COLUMN: “After Recent Mass Shootings: Should We Profile Young White Males?”
Tweet by Arsalan Iftikhar Exclusive | The Crescent Post After all of these recent mass shootings around America, I feel really bad for all the young white males who will now be racially profiled. Said no one ever. We Americans most recently witnessed yet another mass shooting here in the United States when 20 beautiful...
EXCLUSIVE: “What If The Colorado Batman Killer Was a Muslim?”
Tweet by Arsalan Iftikhar Exclusive | The Crescent Post 1) If the killer was a Muslim…The media would not be referring to the event as the ‘Colorado Massacre’…It would be called ‘Terrorism in Theater 9′…But since a white guy did it…No...
EXCLUSIVE: “The Day Osama Died: My Daughter Was Born”
Tweet 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...
EXCLUSIVE: Three Questions with Reza Aslan
Tweet 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...
EXCLUSIVE: “The Universal Message of Hussain During Muharram” by Laila Gardezi
Tweet 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,...
VIDEO: Arsalan Iftikhar on ‘The Dr. Drew Show’ (CNN Headline News)
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EXCLUSIVE: “Lowe’s Hardware Stores: Muslims Not Welcome”
Tweet 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...
BOOK REVIEW: “Arsalan Iftikhar: Debunking Immigrant Stereotypes”
Tweet 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...
TV REVIEW: New Show ‘All-American Muslim’ on TLC
Tweet 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...
