“This is the way a civilized society begins to devour itself. By allowing our political leaders and law enforcement officials to scapegoat one segment of our population—to turn innocent people into targets of suspicion, into the enemy—we demean all that… — Arsalan Iftikhar Copy Share Image
“Political observers point out that our country has a long, raucous history of witch hunts. “In times of economic distress, people tend to be more susceptible to charlatans and demagogues telling them who to blame and who to fear,” Matthew Duss, former national security editor at the Center for American Progress, once told me for a magazine article that I… — Arsalan Iftikhar Copy Share
“The irony, of course, is that not long ago, it was Trump’s own ancestors—German American immigrants—who were the demons of the day, as the United States fought two world wars against Germany. The only thing that saved Trump’s people from being rounded up and put in camps during World War II, like Japanese American families—as Trump lauded President Franklin Roosevelt… — Arsalan Iftikhar Copy Share
“Because history always teaches us that there will always be another demonized minority group who will become “the other” tomorrow. Our human race seems… — Arsalan Iftikhar Copy Share Image
“This is the way a civilized society begins to devour itself. By allowing our political leaders and law enforcement officials to scapegoat one segment… — Arsalan Iftikhar Copy Share Image
“According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, our country has been experiencing an “explosive growth in extremist-group activism across the United States” in recent… — Arsalan Iftikhar Copy Share Image
“From the Crusades to the Holocaust to the Cold War to the current “clash of civilizations,” the demonization of “the other” has played a… — Arsalan Iftikhar Copy Share Image
“We will always be subjected to these us-versus-them hysteria campaigns as long as people in power seek to divide Americans for their own cynical… — Arsalan Iftikhar Copy Share Image
