From CNN
ARSALAN IFTIKHAR (The Islamic Monthly): “Well…I can attribute it [the rise of Islamophobia & anti-Muslim hate crimes] to two words: ‘Donald Trump’…If you can replace the word ‘Muslims’ with ‘Jews’ and sound like a Nazi…Then you probably shouldn’t say it…Governor Jeb Bush called him ‘unhinged’…Senator Lindsey Graham said that he could go to hell…Even Dick Cheney condemned Donald Trump for his rhetoric…
ARSALAN IFTIKHAR (The Islamic Monthly): “If we’re trying to stay safe from ISIS…We need to not vote for Donald Trump because he is sadly disintegrating this ‘gray-zone’ of coexistence which is exactly what ISIS wants…Again we have to understand that just like we didn’t blame all Christians when the Planned Parenthood shooter- who was a self-professed Christian extremist- committed those acts of terrorism…So, too, should we not blame the entire American Muslim community for the acts of a fringe either…”
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