Hello all, Here is a story from the Ottawa Citizen archives. The writer made some specific allegations in 2004 that went unchallenged by those named in the story. The July 2004 reports says: “…Saudi Arabia has spent hundreds of millions…
![Illustration showing Mohammed (on the right) preaching his final sermon to his earliest converts, on Mount Ararat near Mecca; taken from a medieval-era manuscript of the astronomical treatise The Remaining Signs of Past Centuries by the Persian scholar al-Biruni; currently housed in the collection of the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris (Manuscrits Arabe 1489 fol. 5v). This scene was popular among medieval Islamic artists, and several nearly identical versions of this drawing (such as this one [shown in detail below] and this one) were made in the Middle Ages.](http://tarekfatah.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/0_01-160x96.jpg)
August 5, 2006 Did Muhammad Really Say That? By Omar Sacirbey The Washington Post Jihaad Abdul-Majid has often found inspiration in the words and deeds of Islam’s prophet, Muhammad, from his acts of compassion and charity to his counsel…
By Nadia Al-Sakkaf The Yemen Times He is a man of thought who continuously displays genuine interest in the welfare of humanity. Internationally renowned for his efforts on behalf of pluralism and human rights, His Royal Highness Prince Hassan bin…
September 16, 2005 Sharia ban is fair, and not racist By ROSIE DIMANNO The Toronto Star The time has come for Canadians to be weaned off the teat of multiculturalism as a primary source of sustenance and self-identity. Surely, in the 21st…
September 10, 2005 The Globe and Mail Dear Mr. McGuinty: An important tenet of Canadian democracy hangs in the balance of your response to the matter of religious arbitration in the province of Ontario. While many Canadians may assume that…
Aug 12, 2005 By TAREK FATAH The Kitchener-Waterloo Record On behalf of Canada’s liberal and progressive Muslims, I appreciate Premier Dalton McGuinty delaying a decision on the use of “sharia” in Ontario’s Arbitration Act. However, I urge him now to…
June 21, 2005 by Patrick Bond, Dennis Brutus and Virginia Setshedi ZNet Magazine What’s on offer for Africa from the trendy but top-down initiatives called Make Poverty History and Live 8, and even the Johannesburg-based Global Call to Action Against…
By Ji Giles Ungpakorn International Socialism This article is an attempt to analyse the politics of the NGOs in Asia, using our experiences as socialists in Thailand as an example. Nearly 20 years have elapsed since the massive proliferation of…
January 5, 2002 by Aziz Choudry GATT Watch If there’s one phrase I could do with hearing less of during 2002, it’s “civil society”. I’m not alone. Many of my friends, community activists and organisers in a number of countries…
December 1997 by James Petras Monhtly Review By the early 1980s the more perceptive sectors of the neoliberal ruling classes realized that their policies were polarizing the society and provoking large-scale social discontent. Neoliberal politicians began to finance and promote…
June 22, 2005 Don’t succumb to imams, rabbis, and priests Ontario needs one law for all its citizens, regardless of religion By Tarek Fatah The Toronto Star In 1991, as the full impact of a recession hit the NDP government…
Tuesday, June 14, 2005 Page A7 Shirin Ebadi decries Islamic law for Canada By INGRID PERITZ Globe and Mail http://tinyurl.com/do3l7 MONTREAL — Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi, a leading human-rights crusader in her native Iran, took a firm stand against the…
Shariah based Arbitration is Racist and Unconstitutional Submissions by Muslim Canadian Congress:Review of Arbitration Process by Marion Boydhttp://tinyurl.com/86dy8 The Muslim Canadian Congress is a national organization that provides a voice to progressive Muslims who are not represented by existing organizations.…
May 14, 2005 By ESTANISLAO OZIEWICZ Globe and Mail The grand mufti of Marseilles is adding his voice to those opposed to applying religious laws in family matters, a practice Ontario is proposing to extend to Muslims in the province.…
September 21, 2004 Keep mosque and state separate By Nadia Khouri National Post http://www.nationalpost.com The irony in the Ontario government’s decision to consider allowing anIslamic shariah court is that many Muslims themselves oppose the idea.Muslims, like people of other faiths,…