COLUMNS
CNN COLUMN: “Holy Jihad, Batman! Al-Qaeda Offers Condolences?”
Arsalan Iftikhar CNN AC360° Contributor Founder, TheMuslimGuy.com December 14, 2009 Holy jihad, Batman! Did Al-Qaeda just officially offer condolences to innocent civilians murdered by their stupid acts of terrorism? Well, sort of… According to CNN, Adam Gadahn- also known as ‘Azzam … Continue reading
CNN COLUMN: “The 5 ‘Wanna-Be’ Terrorists: Wake-Up Call for Our Muslim Youth”
Arsalan Iftikhar | CNN AC360° Contributor December 11, 2009 Dude…You have got to be kidding me… With the recent arrest of five young American Muslims in Sargodha, Pakistan on alleged charges of terrorism by Pakistani authorities, many of the over 7 … Continue reading
COLUMN: “Hey Switzerland: We Don’t Need Your Minarets”
November 30, 2009 By Arsalan Iftikhar True/Slant Contributor First of all: Yes, it was indeed a slap in the face to Swiss (and European) Muslims that a recent ‘popular referendum’ vote backed primarily by right-wing nationalist parties was approved by … Continue reading
CNN COLUMN: “Murder Has No Religion”
November 9, 2009 By Arsalan Iftikhar Special to CNN Editor’s Note: Arsalan Iftikhar is an international human rights lawyer, founder of TheMuslimGuy.com and contributing editor for Islamica magazine in Washington. Washington (CNN) — Most of the world’s 1.57 billion Muslims … Continue reading
COLUMNS: “Prayers for Fort Hood Tonight”
November 5, 2009 Arsalan Iftikhar November 5, 2009 First of all, as an American, my heart broke into two pieces tonight when I heard of the tragic mass murder at Fort Hood, Texas earlier this evening when a U.S. Army … Continue reading
COLUMN: “An Evening With Nobel Peace Prize Winner Dr. Shirin Ebadi”
October 15, 2009 By Arsalan Iftikhar True/Slant Contributor When TIME Magazine named 2003 Nobel Peace Prize Winner Dr. Shirin Ebadi as one of their 2004 ‘TIME 100 Most Influential People in the World’, they rightfully noted that Dr. Ebadi was … Continue reading
COLUMN: “The Butt Bomber in ‘Rectum Gate'”
October 5, 2009 By Arsalan Iftikhar True/Slant Contributor In the most recently ‘absurd’ story on terrorism that I have heard in quite a long time, the would-be assassin of Saudi Arabia’s Prince Mohammed bin Nayef (head of Saudi Arabia’s counterterrorism … Continue reading
CNN COLUMN: “A Clown Show at the United Nations”
September 25, 2009 By Arsalan Iftikhar Special to CNN Editor’s Note: Arsalan Iftikhar is an international human rights lawyer, founder of TheMuslimGuy.com and contributing editor for Islamica magazine in Washington. (CNN) The United Nations this week hosted two of the … Continue reading
CNN COLUMN: “My One DC Crosswalk Moment with Robert Novak”
August 18, 2009 Arsalan Iftikhar | BIO CNN Anderson Cooper 360° Contributor Founder, TheMuslimGuy.com In the interests of full disclosure, I am a proud political liberal. Furtheremore, as a young American Muslim member of the ‘chattering class’ after September 11, … Continue reading
COLUMN: “Bollywood Profiling: Flying While Brown”
August 18, 2009 By Arsalan Iftikhar True/Slant Contributor As a young six-foot-four brown Muslim male who also happens to be a global media ‘talking head’ on international television, suffice it to say that you can rest assured that I could … Continue reading
