About Arsalan Iftikhar
Arsalan Iftikhar (born September 1, 1977) is an American human rights lawyer, global media commentator and author of the books including Fear of a Muslim Planet: Global Islamophobia in the New World Order and SCAPEGOATS: How Islamophobia Helps Our Enemies & Threatens Our Freedoms. Arsalan is founder of TheMuslimGuy.com and longtime senior editor for The Islamic Monthly magazine. For five years, Arsalan served as research faculty member at Georgetown University’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service where he wrote about Islamophobia as a Senior Fellow for The Bridge Initiative. Iftikhar is also a national advisory board member for the John C. Danforth Center for Religion & Politics at Washington University in St. Louis. He has also been an adjunct professor of religious studies at DePaul University and is a member of the Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) and Reporters Without Borders. Arsalan and his debate partner argued for the motion: "This House believes that Muslims are failing to do enough to combat extremism." He and his partner won the debate. Arsalan graduated from Washington University in St.
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