Talk:Tarek Fatah

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Contents 1 "fringe organization" 2 Valid Points 3 "300 member" "conservative groups" 4 BLP, and associated

[edit] "fringe organization"

I removed this text:

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Fatah's stance on this issue has outraged many muslims since Fatah claims he speaks for the muslim majority when in fact there are only 300 due-paying members in his organization. Fatah, a co-founder and spokesperson for the Muslim Canadian Congress, is on a mission to promote "Progressive" Islam, which basically means accepting Muslim gays and lesbians, total disregard for the Shariah, opposing Muslim scholars and anything remotely Islamic, and a total disregard for the Quran and the sayings of the Prophet Muhammad (SAW). Fatah and his group generally do not represent mainstream Canadian muslim views. Rather, the group is a fringe organization operating from Fatah's basement, despised by many in the Muslim community.

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It is clearly not NPOV and therefore does not belong on Wikipedia. - Mcasey666 23:16, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Valid Points

The Following Points that were removed earlier:

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"Fatah's stance on this issue has outraged many muslims since Fatah claims he speaks for the muslim majority when in fact there are only 300 due-paying members in his organization." "Fatah, a co-founder and spokesperson for the Muslim Canadian Congress, is on a mission to promote "Progressive" Islam" "Fatah and his group generally do not represent mainstream Canadian muslim views."

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These points are valid, and are included, but reworded to meet a NPOV —Preceding unsigned comment added by AAhmed (talk • contribs) 03:13, 16 October 2006

[edit] "300 member" "conservative groups"

Ceren1 19:56, 12 February 2007 (UTC)Ceren

I deleted the "300 member" since not even the MCC website claims to have 300 members, nor there's any proof that the group indeed has 300 members.

I deleted the "conservative" groups since there are progressive Muslim groups, such as the Canadian Muslim Union that have expressed disagreement with Fatah's views.

[edit] BLP, and associated

This article has recently been the subject of some statements and additions which directly contravene our biographies of living persons policy. As noted in the history, the subject of this article - Tarekfatah (talk) - edits Wikipedia, and has also filed on OTRS ticket (2007032210017477) regarding possibly defamatory statements in this article.

I have semi-protected this article for a period of one month, commencing now, given the edits of concern were made by IP addresses. I ask that all users please read WP:V, WP:NPOV and WP:BLP, and be extra-cautious when adding statements to this article. "Unsourced or poorly sourced contentious material — whether negative, positive, or just highly questionable — about living persons should be removed immediately and without discussion from Wikipedia articles, talk pages, user pages, and project space" (emphasis in original, from WP:BLP).

Biographies of living people must be written conservatively, and I hope everyone appreciates the rationale for this decision. Cheers, Daniel Bryant 03:39, 23 March 2007 (UTC)