Khizr Khan

Khizr Khan Cancels Canadian Appearance Over Review Of 'travel Privileges

... Toronto because of what was described as a review of his “travel privileges.”. Khan was scheduled to appear at a 7 March 2017 event hosted by Ramsay Talks. The company released a statement a day prior to Khan’s appearance saying that Khan had been “notified that his travel privileges are being reviewed.”. “As a consequence, Mr. Khan will not be traveling to Toronto on March 7 th to speak about tolerance, understanding, unity and the rule of law,” the statement read. The statement also included remarks attributed to Khan, though the agency that reportedly contacted him was not identified. This turn of events is not just of deep concern to me but to all my fellow Americans who cherish our freedom to travel abroad. I have not been given any reason as to why. I am grateful for your support and look forward to visiting Toronto in the near future. Ramsay Talks host Bob Ramsay told Snopes via e-mail that he did not know which agency got in touch with Khan, and that his company was not contacted prior to Khan’s cancellation. Khan, who was born in Pakistan, ...

Khizr Khan Rose To Fame With His Emotional Pleas Against Trump. Now He's Targeting The 'politics Of Fear

... from Los Angeles who works at the nonprofit Asian Americans Advancing Justice. “We should train ourselves.… How do we prepare our leaders? How do we make them more mainstream?” Khan said. He encouraged Muslims to run for local office. “We just vote and we come home we think we have participated. No, the time has come. Think of how many times Abraham Lincoln ran and lost.”. Tahil Sharma, an interfaith activist born to Sikh and Hindu parents, asked Khan how Muslims and non-Muslims could work together to combat bigotry and hate. We will support whoever champions our causes … We cannot be ignored for too long. — Khizr Khan. “How do we across different cultural and religious communities seek the reconciliation we need to put our guard down to understand different communities and build the bridges that we need. to help us to fight for the justice that requires a lot of energy?” said Sharma, a 24-year-old from Claremont who works for AMP Global Youth, a part of the nonprofit Americans for Informed Democracy. Khan nodded, suggesting he saw it as the job of Muslims to build ties to other religious communities, giving an example of the religious items he keeps in his home. “If ...

Khizr Khan’s Message To Protesters Against Muslim Ban

... ban he touted on the campaign trail. But Khan said he still has hope. “Our patriotic leaders, our Republican leaders, will realize that such behavior is contrary to our values, is contrary to the Constitution and the protections granted to all of us through the Constitution will prevail,” he said. “And the patriots that are heading the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, Department of State, will put their foot down and stop this mockery of our civil liberties, mockery of our rights coming from the four walls of the White House.”. After the U. S. Court of Appeals for the 9 th Circuit  upheld the suspension of the executive order last week , Trump responded with a tweet. “SEE YOU IN COURT,” it read, suggesting the administration is willing to defend the ban in the Supreme Court. The administration has also said it would consider issuing an entirely new executive order on the issue. “I ask ...

Interview With Khizr Khan

... Our son benefitted from it. Other sons benefitted from that service to others. That is the concept that is enshrined in the programs and the environment and the teachings at the University of Virginia. So it is service to others that takes us back again and again and guides us to continue to support the programs that we are involved with. Of course, it reminds us of Captain Humayun Khan every time we put our feet on the sacred grounds of the University of Virginia. It reminds us of Captain Humayun Khan, but such is life. HPR: When you spoke at the DNC, did you foresee a Trump presidency as a realistic possibility. KK: [Laughing] No, no, no, no, no. Not even in my wildest dreams. No, we did not expect this. We were as shocked as the rest of the nation. HPR: In your DNC speech, you received significant attention for your offer to lend President Trump a copy of the Constitution and your comment that he had “sacrificed nothing and no one.” What do ...

5 Lessons From Khizr Khan

... he referred to the “clown show in the White House,” and he mentioned a “lack of moral compass” multiple times. It is clear that he does not see much hope for the administration going forward. 4. Values Matter: Mr. Khan called on students to read not only the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, but the Declaration of Independence as well. He said that it was an important reminder of “what this nation has gone through” and the values behind our system of government. As Mr. Khan knows all too well, our system of law was not created in a vacuum, but was rather the product of deep moral principles that we still celebrate today. 5. He Still has Faith in America: Given the results of the election and the recent so-called Muslim ban, I somewhat expected Mr. Khan to be pessimistic about our country’s future. Although he admitted he was saddened by what has gone on, nothing could be further from the truth. He noted how he was heartened to see the strong public reaction at airports against Trump’s Executive Order on immigration. He referred to the Trump Administration as a “small dark chapter in the ...

Ben Carson Referred To Slaves As 'immigrants' While Addressing His Department

... to be literally suffocated by stupidity; also TBD whether Carson read the news today. [ USA Today ]. The Trump administration is proposing a 17 percent cut in the budget for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, including a coastal resilience program that seeks to protect cities from storms and rising oceans. A good way to beat the coastal elites—just drown ‘em! (And, whoops, also Mar-a-Lago!) [ Washington Post ]. The Trump administration, which includes multiple people who have been accused of domestic violence and which may cut funding for Violence Against Women grants in the Justice Department, has included in its new travel ban a directive for the DHS to collect and publicize “information regarding the number and types of gender-based violence against women, including so-called ‘honor killings,’ in the United States by foreign nationals.” [ Think Progress ]. Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) has urged the president to “purge Leftists from the executive branch.” [ The Hill ]. FBI director James Comey, who is currently reported to be at odds with the Justice Department, was reportedly “incredulous” after this ...

New Travel Ban Has A Better Chance Of Surviving Court Challenges Than The Old One

... that this order arises from anti-religion bias. It will be much harder to show connections between anti-Muslim statements made during the campaign and the motives behind this order. John Yoo, UC Berkeley law professor who worked in President George W. Bush’s Department of Justice. Erwin Chemerinsky in 2009. (Robert Lachman / Los Angeles Times). This is certainly better drafted than the prior version, especially with regard to not excluding those who have the lawful right to be in the United States. But it still designates majority Muslim countries where there is no linkage to terrorism in the United States. This still runs afoul of the 1965 Immigration Act, which prohibits discrimination based on national origin. And based on prior statements of President Trump that Christians would be allowed in, this still can be challenged as a Muslim ban. Put simply, it corrects some of the problems courts found with ...

Khizr Khan, Reluctant Activist

... the U. S. Constitution — even offering to loan him the pocket copy he pulled from his suit jacket — became an indelible, signature moment in the 2016 election, and sent publishers scurrying to meet the overnight demand for copies of the 226-year-old document. Wednesday evening, Khan criticized the new administration, saying it has shown malice by fomenting racial and social division and advancing an anti-Muslim, anti-immigrant agenda, such as with the recent executive order to restrict immigration by residents of seven predominantly Muslim countries and suspend refugee admission to the United States. While “saddened” at the outcome of the election, Khan said he has been hopeful and heartened since then by large and small grassroots reactions around the nation, from the massive show of unity at women’s marches and airport protests to remarks from strangers who have thanked him for speaking out or simply walked up to him and said, “’I am with you.’”. “That is an indication that the majority of this country still remembers its tradition, its values enshrined in the Constitution: pluralism, equal dignity … and equal protection of law,” he told ...