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 arsalan iftikhar lawyer , global media commentator , author washington university
arsalan iftikhar

arsalan iftikhar -lrb- born september 1 , 1977 , norfolk , virginia , united states -rrb- is an american international human rights lawyer , global media commentator and author of the book `` islamic pacifism : global muslims in the post-osama era . ''
arsalan is the founder of themuslimguy.com and he also serves as senior editor for `` the islamic monthly '' magazine .
arsalan has been an adjunct professor of religious studies at depaul university and he is also a member of the asian american journalists association -lrb- aaja -rrb- and `` reporters san frontieres '' -lrb- reporters without borders -rrb- .
he also won the 2013 distinguished young alumni award from washington university school of law in st. louis .
in may 2011 , arsalan was named one of the top 12 muslim twitter accounts in the world by the huffington post , and he was also a featured interview for a december 2012 abc news documentary called `` back to the beginning '' by christiane amanpour , on the shared origins of the major world religions today .
