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Zionist spin doctoring and lobbying at its best
April 14, 2000 – 6:45 pm | No Comment
Zionist spin doctoring and lobbying at its best

By Faisal Kutty – “Chretien Planning to Tread Carefully on Mideast Trip,” proclaimed a headline in the Globe and Mail last week quoting government officials. It seems like the Prime Minister missed his briefing on …

If you can’t beat them, join them
April 7, 2000 – 6:44 pm | No Comment
If you can’t beat them, join them

By Faisal Kutty – A study of 3,400 journalists released last week concluded that the U.S. media are out of touch with the average American. No kidding.
The study carried out by Peter Brown of the …

Canada Calling – Canadian Charity Linked to Israeli Election Scandal
April 1, 2000 – 3:49 pm | No Comment
Canada Calling – Canadian Charity Linked to Israeli Election Scandal

By Faisal Kutty — A Calgary-based family charitable foundation has been linked to the Israeli election finance scandal. The Kahanoff Foundation reportedly gave $273,000 in 1998 to three groups currently under criminal investigation.
James Hume, …

Playing God, the new frontier
March 30, 2000 – 8:32 pm | No Comment
Playing God, the new frontier

By Faisal Kutty – Ian Wilmut, the Scottish scientist who made international news in the summer of 1996 with his cloned sheep, Dolly, has pushed the boundaries of cloning again. This time, his achievement …

Imam Jamil Al-Amin, an opportunity knocks
March 24, 2000 – 6:43 pm | No Comment
Imam Jamil Al-Amin, an opportunity knocks

By Faisal Kutty – It seems like the question of race and discrimination in the criminal justice system in the U.S. will be staying in the headlines even after the Diallo murder trial fades into …

Muslims can learn much from East Indians in North America
March 8, 2000 – 6:42 pm | No Comment
Muslims can learn much from East Indians in North America

By Faisal Kutty – “Hindu go home.” That’s what greeted East Indians when they first came to Canada. Never mind that most of the early immigrants were Sikhs. Bigots are not always the most enlightened. …

Playing God: the new frontier
March 5, 2000 – 6:41 pm | No Comment
Playing God: the new frontier

By Faisal Kutty – Ian Wilmut, a Scottish scientist, made international news on July 5, 1996 with the birth of Dolly the sheep. Dolly was obviously was no ordinary sheep. She was cloned from the …

Anti-Zionism is not Anti-Semitism
February 23, 2000 – 6:40 pm | No Comment
Anti-Zionism is not Anti-Semitism

By Faisal Kutty – A few years ago, I got a call from the Israeli consulate in Toronto. I don’t recall the name of the gentleman, but he identified himself as the head of media …

Kudos to Axworthy for Telling the U.S. Administration Where to Go
February 17, 2000 – 6:39 pm | No Comment
Kudos to Axworthy for Telling the U.S. Administration Where to Go

By Faisal Kutty – Talisman Energy, a Canadian oil company, has a lot of powerful enemies. The American administration, as well as church and human rights groups, continuously hound the company. Now in the wake …

America needs to take care of its own before giving out charity
February 11, 2000 – 6:38 pm | No Comment
America needs to take care of its own before giving out charity

By Faisal Kutty – My first trip out of Canada was to my homeland of India in the early 1980s. Having left the country when I was barely six years old, I was not prepared …

Twenty-eight days of history; Black History Month has too strong a whiff of patronization and complacency
February 4, 2000 – 8:31 pm | No Comment
Twenty-eight days of history; Black History Month has too strong a whiff of patronization and complacency

By Faisal Kutty – It’s that time of the year again. You’ll see no shortage of functions organized by historical societies, libraries, and schools. You may even catch the corporate giants sponsoring short vignettes on …

Farah Khan’s sadistic killing: A wake up call on domestic violence
February 2, 2000 – 6:37 pm | One Comment
Farah Khan’s sadistic killing: A wake up call on domestic violence

By Faisal Kutty – Her angelic face is hard to get out of your mind. Five-year-old Farah Khan’s brutal death has been the main news item in most of Canada for the past few weeks. …

Twenty-eight days of history
January 26, 2000 – 6:35 pm | No Comment
Twenty-eight days of history

By Faisal Kutty – It’s coming to that time of the year again. You’ll see no shortage of functions organized by historical societies, libraries, and schools. You may even catch the corporate giants sponsoring short …

Media concentration a threat to democracy
January 19, 2000 – 6:34 pm | No Comment
Media concentration a threat to democracy

By Faisal Kutty – First, the disclaimer. I don’t believe in conspiracy theories. There is no secret group plotting to dominate the world. But I do believe that the concentration of the global media is …