The question of jihad
Tarek Fatah takes your questions
Globe and Mail Update
July 12, 2007 at 2:41 PM EDT
In a Globe and Mail opinion piece published Thursday, Tarek Fatah examines the politics behind Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's crackdown on militants inside the Lal Masjid, or Red Mosque, in Islamabad.
As Mr. Fatah writes, "Both Gen. Musharraf and the Americans who prop him up must realize that, to fight malaria, one needs to drain the swamps, not kill individual mosquitoes. The best way to fight Islamist radicalism in Pakistan is to ask the general to step down and organize democratic elections without the aid of fraudulent voter lists that deny exiled politicians a return to the country."
Mr. Fatah will join us online Friday at 3 p.m. EDT to take your questions about Islamic radicalism, the doctrine of jihad, Pakistan and the global tide of extremism.
Join the discussion at that time or send your questions in advance here.
Tarek Fatah (Donald Weber /Globe & Mail)
Your questions and Mr. Fatah's answers will appear at the bottom of this page when the discussion begins.
Tarek Fatah is the author of Chasing a Mirage: The Islamic state or a state of Islam, to be published by John Wiley & Sons in 2008. He is the host of the weekly TV show The Muslim Chronicle on CTS-TV and is the founder of the Muslim Canadian Congress.
Mr. Fatah was born in Pakistan, where he became a left-wing student leader. Later a newspaper and TV reporter, he fled Pakistan in 1978 following a military coup and settled in Canada in 1987.
Mr. Fatah was an outspoken opponent of efforts to establish religious courts in Canada.
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