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Arsalan Iftikhar



Arsalan Iftikhar

Arsalan Iftikhar is an international human rights lawyer, senior research fellow for The Bridge Initiative at Georgetown University and a senior editor for TIM Media.



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Dear Don Lemon: Thanks for Making Me Famous

Dear Don Lemon: Thanks for Making Me Famous

Apparently, we currently live in a “post-racial” America where a prominent national television news anchor c
Letā€™s Call ISIS ā€œThe Un-Islamic Stateā€

Letā€™s Call ISIS ā€œThe Un-Islamic Stateā€

Dear ISIS & Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi, You are not “The Islamic State.” There is nothing Islamic about behead
My State Department Trip to Central Asia

My State Department Trip to Central Asia

The early 20th-century Yale geography professor Ellsworth Huntington once said that all of the “evidence points to
Meet State Departmentā€™s New Head of Religious Outreach

Meet State Departmentā€™s New Head of Religious Outreach

On July 15, 2013, Secretary of State John Kerry appointed Shaun Casey to become the Special Advisor to the Secretary of
The LAX Airport Shooter is a Terrorist

The LAX Airport Shooter is a Terrorist

Can you imagine for a moment that you woke up one morning to hear the news of one of our nation’s largest internat
The Man Who Took John McCain into Syria

The Man Who Took John McCain into Syria

Even though I had known about his work for some time, the first time I met Mouaz Moustafa in person was a few months ago
INTERVIEW: Reza Aslan on Jesus, Islam, and Fox News

INTERVIEW: Reza Aslan on Jesus, Islam, and Fox News

Shortly after releasing his new book Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth, award-winning author Reza Aslan jo
A Muslim’s Prayer for the Boston Marathon

A Muslim’s Prayer for the Boston Marathon

First of all, it really does not matter who was behind the multiple explosions at the Boston Marathon. This is because m
Top 5 Reasons Why People Draw Cartoons of Prophet Muhammad

Top 5 Reasons Why People Draw Cartoons of Prophet Muhammad

During the 2005 Danish cartoon controversy, I remember meeting with the Norwegian and Danish ambassadors to the United S
Muslims 2012: The Most Radioactive Bloc in America

Muslims 2012: The Most Radioactive Bloc in America

One day during the 2004 presidential election, I was sitting in the office of (the late) Democratic congresswoman from O