From Associated Press
July 21, 2011
by Jesse Washington
But Arsalan Iftikhar, an international human rights lawyer and author of the upcoming book “Islamic Pacifism: Global Muslims in the Post-Osama Era,” said the Norway attacks “proved that terrorism can be committed by a person of any race, nationality or religion.”
Iftikhar, who is Muslim, said one effect of the tragedy would be “to restart a debate on the term terrorism, and who and when the term should be applied.
“Sadly, the last ten years, the term has been co-opted in public discourse and only applies to Muslims,” he said. “Now here we have a right-wing Christian extremist who has committed an act of terror, and many people don’t know how to react.”
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