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...
PAKISTAN NEWSPAPER: “Un-Teaching Extremism”
From DAWN Newspaper (Pakistan) BY FAHAD FARUQUI ON JANUARY 7TH, 2012 The US has taken an initiative to spread the counter-extremist message across Pakistan to prevent the breeding of extremism and to deradicalise militants who were completely taken by the jihadist ideology — which is a tough battle becausePakistan is, perhaps, the only country where the state, with funding...
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...
MSNBC: “Muslim Progressive Group Battling for Gay Rights”
From MSNBC.com By Kari Huus msnbc.com updated 10/24/2011 5:41:36 AM ET Jim Seida / msnbc.com Ani Zonneveld is co-founder of Muslims for Progressive Values, which is committed to equality of genders, repudiation of militarism and violence and the need for “critical engagement with Islamic scripture.” LOS ANGELES — Like other aspiring religious reformers before her, Ani Zonneveld takes positions that make her...
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...
AL-JAZEERA ENGLISH VIDEO: “The Mall of Mecca?”
From Al-Jazeera English New developments in Islam’s holiest city draw accusations that the Saudi government is profiting from religion. Arsalan Iftikhar, author of Islamic Pacifism: Global Muslims in the Post-Osama Era and founder of TheMuslimGuy.com, will be co-hosting the show. Also joining The Stream via Skype are Sami Angawi, an architect and founder of the...
