Displaying Author: Arsalan Iftikhar
02 Nov 2017
The ‘Allahu Akbar’ Double Standard of Terrorism
One of the worst mass shootings in modern American history recently took place in October 2017 when a white man named Stephen Paddock shot over 500 people (killing 58 of them) during an outdoor concert… read the complete article
19 Sep 2017
Highlights from 2017 Brookings US-Islamic World Forum
As the city of New York prepared to host the 193-member United Nations convening of the 2017 UN General Assembly, the Big Apple was also hosting hundreds of international participants for the 13th annual 2017 US-Islamic… read the complete article
05 Sep 2017
Islamophobic Genocide of Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims
Under international law, the concept of “ethnic cleansing” was first officially investigated by the United Nations during the Balkan genocide in the former Yugoslavia during the mid-1990’s. A U.N. commission of experts generally defined the term “ethnic… read the complete article
13 Aug 2017
What If Charlottesville Protesters Were Black Muslims?
If you do not believe that there is a “white privilege” double-standard in America today, the only thing that you need to ask yourself in the aftermath of the Charlottesville protests is the following question:… read the complete article
08 Aug 2017
Mosque Bombed & Trump Doesn’t Care
Let us imagine if we woke up one fine Sunday morning to hear the news of a bombing at a Minnesota church full of white blond-haired parishioners preparing to begin their morning prayers. If that hypothetical scenario did… read the complete article
27 Jul 2017
Pew Study: U.S. Muslims Feel Unwelcome Yet Hopeful
There can be little debate that the election of Donald Trump has disparately impacted millions of women, Latinos, people with disabilities, the LGBT community and many more. Additionally, there are millions of American Muslims who… read the complete article