Letter to National Post re Tarek Fatah

I respect both Nanerjee and Weinstein for their public protests against Islamism and on behalf of Canadian values and system of government.
However as I have participated in some of their protests, I know that there are usually only about 25 people protesting. There are some 100,000 Jews and some 500,000 Indians in Greater Toronto. That means that Tarek is correct. Neither the Muslim, nor the Jewish, nor the Christian communities are seriously and publically protesting Islamism coming to our country. It is true that the Canadian Jewish Congress, an organization that does represent most Canadian Jews, does work quietly against Islamism , but it is done very quietly so that no one knows if they are really doing anything constructive or what they are doing. Tarek also criticizes aspects of his own religion, saying publically that certain customs and practices of Islam are harmful. Certainly Mr. Coren would never do this in speaking about Catholicism and I have seldom seen it done in Judaism. Lastly Tarek is subject to more hate and threats of danger, than non-Muslims might be subject to. I certainly don't agree with everything that Tarek says, but in my book he gets three stars - 1. For publically notifying our community about the realities of Islamism, 2. For criticizing aspects of his own religion that he feels are not beneficial to it or to us, and 3. For having the courage to speak out. Tarek should be honoured for the good work that he does, not denigrated because we don't agree with all his opinions, or because he does not do more.