who is khizr khan attorney

Joe Biden appoints Pakistani

-born lawyer Khizr Khan to US commission on religious freedom Khan, 71, is a Pakistan-born lawyer who criticized Trump for his disparaging remarks against American Muslims during the 2016 Democratic National Convention (DNC). By Gohar Imdad Published July 31, 2021

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Where did Khizr Khan go to Law School?

Aug 01, 2016 · Khizr Muazzam Khan graduated in Punjab University Law College, as the New York Times confirms. He specialized in International Trade Law in Saudi Arabia. An interest lawyer for Islamic oil companies Khan wrote a paper, called In Defense of OPEC to defend the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), an intergovernmental oil company consisting of …

Who is Khizr Khan?

Aug 02, 2016 · Khizr M. Khan, CFC, HPSC Attorney at Law Khizr Khan is admitted to practice law before the State Courts of New York and also admitted to practice before the United States District Court, Southern District of New York and United States District Court, Western District of New York. He has taught numerous CLE seminars and electronic discovery ...

Who is Khizr Khan wife Ghazala Khan?

Aug 01, 2016 · As it happens, Khan is an immigration attorney who has written in a law journal about Sharia law and it’s purity. He was the co-founder of the Journal of Contemporary Issues in Muslim Law [Sharia Law]. Khan wrote “Juristic Classification Of Islamic Law” in the Houston Journal of International Law in 1983.

Was John McCain Khizr Khan's'hero'?

Mr. Khan is the founder of the ESI Institute which offers courses and seminars on US and cross-border electronic discovery law and HIPAA Compliance related topics world wide and the founder President of The Constitution Literacy Center, Washington DC. Mr. Khan is also the founder of a pro bono project since 2010 which provides legal services to ...

Where is Khizr Khan from?

Khizr Khan was born in 1950, the eldest of ten children, to poultry farming parents in Gujranwala, a city in Pakistan 's Punjab Province. Ghazala is also from Punjab, born in 1951 in Faisalabad. The couple met while attending the University of Punjab, where Ghazala studied Persian and Khizr pursued an LL.B. in the Law College.

What did Khizr Khan do after Trump won the election?

After Trump's victory in the presidential election, in response to his announced nominations for cabinet positions before the inauguration, Khizr Khan urged the Senate Judiciary Committee to reject Senator Jeff Sessions as Attorney General, pointing out the Senate's rejection of Sessions in 1986 for a federal judgeship over racism concerns, and adding that Sessions "does not understand patriotic dissent." Khizr also voiced opposition against Trump's travel ban on seven Muslim-majority countries, threatening an anti-Trump boycott if the ban was not repealed.

Who are Humayun Khan's parents?

Khizr and Ghazala Khan. Khizr Muazzam Khan (born 1950) and Ghazala Khan (born 1951) are the Pakistani American parents of United States Army Captain Humayun Khan, who was killed in 2004 during the Iraq War.

Where did the Khans move to?

Following Humayun's death, the Khans moved to Charlottesville, Virginia, to be closer to their other sons. Ghazala began working at a fabric store and Khizr continued his legal consulting, working in commercial law and specializing in electronic discovery.

How did Humayun die?

He rose to the rank of captain and served in Iraq during the Iraq War. In 2004, at the age of 27, Humayun was killed in Baqubah, Iraq, in an explosion. He was inspecting a guard post when he saw a suspicious vehicle approaching. Ordering his subordinates to stay back, he stepped forward to engage.

Was Khizr Khan a political figure?

Politics. Before 2015, the Khans had not been publicly political. In the 1980s, Khizr was a strong supporter of Ronald Reagan, but in 2015 he had a strong negative reaction to then-candidate Donald Trump's speech promoting the idea of banning Muslims from entering the country.