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.

Facebook puts me back in prison

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What’s up with Facebook? 2014 ends for me almost the same way as it began—banishment from Facebook. Five times this year, the social network that provides a safe environment to, among others, hatemongers, escort services, radical jihadists, White supremacists, has…

Taliban in Pakistan go Boko Haram

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“Massacres are not new to Pakistan, or its military. In the last few years Pakistan’s army intelligence wing has reportedly abducted and killed hundreds of students in the Baloch Students Organization (BSO) in Balochistan who support an indigenous independence movement.”…

Muhammad Robert Heft who serves as a de-radicalization councillor for the RCMP, admits holding meetings with Taliban in the Gulf Emirate of Qatar

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This article is courtesy the anti-Islamist blog Alternative Angle. Muhammad Robert Heft, who serves as a de-radicalization councillor for the RCMP has admitted, he held meetings for months with representatives of the Taliban, a group that is designated by the Canadian government as a terrorist organization.…