By Chat On Bharat Marg with Tarek Fatah
He is an author and a weekly columnist for the Toronto Sun. He hosts a weekly Sunday afternoon talk show on Toronto’s CFRB NewsTalk 1010. His book “Chasing a Mirage: The Tragic Illusion of an Islamic State” was runners-up for the prestigious Donner Prize in 2008 while his second book “The Jew is Not My Enemy” won the Helen and Stan Vine Award in 2010.
Born in Pakistan in 1949, 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.
After a ten-year stint in Saudi Arabia as an advertsing executive, Fatah and his family migrated to Canada in 1987 where he has been active in the country’s politics and journalism since his arrival. After 9/11, Fatah founded the Muslim Canadian Congress that has led the fight against Islamism and exposed the designs of the Muslim Brotherhood.
In his own words:
“I am an Indian born in Pakistan, a Punjabi born in Islam; an immigrant in Canada with a Muslim consciousness, grounded in a Marxist youth. I am one of Salman Rushdie’s many Midnight’s Children: we were snatched from the cradle of a great civilization and made permanent refugees, sent in search of an oasis that turned out to be a mirage. I am in pain, a living witness to how dreams of hope and enlightenment can be turned into a nightmare of despair and failure. Promises made to the children of my generation that were never meant to be kept.
He Further says, “I am a Muslim whose ancestors were Hindu. My religion, Islam, is rooted in Judaism, while my Punjabi culture is tied to that of the Sikhs. Yet I am told by Islamist that without shedding this multifaceted heritage, if not out rightly rejecting it, I cannot be considered a true Muslim.”
Mr.Tarek Fatah has a huge following in Bharat and our countries around the world and leads the Baluchistan Movement and also have been very Successful in exposing the human right violations of Pakistan in the process of keeping Baluchistan under control. He also enjoys a huge following in social media.
We will request every one of you to submit all your desired questions to Mr.Fatah in the comment area here and the popular questions will become part of the interview questions. Here is a great opportunity for any one to ask question and get ready to get answered in Chat on Bharat Marg in the coming month.
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