Khizr Khan and the risks of standing up to Donald Trump
(This article is from before Khan was warned his travel rights were to be reviewed and he cancelled a planned Toronto talk)
Khizr Khan and the risks of standing up to Donald Trump
https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2017/03/03/khizr-khan-and-the-risks-of-standing-up-to-donald-trump.html
By MARINA JIMENEZForeign Affairs Writer the Toronto Star
Fri., March 3, 2017
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Did you ever imagine you’d become a celebrity advocate?
Not really. I thought I’d return to my private life. But that has not been the case. It’s been an amazing journey. I get offers outside the U.S. I have invitations to go to Sweden, Germany, Oxford. Japan television has been four times to our home. People want to know what are these values I talk about: equal values and due process. They are interested in our constitutional system of government. This clown in the White House needs to become serious and change course. The rest of the world is watching. We shall continue to talk and raise our voice.
Trump is continuing with his efforts to keep Muslims out of the country and to ban citizens from Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. Just last week he said: “We are going to keep radical Islamic terrorists the hell out of our country,” Trump said. What do you make of that?
Trump has said he wants to impose a Muslim ban. He came up with a nonsensical executive order which the courts rejected. To make it even more childish, now he says he’ll come up with a new executive order.
As a patriotic American, I am all for the safety and security of our country. But Trump is going about it the wrong way. He is putting the lives of men and women serving in Muslim countries at risk and alienating local Muslims and strengthening our enemies.
Instead, Trump should heed the advice of experts who have dedicated their lives to security and safety. When our armed forces and CIA go to fight terrorism abroad, they rely on local people supporting them. Our intelligence officers need to assure them that the U.S. values pluralism and equal dignity for all and they will be protected if they migrate to U.S.
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