Bereaved Muslim parents criticise ‘ignorant’ Donald Trump

The parents of a soldier who died while on active service with the US Army in Iraq have accused Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump of ignorance for his criticism of them after their appearance at the Democratic National Convention.

Ghazala Khan, the mother of slain US Army Captain Humayun Khan, wrote an opinion piece for The Washington Post that explained why she stood without speaking on the Democratic Party convention stage last week as her husband castigated Trump for his comments about Muslims.

“Donald Trump said that maybe I wasn’t allowed to say anything. That is not true,” Mrs Khan wrote, adding that she did not speak because of her pain over the 2004 death of her son.