<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:14.1pt;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:black">I teared up listening to this and reading Mrs. Khan column</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:14.1pt;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:black">Khizr Khan, the Muslim-American lawyer thrust
into the spotlight this week after speaking at the Democratic National
Convention about his soldier son and criticizing Donald Trump, says he has no
regrets about the speech or the attention that followed.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:black">"I
will do it [a] million times, I will do it louder, I will do it
forcefully," Khan told Kelly McEvers, host of NPR's <i>All Things
Considered</i>. "I'll do it [a] hundred million times — now is the time
for the rest of the world to see the true America, the decent America, the good
America."</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:14.1pt;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:black"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:14.1pt;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:black">Khan's son, Capt. Humayun Khan, was killed in
Iraq in 2004. During Khan's convention speech, he painted Trump's policies
toward immigration as un-American and held up a pocket Constitution challenging
Republican nominee Trump to read it.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:14.1pt;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:black">Trump and his allies hit back at the Khan
family — the candidate said Khan's wife, Ghazala, stood next to him silently
because "maybe she wasn't allowed to have anything to say, you tell
me." Trump's comments were then condemned by political leaders on both
sides of the aisle including Republican veteran Sen. John McCain. The Khans
consistently did interviews on television and radio stations.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:14.1pt;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:black">But Khizr Khan says that although the family
has received hate mail and threats, the overwhelming support from strangers —
from cabdrivers to teenage college students — is what has stayed with him.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:14.1pt;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:black">Strangers have also flocked to their son's
gravesite at Arlington National Cemetery.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:14.1pt;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:black">"I was there and I was just amazed,"
Khan said. "There were so many flowers and so many people. ... It is an
honor."</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:14.1pt;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:black">The Khans said they have also visited since
the convention speech. Khan said that when he went, "I did what I do all
the time. I stand their quietly and I close my eyes, and I talk to my
creator."</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:14.1pt;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:black">Khan said that while his family's grief over
the loss of their son has been mostly private for the past 12 years, he doesn't
regret the story being so public now. "We are very deliberate people. We
have discussed that there is going to be criticism," he said.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:14.1pt;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:black">He said that all the support the family is
receiving now is a testament to his son's "grace."</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:14.1pt;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:black">"The way he sacrificed his life, that
grace continues to shine. All these words and events, and this public reception
of us as his parents — this is all under that grace of caring for others,"
Khan said.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:14.1pt;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:black">Khan also addressed criticism that they
shouldn't have used their son's death to wade into politics. He said he thought
about staying out of the political conversation but ultimately felt that
calling out Trump was worth the "price" that he has had to pay:</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:14.1pt;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:black">"I would have such a burden on my
conscience if I would have not spoken. In the midst of the grief, we don't set
our conscience aside. There are some prices that must be paid. There are
certain concerns and certain hearts that must be touched regardless of the
price," he said.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:black">"Someday, and I'm a strong believer,
that when we appear in front of our God, I will have one thing to say about
myself. That regardless of this, I preferred to comfort a scared heart."</span></p>

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