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Climate of distrust threatens our basic values
September 11, 2002 – 8:42 pm | No Comment
Climate of distrust threatens our basic values

By Faisal Kutty and Bushra Yousuf – Out of the horror and tragedy of Sept. 11 came a rude awakening for all of us, including Muslims. In an attempt to come to terms with the …

Government’s out to lunch on legal aid system; Fee hike doesn’t address those low and middle-income people unable to afford counsel
August 8, 2002 – 8:40 pm | No Comment
Government’s out to lunch on legal aid system; Fee hike doesn’t address those low and middle-income people unable to afford counsel

By Faisal Kutty – In announcing a 5 per cent increase in legal aid fees starting Aug. 1, Attorney General David Young said that the “increase was the result of our ongoing review of Ontario’s …

UN’s human rights document has not lived up to its name
December 13, 2000 – 8:39 pm | No Comment
UN’s human rights document has not lived up to its name

By Faisal Kutty – Fifty-two years after the universal declaration of human rights was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly, the debate continues as to whether the document is truly universal.
Upon its adoption on …

Secular Turkey harasses Muslim women
November 28, 2000 – 8:38 pm | No Comment
Secular Turkey harasses Muslim women

By Faisal Kutty – More than 37,000 girls expelled from school. Twenty-four thousand teachers fired. Three women — a mother and her two teenage daughters — could be sentenced to death for participating in …

When relief workers take evil overseas; The good work of foreign-aid organizations may be compromised by pedophiles looking for safe havens
August 18, 2000 – 8:37 pm | No Comment
When relief workers take evil overseas; The good work of foreign-aid organizations may be compromised by pedophiles looking for safe havens

By Faisal Kutty – Who can forget the death and misery of the Ethiopian famine in the 1980s that was beamed across our television screens? Everyone old enough to have seen or read about it …

How Hollywood fans hatred
June 21, 2000 – 8:34 pm | No Comment
How Hollywood fans hatred

By Faisal Kutty – Tommy Lee Jones. Samuel Jackson. Gratuitous violence. Action-packed thriller. You’ve seen the arresting trailers. Ingredients of a box-office hit? Yes, indeed. William Friedkin’s latest movie Rules of Engagement topped the …

The population myth; Agenda is driven by sentiment of: ‘Will they starve gracefully or ask for their fair share?’
June 2, 2000 – 8:33 pm | No Comment
The population myth; Agenda is driven by sentiment of: ‘Will they starve gracefully or ask for their fair share?’

By Faisal Kutty – There are 42,000 births a day in India. Yet, the birth of one baby girl on May 11 was a major international news story. What was so special about her?
With her …

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 …

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 …

Comment: Terrorism is the fruit of oppression
January 10, 2000 – 8:28 pm | No Comment
Comment: Terrorism is the fruit of oppression

By Faisal Kutty – One of the hijackers on board Indian Airlines flight 814 reportedly allowed a 12-year-old boy to play with his loaded gun.
He then gave the child some man-to-man advice: “If you don’t …