EXCLUSIVE: “The Day Osama Died: My Daughter Was Born”
By Rizwan Qureshi Exclusive | The Crescent Post One year ago today, most people in this country were celebrating an amazingly heroic achievement by our American military, the assassination of one of the most despised men in history, Osama bin Laden. Like the assassination of President Kennedy almost fifty years ago, our younger generation will...
EXCLUSIVE: Three Questions with Reza Aslan
Crescent Post Exclusive By Arsalan Iftikhar January 11, 2012 EDITOR’S NOTE: From time to time, The Crescent Post will bring you an exclusive interview series called ’3 Questions’ where we will pose some key questions with major policymakers and VIP thought leaders on the pressing global issues of the day. _________________________________________________________________________________________________ The Crescent Post recently...
EXCLUSIVE: “The Universal Message of Hussain During Muharram” by Laila Gardezi
By Laila Gardezi Exclusive | The Crescent Post Early this month, millions of Muslims around the world gathered to begin the commemoration of the tragedy of Karbala and the sacrifices of Hussain ibn Ali, the grandson of the Holy Prophet Muhammad. While the event has been commemorated within some groups for hundreds of years, its...
VIDEO: Arsalan Iftikhar on ‘The Dr. Drew Show’ (CNN Headline News)
December 14, 2011
EXCLUSIVE: “Lowe’s Hardware Stores: Muslims Not Welcome”
By Arsalan Iftikhar December 10, 2011 Exclusive | The Crescent Post According to the Religion News Service (RNS), the national hardware chain called Lowe’s has pulled commercials from future episodes of TLC’s new reality television show called “All-American Muslim” after letter-writing campaigns by some right-wing evangelical conservative Republican Christian groups. The Florida Family Association- a right-wing...
BOOK REVIEW: “Arsalan Iftikhar: Debunking Immigrant Stereotypes”
From Washington Post Writers Group By Ruben Navarrette | November 27, 2011 Arsalan Iftikhar has an important message for his fellow Americans: “Have no fear.” The 34-year-old Chicago native of Pakistani descent is now a Washington, D.C.-based human rights lawyer, media commentator and founder of the global news site, The Crescent Post. Most recently, Iftikhar is...
TV REVIEW: New Show ‘All-American Muslim’ on TLC
November 13, 2011 by Arsalan Iftikhar Exclusive | The Crescent Post Contrary to what many Americans might believe, it should be noted that not all Muslims are Arabs (nor are all Arabs even Muslims). Even so, although only 18% of the global Muslim population are people of Arab descent; the cast of the new TLC...
BOOK INTERVIEW: Q&A with Arsalan Iftikhar on ‘Islamic Pacifism’
From Cairo Review of Global Affairs November 7, 2011 by Lauren E. Bohn Best selling author and Mind/Body pundit Deepak Chopra has deemed him a “Muslim Gandhi” for his calls for a pacifist antidote to the often inaccurate Islamist extremist discourse that emerged post 9/11, and he has been widely sought in the American Media for his...
EXCLUSIVE: “From Hollywood to Halal-y-Wood” by Salaam Bhatti
By Salaam Bhatti Exclusive | The Crescent Post October 25, 2011 Do not be alarmed by this article’s title. Neither has Sharia taken over America nor has Tom Cruise converted to Islam. Rather, “Newyorkustan,” a web series about Muslim-Americans in a post 9/11 New York, is slated for release in December 2011. Steven DeCastro, the...
CNN: “Gadhafi Used Islam For ‘Purely Political Purposes’”
From CNN Scholars say Gadhafi practiced his own brand of Islam, one that helped keep him in power By Dan Merica and Alex Zuckerman, CNN Washington (CNN)– Moammar Gadhafi may have held onto power in Libya for more than 40 years, but the role Islam played in Gadhafi’s personal life and leadership remains shrouded in mystery and debated by...
