Tarek Fatah

LATEST STORIES BY TAREK FATAH

FATAH: Jew-hatred and Islamism at the heart of Texas terror

Until the Jan. 15 hostage-taking at a Texas synagogue, few Americans had heard the name of convicted terrorist Aafia Siddiqui, a 49-year-old Pakistan-born scientist serving an 89-year sentence in a federal penitentiary near Fort Worth.

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January 19, 2022 Columnists

Supporters of Pakistani political party Muttahida Qaumi Movement hold photographs of Aafia Siddiqui as they shout slogans during a protest rally in Karachi, Sept. 28, 2010 to condemn the verdict against Pakistani scientist Aafia Siddiqui.

FATAH: Right wing rising in France; left wing in Latin America

It is fashionable to say that the world is shrinking but, fact is, such a description is merely a cliche. In reality, different parts of the globe seem to be moving in opposite directions.

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January 12, 2022 Columnists

French far-right commentator Eric Zemmour, candidate for the 2022 French presidential election, gestures as he delivers a New Year's speech to the press in Paris, Jan. 10, 2022.

FATAH: Killing in the name of religion throughout 2021

The year 2021 is ending the way it began. People are being lynched by their fellow human beings simply because of their religion.

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December 30, 2021 Columnists

Images from an ISIS video shows Iraqi men who were burnt to death.

FATAH: Quebec's Bill 21 is back in the news

The debate over Bill 21, Quebec’s law against civil servants wearing religious attire, is back in the news despite the fact that the Quebec Superior Court declared in April of this year that, under Canada’s constitution, Quebec had the right to restrict religious symbols worn by government employees.

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December 15, 2021 Columnists

A group gathered in solidarity with Fatemeh Anvari, by tying green ribbons onto the fence of Chelsea Elementary School, Dec. 12, 2021. Anvari, who until recently was a part-time homeroom and language arts teacher at Chelsea Elementary School and was removed from her classroom for wearing a hijab because of the province’s Bill 21 law.

FATAH: Stripping women and burning non-Muslims: horrors in Pakistan

In October 2007, the cover of Newsweek magazine described Pakistan as the Most Dangerous Nation in the World. Five years later, TIME magazine followed with a cover that labelled my birthplace as a country with a “Dark Heart.”

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December 8, 2021 Columnists

FATAH: The outrageous censorship of Nadia Murad

When the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) initially cancelled an event with Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Nadia Murad, the reason given was that such an event could foster Islamophobia.

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November 24, 2021 Columnists

Nadia Murad, a 24-year-old Yazidi woman and co-recipient of the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize takes questions at the National Press Club on October 8, 2018 in Washington, DC.

FATAH: The new left is about pronouns, not poverty

Way back in the late 1960s, when the likes of Daniel Cohn-Bendit and Tariq Ali marched through the streets of Paris and London demanding an end to wars and poverty, reverberations of their struggle for the voiceless poor aroused left-wing parties and intellectuals across the globe.

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November 17, 2021 Columnists

An Extinction Rebellion activist is seen crying during a Funeral for COP26 at the Necropolis on Nov. 13, 2021 in Glasgow, Scotland.

FATAH: Ethnic wars threaten the end of Ethiopia

A Tweet made on Saturday by Canada’s embassy in Addis Ababa was ominous: “Canadians in Ethiopia. The security situation is deteriorating and evolving quickly. You should reevaluate whether your presence in the country is essential.”

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November 10, 2021 Columnists

Members of the Ethiopian National Defense Force are seen during a pro-government rally at Meskel Square in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, November 7, 2021.

FATAH: Celebrating Diwali in Canada

It’s that time of the year when hundreds of millions of Hindus across the globe, including 500,000 in Canada, have been celebrating the five-day festival of Diwali – or Deepavali, as it’s known by some – that began on Tuesday and will end on Saturday, with Thursday being the most important part of the celebration.

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November 4, 2021 Columnists

Residents light candles and fireworks on the rooftop of their house to celebrate Diwali, the festival of lights, in Kolkata, India, Thursday, Nov. 4, 2021.

FATAH: The architect of Afghanistan’s tragedy escapes

The fate of millions is often decided on the bargaining table by diplomats that fail to see the forest for the trees. One example of such folly is British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain’s “Peace for Our Time” after signing a ‘peace pact’ with Nazi Germany.

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October 27, 2021 Columnists

U.S. envoy for peace in Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad speaks during a debate at Tolo TV channel in Kabul, Afghanistan, April 28, 2019.

Tarek Fatah

LATEST STORIES BY TAREK FATAH

FATAH: Jew-hatred and Islamism at the heart of Texas terror

FATAH: Right wing rising in France; left wing in Latin America

FATAH: Killing in the name of religion throughout 2021

FATAH: Quebec's Bill 21 is back in the news

FATAH: Stripping women and burning non-Muslims: horrors in Pakistan

FATAH: The outrageous censorship of Nadia Murad

FATAH: The new left is about pronouns, not poverty

FATAH: Ethnic wars threaten the end of Ethiopia

FATAH: Celebrating Diwali in Canada

FATAH: The architect of Afghanistan’s tragedy escapes

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