COLUMNS
NBC NEWS: “India’s new anti-Muslim law shows the broad allure of right-wing Islamophobic policies”
From NBC News Narendra Modi’s government has said that India’s Muslims must prove their Indianness because their faith renders it suspect. The world cannot ignore this. by Arsalan Iftikhar | January 13, 2020 Although India is the largest democracy in … Continue reading
“MYANMAR SUED FOR ROHINGYA GENOCIDE AT WORLD COURT”
From Georgetown University by Arsalan Iftikhar | November 12, 2019 On November 11, 2019, the African nation of Gambia filed an official lawsuit with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at The Hague requesting that the World Court condemn Myanmar’s … Continue reading
“Islamophobia: Our American Bipartisan Xenophobia”
From Religion & Politics by Arsalan Iftikhar | October 8, 2019 The late Palestinian academic giant Edward Said, whose groundbreaking book Orientalism still illuminates how Arabs and Muslims are viewed in the Western world, once wrote, “I have not been able to discover … Continue reading
REPORT: MUSLIMS MOST NEGATIVELY PORTRAYED MINORITY IN US MEDIA
From Georgetown University by Arsalan Iftikhar | September 18, 2019 The portrayal of minority groups in mainstream media can have a disparate impact on how they are viewed by the general public. In the eighteen years since 9/11, the American … Continue reading
“Narendra Modi’s Authoritarian Islamophobia Playbook”
From The Islamic Monthly by Arsalan Iftikhar | September 15, 2019 India is currently home to the second-largest Muslim population in the world (194.8 million), and by the year 2060, it will have the largest Muslim population (over 333 million, according to … Continue reading
“CHRISTCHURCH MOSQUE TERRORIST INSPIRED U.S. MASS MURDERERS”
From Georgetown University by Arsalan Iftikhar | August 20, 2019 In March 2019 a young Australian white supremacist walked into two different mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. While streaming his massacre on Facebook Live, this anti-Muslim terrorist proceeded to murder … Continue reading
WASHINGTON POST: “Calling Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group makes all Muslims scapegoats”
From Washington Post By Arsalan Iftikhar | May 6, 2019 The Trump administration is reportedly pushing to issue an order that would designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a “foreign terrorist organization,” which would bring the weight of U.S. sanctions against a diverse political … Continue reading
2019 POLL: ISLAMOPHOBIA DRIVEN BY POLITICS, NOT RELIGIOSITY
From Georgetown University by Arsalan Iftikhar | May 3, 2019 In the aftermath of the March 2019 New Zealand mosque massacre in Christchurch which killed 50 innocent Muslim worshipers, the global discourse on Islamophobia in the Western world has taken … Continue reading
Washington Post Column on New Zealand Massacre
March 17, 2019 From The Washington Post By Arsalan Iftikhar | March 17, 2019 The massacre of at least 50 Muslims at two New Zealand mosques during Friday prayers is just the latest high-profile white-nationalist terrorist attack. From the January 2017 … Continue reading
PAKISTAN & SAUDI ARABIA THROW CHINA’S MUSLIMS UNDER THE BUS
From Georgetown University by Arsalan Iftikhar | March 4, 2019 Most people know that Saudi Arabia is home to Islam’s two holiest cities- Mecca & Medina- and that the country of Pakistan is the second most populous Muslim country in … Continue reading
