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Thread: On Tarek Fatah (@TarekFatah), the fake imam (aka @imamofpeace) and fake news: (1/8)
Tarek Fatah just retweeted an allegation posted by the fake imam which accuses me of having “ties to Qatar”. The basis of the allegation is that I visited Qatar in 2016 “on a fundraising mission” and alleges that the Mosque I worked for received a donation in 385,000 QAR. (2/8)
Fact: I only visited Qatar once, and it was in 2013. At the time, I was unemployed and did not participate in any fundraising. For good measure, I’ve checked with the Mosque if they’ve ever taken donations from Qatar the past decade and the answer is no. (3/8)
I myself have reviewed all documents from 2011 (as per the allegation) and it checks out. (4/8)
Also, Islamophobes are dumb exhibit #4252352: They allege that 385,000QAR is “about 1.4 million”. They can’t even work out a simple conversion rate. 385,000QAR is roughly $140,000. Geniuses I tell ya. (4/8)
All of this of course is a stupid attempt to attack me because I’ve pointed out the obvious: @ghada_melek has engaged in bigotry, Islamophobia and homophobia and has made little to no attempt to rectify her mistakes. And therefore does not deserve to run as an MP. (5/8)
Instead @TarekFatah , who has no substance to argue, has to go for character assassination. He calls me a member of the Muslim Brotherhood, even though (6/8)
Fatah knows very well that I am not. But it’s a brazen attempt at intimidation because he knows that even the allegation can carry life-threatening implications in many countries. (7/8)
Finally, @TheTorontoSun needs to examine their journalistic duty towards integrity in enabling those who are clearly spreading misinformation. If @TarekFatah is part of a new org, then he should be held to journalistic standards otherwise they need to distance themselves from him
