Author Archive for Tarek S. Fatah

Tarek S. Fatah is author of “Chasing a Mirage: The Tragic Illusion of an Islamic State” that was runners-up for the prestigious Donner Prize in 2008. His second book, “The Jew is Not My Enemy” won the Helen and Stan Vine Award in 2010. Fatah is a columnist at The Toronto Sun and hosts a weekly Sunday afternoon talk show on Toronto’s CFRB NewsTalk 1010. Born in Pakistan in 1949, Tarek S. Fatah was a leftist student leader in the turbulent days of the late 1960s and 70s when he was twice imprisoned by successive military dictators. In 1977, he was charged with sedition by yet another military regime and barred from being a journalist in the country.

Standing Tall against Islamism

Avijit Roy and Rafida Ahmad

A bloodied Rafida Ahmad with her husband Avijit Roy lying on the ground. He was hacked to death by Islamist Jihadis in Dhaka. DHAKA, January 26, 2015 - Bangladeshi-American writer and secular blogger Avijit Roy has been hacked to death,…