--- title: Khan Family Says Donald Trump Encourages Anti-Muslim Hate description: The Khan family blames Trump's rhetoric for bringing out the "ugliness" in some of his supporters canonical: https://time.com/4444295/khizr-ghazala-khan-muslim-donald-trump/ author: Daniel White article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-09T00:15:38.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T23:51:03.100Z article:section: Politics og:title: Khan Family Blames Donald Trump for Growing Intolerance Towards Muslims og:description: The Khan family says Trump's rhetoric has emboldened his supporters og:url: https://time.com/4444295/khizr-ghazala-khan-muslim-donald-trump/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt20b9e5a129ab6bcb/6988a08bcd1bba78c6701c55/khizr-khan-media-trump-critic.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Khizr Khan, Ghazala Khan og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Khan Family Blames Donald Trump for Growing Intolerance Towards Muslims twitter:description: The Khan family says Trump's rhetoric has emboldened his supporters twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt20b9e5a129ab6bcb/6988a08bcd1bba78c6701c55/khizr-khan-media-trump-critic.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Khan Family Blames Donald Trump for Growing Intolerance Towards Muslims by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Aug 9, 2016 12:15 AM UTC  Khizr Khan, father of fallen US Army Capt. Humayun S. M. Khan, speaks while his wife Ghazala Khan looks on, during the final day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia on July 28, 2016. Khizr Khan, father of fallen US Army Capt. Humayun S. M. Khan, speaks while his wife Ghazala Khan looks on, during the final day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia on July 28, 2016.Paul Sancya—AP by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Aug 9, 2016 12:15 AM UTC Khizr and Ghazala Khan said Monday that Donald Trump has [emboldened anti-Muslim rhetoric](http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/08/08/khans-blame-trump-growing-intolerance-toward-muslims/88417672/) in the United States. The Gold Star family’s [speech at the Democratic National Convention](http://time.com/4433622/president-obama-donald-trump-khizr-ghazala-khan/) led to an intense rebuttal from Trump — a back-and-forth that has [hurt the GOP candidate’s polling numbers](http://time.com/4442887/trump-clinton-poll-abc-washington-post-khans/). The family has continued to criticize Trump, telling _USA Today_ that Trump’s proposed ban on Muslim immigration is responsible for heightened intolerance. “Most Americans are against this kind of nonsense, but there is an element that has gotten voice, has been encouraged by this political rhetoric, and especially this election season has made it worse,” Khizr Khan, 66, told _USA Today_. “The voices that wouldn’t dare because they were afraid of the decent America to condemn them … have gathered courage to show their ugliness.” The Khan’s son, Humayun, was a U.S. Army captain who died in Iraq in 2004. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4444295/khizr-ghazala-khan-muslim-donald-trump/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4444295/khizr-ghazala-khan-muslim-donald-trump/"},"headline":"Khan Family Blames Donald Trump for Growing Intolerance Towards Muslims","datePublished":"2016-08-09T00:15:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T23:51:03.100Z","description":"\"The voices that wouldn't dare because they were afraid of the decent America to condemn them...have gathered courage to show their ugliness\"","url":"https://time.com/4444295/khizr-ghazala-khan-muslim-donald-trump/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic","Donald Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt20b9e5a129ab6bcb/6988a08bcd1bba78c6701c55/khizr-khan-media-trump-critic.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Daniel White","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/daniel-white/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt20b9e5a129ab6bcb/6988a08bcd1bba78c6701c55/khizr-khan-media-trump-critic.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Khizr Khan, Ghazala Khan","caption":"Khizr Khan, father of fallen US Army Capt. 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