'You have sacrificed nothing': Parents of Muslim soldier who died fighting for America slams 'the divider' Donald Trump and asks him: 'Have you even read the Constitution?'
Khizr Khan fiercely attacked the billionaire businessman at the DNC
His son Capt. Humayun Khan died in 2004 when a car bomb blew up in Iraq
Mr Khan pulled a copy of the Constitution out of his pocket and waved it
'Look for the words "liberty' and 'equal protection of law,' he said to Trump
He urged Muslims, immigrants and patriots to 'not take election lightly'
Pakistan-born Khizr Khan, the father of a Muslim-American who died fighting for his country, fiercely attacked Donald Trump at the Democratic convention in Philadelphia while waving a copy of the constitution
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The father of a Muslim American soldier killed in Iraq posed a question to Donald Trump: Have you read the Constitution?
To rapturous cheers, Pakistan-born Khizr Khan fiercely attacked the billionaire businessman Thursday at the Democratic convention in Philadelphia, saying that if it was up to Trump, his son never would have been American or served in the military.
Khan said that Hillary Clinton, by contrast, 'called my son the best of America.'
Capt. Humayun Khan died in 2004 when a car loaded with explosives blew up at his compound. He was 27
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The address was the latest effort by Democrats to highlight their diversity and criticize Trump's most contentious plans. Beyond his proposed wall across Mexico, the billionaire businessman has threatened to ban Muslims from entering the United States if he becomes president.
Capt. Humayun Khan died in 2004 when a car loaded with explosives blew up at his compound. He was 27.
Honoring his son, Khizr Khan pulled a copy of the Constitution out of his suit pocket and offered to lend it to Trump.
'Look for the words "liberty' and 'equal protection of law,'' he said standing next to his wife, waving the paperback document vigorously.
Trump, Khan argued, was imperiling that ideal with his smears of Muslims, women, judges and other groups. He urged Muslims, immigrants and all patriots to 'not take this election lightly'
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'Have you ever been to Arlington cemetery?' he then asked. 'Go look at the graves of brave Americans who died defending United States of America.
'You will see all faiths, genders and ethnicities. You have sacrificed nothing.'
Khan, who moved to the U.S. in 1980, said he and his wife were 'patriotic American Muslims with undivided loyalty to our country.'
'Like many immigrants, we came to this country emptyhanded,' he said, believing that with hard work he could raise his three sons 'in a nation where they were free to be themselves and follow their dreams.'
Trump, Khan argued, was imperiling that ideal with his smears of Muslims, women, judges and other groups.
He urged Muslims, immigrants and all patriots to 'not take this election lightly.'
'Vote for the healer,' Khan said, 'not the divider.'
It makes me so incredibly mad that people continue to target innocent Muslims, when they are probably the biggest victims to groups like ISIS. This man's son is the living definition of an American hero and took his patriotism all the way to his final steps. Shame on anyone that would disagree with that.
I am outraged that anybody could have anything against that man and his family. He is an American, his son was an American and died for the country. You cannot give a country more than your life.
I hate Trump and his hate-mongers. God Bless the family in the video and every sane American.
Faces of the American Muslims who died fighting for their country after 9/11 revealed as fallen soldier's father tells Trump: 'You have sacrificed nothing and no-one'
Khizr Khan fiercely attacked the billionaire businessman at the DNC
His son Capt. Humayun Khan died in 2004 when a car bomb blew up in Iraq
Mr Khan pulled a copy of the Constitution out of his pocket and waved it
'Look for the words 'liberty' and 'equal protection of law,' he said to Trump
He urged Muslims, immigrants and patriots to 'not take election lightly'
Daily Mail Online profiles Capt Khan and nine other fallen Muslim servicemen who died after 9/11
One signed up days after attacks and another died on second day of Iraq War
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...9816704718.jpg Faces of the fallen: Muslim Americans killed in combat are, top row, left to right: Staff Sergrant Daniel Isshak; Specialist Omead H. Razani; Captain Humayun Saqib Muazzam Khan; Marine Staff Sergeant Kendall Damon Waters-Bey; 1st Lieutenant Mohsin A. Naqvi; bottom row, left to right: Major James M. Ahearn; Specialist Kareem R. Khan; Specialist Rasheed Sahib; Specialist Azhar Ali; Staff Sergeant Ayman A. Taha.
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But Captain Khan is not the only Muslim-American to die in the line of duty.
At least 10 others were killed in Iraq and Afghanistan with some reports saying that at least 14 died in the decade after 9/11.
In fact Muslims have fought for America in every major conflict going back to and including the Revolutionary War.
More than 15,000 Arab Americans fought for the Allies during the Second World War and hundreds have served in diplomatic positions or as translators for US troops since then.
A report from 2011 showed that 6,024 Muslims have fought honorably in in the US military since 9/11, a number which is doubtless higher today.
One of the highest ranking Muslims was Marine Colonel Douglas Burpee, who spent more than 20 years in the military.
In one interview he said: 'Everyone knows I'm a Muslim. When I fly, attached to my dog tags, I wear a pendant with a passage from the Koran'.
Daily Mail Online has profiled some of Captain Khan's contemporaries who have made the ultimate sacrifice for their country.
Muslim soldier's mother sobs on TV as father Khizr Khan says he's 'grateful' for words of support from Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell amid continued attacks from Trump
Khizr Khan and his wife Ghazala Khan spoke on the Today show Monday morning
The Gold Star parents, who lost their son fighting for the U.S. in Iraq, have been attacked by Trump on social media for their speech at the DNC
Trump claimed he had been 'viciously' attacked by the Khans and not given the chance to respond
In the wake of Trump's comments, both House Speaker Ryan and Senator Majority Leader McConnell have issued statements supporting the Khans
The same veterans organization in which members happily cheered 'Lock her up!' alongside Donald Trump during his appearance at its national conference six days ago is now taking him to task.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars put out a statement today saying that Trump was 'out-of-bounds' for attacking Ghazala Khan, a Muslim-American Gold Star mother whose husband spoke out against Trump's Muslim ban at last week's Democratic National Convention.
'Election year or not, the VFW will not tolerate anyone berating a Gold Star family member for exercising his or her right of speech expression,' said Brian Duffy, the newly-elected leader of the Veterans of Foreign Wars organization.
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VFW STATEMENT OF SUPPORT FOR GOLD STAR FAMILY
Presidential candidate Donald J. Trump has a history of lashing out after being attacked, but to ridicule a Gold Star Mother is out-of-bounds, said the new national commander of the near 1.7 million-member Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States and its Auxiliary.
'Election year or not, the VFW will not tolerate anyone berating a Gold Star family member for exercising his or her right of speech or expression,' said Brian Duffy, of Louisville, Ky., who was elected July 27 to lead the nation's oldest and largest major war veterans organization.
'There are certain sacrosanct subjects that no amount of wordsmithing can repair once crossed,' he said. 'Giving one's life to nation is the greatest sacrifice, followed closely by all Gold Star families, who have a right to make their voices heard.'
