Muslim women around the world started posting pictures with the hashtag #CanYouHearUsNow on Twitter after Trump decided Ghazala Khan was not “allowed” to speak at the DNC because the couple was Muslim.
The mother of an American Muslim soldier who was killed in Iraq castigated Republican Donald Trump on Sunday as ignorant of Islam and of sacrifice after he questioned her silence during her husband’s speech at the Democratic National Convention.
“Donald Trump said that maybe I wasn’t allowed to say anything. That is not true,” she wrote in a Washington Post opinion piece, adding that she decided not to speak at the convention because of her pain over the 2004 death of her son.
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Muslim women took to Twitter to shut down Trump’s ignorant views regarding women’s role in Islam.
Sometimes Muslim women want to speak in public. Sometimes we don’t. Both are excellent choices. #CanYouHearUsNow pic.twitter.com/vTCxr3rPoa
— Footybedsheets (@_shireenahmed_) 1 August 2016
Got 2nd degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do, memorized Quran & can dribble circles arnd ur ignorance #CanYouHearUsNow pic.twitter.com/OJeqshNdz4
— Maryam Amir (@maryam_amire) 1 August 2016
Me after winning an attorney award & told that my openings were the best heard in 30 years #CanYouHearUsNow pic.twitter.com/6ESiKoFDVK
— Ayah Housini (@ayahhhousini) 1 August 2016
I train young peace activists on effective advocacy using storytelling, media & social media #CanYouHearUsNow pic.twitter.com/6e7GWq3vG6
— rabia chaudry (@rabiasquared) 1 August 2016
@AmeenaGK @Penn @realDonaldTrump The only way for him to truly hear is to GOTV in PA & trounce him
— Kayly Ober (@KaylyOber) 1 August 2016
#CanYouHearUsNow As a politics professor I lecture to many silent men, because I’m the expert in the room. @lsarsour pic.twitter.com/dVUZQTpe65
— Dalia Fahmy (@DaliaFFahmy) 1 August 2016
Stanford PhD female faculty teaching the next generation of Muslim leadership in the U.S. @zaytuna #CanYouHearUsNow pic.twitter.com/GJccSbpJu7
— Zaytuna College (@zaytunacollege) 1 August 2016
I became a journalist to pursue transparency to clarify misrepresentations. Misrepresentations that u shamelessly create. #CanYouHearUsNow
— Noor Wazwaz (@nfwazwaz) 1 August 2016
speaking out on freedom of expression, campus activism for a TEDx talk & against islamophobic media #CanYouHearUsNow pic.twitter.com/8flC37ofai
— Urooba • عروبه • (@uroobajamal) 1 August 2016
And some users reminded Donald Trump about a young Muslim girl from Pakistan, Malala Yousafzai, who is also Nobel Prize winner, bringing positive changes in the world despite all challenges she has faced.
Hey @realDonaldTrump, meet Malala Yousafzai: done more good for the world before turning 21 than you’ll do in 3 lifetimes #CanYouHearUsNow
— Saeed Khan (@saeedkhan1967) 1 August 2016
We raise Nobel Peace Prize winners, we are Nobel Peace Prize winners. #CanYouHearUsNow
— Linda Sarsour (@lsarsour) 1 August 2016
Have you heard of Malala? Pakistani. Girl. Youngest EVER Nobel prize laureate. Yeah, she speaks too. #CanYouHearUsNow
— Isra Hashmi (@israhash) 1 August 2016
