Trump remarked about Khan’s silence during her husband’s speech at the Democratic National Convention, insinuating that she had remained silent because she was not allowed to speak as a Muslim woman.
“Maybe she wasn’t allowed to have anything to say — you tell me,” Trump said on ABC News.
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Khan refuted Trump’s statement saying “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 had decided not to speak at the convention because of her pain over the 2004 death of her son.
Following the incident, Muslim women and activists across the United States launched a social media campaign under the hashtag #CanYouHearUsNow to express solidarity with Khan.
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Using the hashtag, Muslim women also dispelled misconceptions about women in Islam while getting back at Trump. Here are some of the tweets that prove Muslim women are a force to be reckoned with.
https://twitter.com/almmura/status/760138353962463232
#CanYouHearUsNow @realDonaldTrump? Listen harder, because we Muslimahs are a force to be reckoned with.
— Noor ☭ Jar Jar Drinks 🔻 (@LezbollahMothra) July 31, 2016
Mr. Trump, I won a White House Correspondent's award in the same event that you walked out of. #CanYouHearUsNow pic.twitter.com/cjww4CMoq2
— Haia Radwan (@Haia_Radwan) August 1, 2016
.@realDonaldTrump: Proudly speaking @Kennedy_School @harvard about my work with @UN & #SocialGood #CanYouHearUsNow ? pic.twitter.com/cDQtIUY8B4
— Hazami Barmada (@HazamiBarmada) August 1, 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) August 1, 2016
https://twitter.com/chaudary_zainab/status/760114214740627456
@realDonaldTrump
— Fauzia (@Rabwhian) August 1, 2016
A Muslim lady went to your rally Mr.Trump, it was you who did not let her speak not her Muslim husband!#CanYouHearUsNow
Mr.Trump - if you think we're silenced, you're in for a big surprise on November 8th. #ImWithHer #CanYouHearUsNow
— Sumrah Iqbal (@sumrahi_) August 1, 2016
https://twitter.com/namd4kids/status/760118865934241792
"ISIS has as much to do with Islam as the Ku Klux Klan has to do with Christianity." @DMogahed 🔥 #CanYouHearUsNow https://t.co/Q9bucHUwuF
— Shannon Coulter (@shannoncoulter) August 1, 2016
https://twitter.com/RimSarah/status/760121376028123137
I was a national surrogate for @berniesanders spreading a message of respect & equality for all. #CanYouHearUsNow pic.twitter.com/bfRjoMwQWE
— Linda Sarsour (@lsarsour) August 1, 2016
I'm not silent when ISIS tries to hijack my religion. I replace their hatred with love & doughnuts. #CanYouHearUsNow pic.twitter.com/8KtnJtHRLx
— TheMostMona (@mona_haydar) August 1, 2016
I train young peace activists on effective advocacy using storytelling, media & social media #CanYouHearUsNow pic.twitter.com/6e7GWq3vG6
— rabia O'chaudry (@rabiasquared) August 1, 2016
https://twitter.com/maryam_amire/status/760197615463964672
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