop your mic Mr. Trump...

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Haredim Aug 03, 2016 02:10am

Both candidates in the presidential race are bad news for a world reeling with hatred and injustice... Hillary Clinton having served as the Secretary of State in the Obama administration is responsible for the mess in Libya and destabilizing Syria. As a hawk among the Democrats aligned with the military-industrial complex she can be much worse for Middle East peace than a Trump who wants to have better relations with Russia to fight ISIL...

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Nixon Aug 03, 2016 04:57am

And the point ? Why do u think people even have that impression about Muslim women ... Few examples cannot speak for the majority

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Riaz khan Aug 03, 2016 08:37am

@Padmakar if you do some thing about delits in your community than you may ask women to do the same in Pakistan.

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bakhtawar Aug 03, 2016 12:15pm

Exactly.....Muslim girls are more social and responsible

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AHMAD KHAN Aug 03, 2016 10:42pm

By responding, you are making yourselves play at someone else's hands... just dont bother !

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Ali Aug 04, 2016 01:16am

Yours Voices are stronger hope Trum has already felt,if not he needs IQ test for sure

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Mansoor Aug 04, 2016 03:00am

These are some attractive and assertive sisters.

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saqib mughal Aug 04, 2016 01:01pm

Fantastic tweets. Trump has no where to hide after his ugly sound bytes.

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saqib mughal Aug 04, 2016 01:14pm

@Sixer From Chakwal he doesn't billions, he doesn't even earn millions. He doesn't release his tax assessment papers so ppl don't find out he's not as rich as he claims

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saqib mughal Aug 04, 2016 01:16pm

@Padmakar non Muslims enjoy more rights, security and freedoms than Muslims in America and in the West are doing right now. You should concentrate on raising your voice for plight of lower case Hindus in india

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ASAD KHAN Aug 04, 2016 11:54pm

Is it not ironic that a MUSLIM man did Trump in. Trump started the fight and now he is losing big time. This is the beginning of his end. There are rumors swirling around that he may even drop out of the race.

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Proud Pakistani Aug 05, 2016 09:43am

@AHMAD KHAN In my opinion the reply was necessary as the election campaign has reached its critical and decisive stages. Any mistakes could be the winning factor for the other and this may well be nail in the coffin for Trump. In other situations I would agree we should not be defensive and ignore such rubbishes.

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