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| A young Muslim "moderate" |
| 2003-05-27 |
| Today's St. Louis Post-Dispatch has an article about Arsalan Iftikhar, a young American Muslim who just graduated from Washington University's law school. Iftikhar headed up the St. Louis branch of CAIR and is now going to work for them in Washington. The article mentions that Mr. Iftikhar has spoken to churches, synagogues and anywhere else he could to explain to Americans what Islam was really all about. The most interesting thing to me is the picture that illustrates this article which shows Mr. Iftikhar moving out of his dorm room. Note the flag on the wall. |
| Posted by:Christopher Johnson |
| #3 Iftikhar's activism started early. As a high school student, he attended human rights rallies and sit-ins over places like Rwanda, Bosnia and the Palestinian territories. "Wherever I thought there was unnecessary human suffering and we weren't paying attention to it," he recalled. What about Iraq? Surely all of Saddam's victims didn't deserve to be maimed or killed, no? What about Afghanistan under the Taliban? Or what that necessary suffering?? |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2003-05-27 22:50:13 |
| #2 CAIR? The MSA? A Saudi flag? Looks like a moderate to me...(winky-winky). Are you considered an Islamic moderate if you haven't blown up an Israeli bus in about six weeks? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2003-05-27 22:39:25 |
| #1 Nice to know who sponsored his law school tuition and expenses. Hope they keep a tail on him and his phones. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-05-27 20:36:16 |