COLUMNS


COLUMN: “Hey Nicholas Sarkozy: Why Not Ban Bikinis Too?”

July 30, 2009 By Arsalan Iftikhar True/Slant Contributor First of all, I am no fan of the burqa… Secondly, I am no fan of French President Nicholas Sarkozy… I love France…Sarkozy, not so much… Third (and most importantly), as an … Continue reading

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COLUMN: “Presidential Birth Certificates: Modern-Day ‘Freedom Papers’?”

July 23, 2009 By Arsalan Iftikhar True/Slant Contributor For those of you who are unaware, the ‘Birthers’ movement is a pejorative term (like the 9/11 Truthers) used by the many in American media to ridicule those right-wing polemicists who believe … Continue reading

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COLUMN: “Jakarta’s ‘Five-Star’ Hotel Terrorist Bombings”

July 17, 2009 By Arsalan Iftikhar True/Slant Contributor With over 17,508 islands, Indonesia is known around the globe as the largest archipelago in the world. With a population of over 240.2 million people, it also currently ranks as the 4th … Continue reading

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COLUMN: “If China Had Drawn Some Stupid Cartoons Instead”

July 15, 2009 By Arsalan Iftikhar True/Slant Contributor Instead of China brutally cracking down on their Uighur ethnic Muslim minority in western Xinjiang province leading to the recent brutal deaths of nearly 200 people, perhaps if China were drawing sophomorically … Continue reading

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CNN COLUMN: “The Twitter Tiananmen of Tehran”

June 21, 2009 Arsalan Iftikhar | BIO AC360° Contributor Founder, TheMuslimGuy.com Editor’s Note: Arsalan Iftikhar is an international human rights lawyer, founder of www.TheMuslimGuy.com and is a contributing editor for Islamica magazine in Washington. Watching the events in Tehran unfold … Continue reading

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CNN COLUMN: “Free Laura Ling and Euna Lee”

June 10, 2009 Arsalan Iftikhar | BIO AC360° Contributor Founder, TheMuslimGuy.com Editor’s Note: Arsalan Iftikhar is an international human rights lawyer, founder of www.TheMuslimGuy.com and is a contributing editor for Islamica magazine in Washington. Now that the ‘legal system’ in … Continue reading

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CNN COLUMN: “Amen, Mr. President”

June 4, 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) Opening the Muslim-world leg of the “Audacity of Hope” … Continue reading

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CNN COLUMN: “What the President SHOULD Say in Cairo Tomorrow”

June 3, 2009 Editor’s Note: Arsalan Iftikhar is an international human rights lawyer, founder of www.TheMuslimGuy.com and contributing editor for Islamica Magazine in Washington. by Arsalan Iftikhar | BIO AC360° Contributor and Founder, TheMuslimGuy.com Tomorrow President Obama will be in … Continue reading

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CNN COLUMN: “Dear Iran: Free Roxana Saberi Now”

May 4, 2009 Editor’s Note: Arsalan Iftikhar is an international human rights lawyer, founder of www.TheMuslimGuy.com and contributing editor for Islamica Magazine in Washington. by Arsalan Iftikhar | BIO Founder, TheMuslimGuy.com To the 65.8 million wonderful people of Iran: As … Continue reading

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CNN COLUMN: “The President’s First 100 Days for the Muslim World”

April 29, 2009 Editor’s Note: Arsalan Iftikhar is an international human rights lawyer, founder of www.TheMuslimGuy.com and contributing editor for Islamica Magazine in Washington. by Arsalan Iftikhar | BIO Founder, TheMuslimGuy.com “To the Muslim world, we seek a new way … Continue reading

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