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Some in the movement who are much closer to the mainstream despite their overt bigotry, chastised Trump for his comments 鈥� first insulting the mother of army captain Humayun Khan for not speaking as she stood next to her husband who addressed the Democratic National Convention. Trump claimed it was because of Ghazla Khan鈥檚 faith that she did not speak. She that in a piece in the Washington Post, saying that it is very difficult for her still, even after twelve years, to speak about her son and his death.

Her husband called Trump out during the speech, telling the crowd that Trump had 鈥�.鈥� After Trump鈥檚 attacks on the Khan matriarch, the candidate went one step further, that Khizr Khan, the soldiers鈥� father, is a terrorist sympathizer.

Jim Hanson, one of the many talking heads at the anti-Muslim think tank and hate group Center for Security Policy (CSP), and a former Special Forces weapons sergeant , took issue with Trump鈥檚 comments on Twitter. Hanson suggested that Trump should have responded with an attack on Hillary who, Hanson claims, 鈥渨ants to allow the very 聽#Jihadists who killed his son to come here.鈥� Others noted Trump should have used Khizr Khan鈥檚 speech to pivot and ask what have the Clintons sacrificed for this country.

As to be expected, others in the anti-Muslim world, however, couldn鈥檛 resist the temptation to try and tie the Khan family to two if its favorite all-encompassing enemies: Saudi Arabia and the Muslim Brotherhood.

Robert Spencer, co-founder of the anti-Muslim hate group Stop the Islamization of America (SOIA), wrote a piece for his blog Jihad Watch on August 2 claiming Khizr Khan and the Clintons 鈥渉ave extensive ties to the Saudis.鈥� Spencer ended his piece by saying that Trump had every right to answer his 鈥渁ttacks,鈥� and 鈥渟hould have been even stronger in his responses.鈥�

Spencer鈥檚 boss, David Horowitz, head of the hate group David Horowitz Freedom Center, echoed Spencer鈥檚 piece on Twitter, retweeting a letter from Gold Star families lambasting Trump for his attacks on the Khan family and adding the 鈥淗ow easy it is for a Saudi agent & his liberal accomplices to manipulate good people.鈥�

The falsehood about a Muslim Brotherhood connection to the Khan family was concocted by father and son duo Walid and Theodore Shoebat, respectively, two of the most virulent anti-Muslim and anti-LGBT activists on the circuit today.

In a piece posted on the website of the hate group Shoebat Foundation, both men claim Khizr Khan is a 鈥淢uslim Brotherhood agent, working to bring Muslims into the United States.鈥� The Shoebats went on to question the accuracy of the tale of Humayun Khan鈥檚 death, and also discussed 鈥渢he other side of the coin鈥� 鈥� that is, Muslim soldiers who 鈥渋nfiltrated鈥� the U.S. military.

Pamela Geller, an anti-Muslim colleague of Robert Spencer鈥檚, also chimed in, suggesting that there are 鈥渞eal questions鈥� surrounding Humayun Khan鈥檚 death. In an earlier post she wrote, 鈥淭he pity is, these Muslim parents were not decrying the Islamic texts and teachings behind this bloody war and the reason why their son went to war. Instead, they attacked 鈥� Trump.鈥�