Humayun Khan (officer)

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Humayun Saqib Muazzam Khan (born September 9, 1976 in Dubai , † June 8, 2004 in Baqubah ) was a US Army officer who was killed in a suicide bombing during the Iraq war .

family

Humayun Khan was born in Dubai in 1976. He was the middle of three sons of Khizr and Ghazala Khan, a Muslim family from Pakistan . After Humayun's birth, the family emigrated to the United States and settled in Maryland . Khan graduated from John F. Kennedy High School in Silver Spring , which he graduated in 1996. He then studied until 2000 at the University of Virginia .

Military career

Khan enlisted in the Army and was accepted into the University of Virginia's ROTC program. In 2004 Khan was assigned to the rank of captain of the First Infantry Division and stationed in Vilseck . On June 8, 2004, Khan died in a suicide bombing near Baqubah. He had ordered his soldiers to take cover and faced an approaching vehicle at excessive speed. The explosion killed the two vehicle occupants, Khan and two Iraqi passers-by. Khan was posthumously the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart awarded and he was in the National Cemetery in Arlington buried.

politics

Khan received a lot of attention during the 2016 Philadelphia Democratic Party Congress . The Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton highlighted the merits of Khan. In a speech before the party congress, his father accused the Republican candidate Donald Trump of dividing the nation and violating the constitution by calling for the borders to be closed to Muslims . As a result, Trump attacked Khan's parents. He insinuated that the father had not written his speech himself and that he was controlled by Hillary Clinton's election campaign. He also suggested that Khan's mother was not allowed to speak at the congress for religious reasons. Khan's parents denied the allegations. Trump received criticism from many quarters for his attack.

Honors

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ House Joint Resolution No. 780 of the Virginia General Assembly, January 27, 2005, accessed August 4, 2016.
  2. ↑ NO Small Field, Richard A. Oppel Jr. and Melissa Eddy: moment in Convention glare Shakes Up Khan's' American Life. In: The New York Times . August 6, 2016, accessed August 6, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Stephanie Mc Crummen: Khizr Khan's loss: A grieving father of a soldier struggles to understand. In: The Washington Post . March 22, 2005, accessed July 31, 2016 .
  4. ^ A b Richard A. Oppel: In Tribute to Son, Khizr Khan Offered Citizenship Lesson at Convention. In: New York Times . July 29, 2016, accessed July 30, 2016 .
  5. ^ Rebecca Ballhaus: Khizr Khan, Father of Muslim Army Officer Killed in Iraq, Challenges Donald Trump. In: Wall Street Journal . July 29, 2016, accessed July 30, 2016 .
  6. ↑ Alexander Burns, Maggie Habermas and Ashley Parker: Donald Trump's Confrontation With Muslim Soldier's Parents Emerges as Unexpected Flash Point. In: The New York Times . July 31, 2016, accessed July 31, 2016 .
  7. ↑ Trump insults the parents of a dead US soldier. In: sueddeutsche.de . July 31, 2016, accessed July 31, 2016 .
  8. ↑ Gordon Repinski: Attack against the parents of a dead US soldier: Even Trump supporters go too far. In: Spiegel Online . August 1, 2016, accessed August 2, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Khan, Humayun
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Khan, Humayun Saqib Muazzam
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American officer
DATE OF BIRTH September 9, 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Dubai
DATE OF DEATH June 8, 2004
Place of death at Baqubah