Date Posted: August 30, 2010

From TIME Magazine Cover Story (“Is America Islamophobic?”):

"Islamophobia has become the accepted form of racism in America," says Muslim-American writer and commentator Arsalan Iftikhar. "You can always take a potshot at Muslims or Arabs and get away with it."

The concern now is that the mosque protests and the attention they have drawn from politicians may have brought Islamophobia firmly into the mainstream. "It may have become a permanent political wedge issue," says Iftikhar.

For Iftikhar, the community's best chance now is to appeal to Americans' sense of justice and fair play.”

Read the entire TIME Magazine cover story here: http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2011798-1,00.html

May 2008

VIDEO of Arsalan Iftikhar on NPR Barbershop Anniversary Video at the NPR Website.

May 2011

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By Arsalan Iftikhar
Special to CNN

Editor's Note: Arsalan Iftikhar is an international human rights lawyer, founder of www.TheMuslimGuy.com and contributing editor for Islamica Magazine in Washington. This is one in a series of letters to the new president that will appear on CNN.com in the next several weeks.

(CNN) -- First of all, as one of more than 66 million Americans of all races, religions and ethnicities who voted for you, your electoral victory was one of the proudest moments of our collective lives.

As our American political history witnessed the magnitude of our nation's first African-American president, our society was also able to collectively (and finally) exhale, knowing that the mailbox at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. would now read "Obama" instead of "Bush"...

Read Arsalan's entire CNN.com column at: http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/12/iftikhar.obama/index.html?imw=Y&iref=mpstoryemail