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.
“The essence of Sikhism, where God — termed Vahiguru — is shapeless, timeless, and sightless, can be summed up by these words of Guru Nanak: “Realization of Truth is higher than all else. Higher still is truthful living.” Tarek Fatah…
“How should we respond to the Kufaar (Infidels)? We have only one way to make the land under their feet tremble: “It’s Jihad. It’s Jihad. Jihad will strike fear in their (infidel) hearts” “There is something that has been the…
Jenan Moussa, the brave Arab journalist who has covered the ISIS vs. Kurds war from the Syrian-Turkish border says, “I was terrified while translating this clip of ISIS fighters discussing “how to buy & sell [Kurdish] Yezidi girls.”
“We have to establish Islam (in Canada). I want to see Islam in every single corner of the city. I would like to see Hijabis, Niqabis (face-masked women) everywhere in the city. I want to see brothers (Muslim men) in…
October 22, 2015 Tarek Fatah The Toronto Sun A year ago when the words ISIS and ISIL had not yet entered our vocabulary, writing in this space I asked the question: “Have Islamist jihadis declared world war?” Well, now it…
October 22, 2015 Tarek Fatah The Toronto Sun A year ago when the words ISIS and ISIL had not yet entered our vocabulary, writing in this space I asked the question: “Have Islamist jihadis declared world war?” Well, now it…
A discussion on Religion and Rationality between Islamist convert Hamza Andreas Tzortzis and Physics professor and author, Pervez Hoodbhoy took place at Pakistan’s LUMS University on February 26, 2012. Its worth a listen as it exhibits the tactics employed by…
As Kurdish family members welcome back their daughters from ISIS slavery, the young women cannot stop crying and collapse in the arms of their loved ones. The suffering and agony of these Kurdish women is a manifestation of Islamic Sharia and…
“White privilege is what allowed an Englishman to be “Lawrence of Arabia” and musician Cat Stevens to become an Islamic scholar. Trust me, there will never be a ‘Vijay of Arabia’.” October 15, 2014 Tarek Fatah The Toronto Sun A…
ISIS magazine Dabiq_04_en The Islamic State (ISIS) regularly puts out a glossy propaganda magazine aimed at recruiting jihadists from the West. It is sophisticated, slick, beautifully produced and printed in several languages including English. ‘Dabiq’ as it is called, bills…
Andrew Nichols is host at CBC Newsworld where on Thursday, October 9, he interviewed Tarek Fatah about the threats Canada faces at the hands of pro-ISIS jihadists living among us.
“I dread the day Justin Trudeau is prime minister and Andrew Leslie his defence minister.” October 8, 2014 Tarek Fatah The Toronto Sun Jenan Moussa is a reporter for the Arabic language TV network Akhbar AlAan out of Dubai. For…
In a lecture posted on the Internet on September 28, British Muslim of Pakistani origin Rafi Shafi, who uses an Arabic name “Abu Rumaysah,” said that the Allah is angry with the Jews and that they are corrupters by nature.…
Benazir Suriaya is a brave Muslim woman in India. She is PETA India’s Lead Media Coordinator and a vegan who has initiated a campaign to convince her fellow Muslims to stop the mass slaughter of cows and sheep as an animal…
The Kurdish teenage soldier Ceylan Ozalp who was featured last month in a BBC News Report from Syrian Kurdistan, is said to have shot herself after she ran out of ammunition defending against the ISIS jihadi fighters on the outskirts…
Iran and Shia Muslims are “enemies of Allah, the Prophet, and Islam” — Sheikh Ahmad Badran in a Friday sermon delivered at the Al-Bayan Mosque in Jatt, Israel. Sheikh Ahmad Badran: “It is perplexing for Muslims to see pilots from…
“Mr. Gardee does not speak for any Muslim in this country. But he speaks for every Islamist in this country. You have to make the distinction. A Muslim is someone who practices his faith. An Islamist is someone uses the…