From Public Radio International
February 10, 2017
Trump’s campaign rhetoric is one thing, but US policy is another, says Arsalan Iftikhar.
Iftikhar is a human rights lawyer and the author of “Scapegoats: How Islamophobia Helps Our Enemies & Threatens Our Freedoms.” He says it’s reassuring to hear religious leaders from many different faiths publicly denounce what he sees as a policy aimed squarely at Muslims. The Trump administration has denied that’s the case, though at least one Trump surrogate has indicated otherwise.
“An attack on one religion is an attack on all religions here in the United States,” Iftikhar says.
“We live in a pluralistic society and we’ve seen historical demonization of minority groups since the beginning and the birth of our nation. One of the reasons that my book on Islamophobia is titled ‘Scapegoats’ is because scapegoats is actually a biblical term.”
Iftikhar says it could very well be another group that’s targeted next.
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