Muslimah Next Door
Ghazala Khan Answers Back
By Sunday, after giving a few interviews in which Ghazala Khan explained her painful silence (by choice), she answered back in a big way with an op-ed published in The Washington Post. Just read the essay. Here’s the part that stood out at me the most:
I cannot walk into a room with pictures of Humayun. For all these years, I haven’t been able to clean the closet where his things are — I had to ask my daughter-in-law to do it. Walking onto the convention stage, with a huge picture of my son behind me, I could hardly control myself. What mother could? Donald Trump has children whom he loves. Does he really need to wonder why I did not speak?
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. Husband and wife are part of each other; you should love and respect each other so you can take care of the family.
Indeed, sometimes the bravest thing one can do is be silent. And other times we need to speak out …
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