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A Pakistani-Canadian journalist known in part for confronting antisemitism among Muslims. The 2010 opening said his second book, “The Jew Is Not My Enemy: Unveiling the Myths that Fuel Muslim Anti-Semitism,” would be published that October. Today the opening does not mention this book, or any of his books, at all, though the word survives four times in the body. A reader arriving now learns almost nothing of his career and not that he wrote a book specifically confronting antisemitism among Muslims.

The word “antisemitism” appeared 2 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2010. Today the opening carries none; the body carries 4. Checked against the full current article on 2026-08-01.

The tracked words, snapshot by snapshot

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antisemitism22000
islamist00100

Counts are of the opening paragraph only, the part most readers, search engines and AI training sets ever quote.

What was taken out

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  • The opening identification of Fatah as “a Canadian political” figure, dropped in a rewrite.
  • The mention of his book “Chasing a Mirage: The Tragic Illusion of an Islamic State,” dropped from the opening.
  • The note that the book was shortlisted for the $35,000 Donner Book Prize, dropped from the opening.
  • The mention of his book confronting antisemitism among Muslims, “Unveiling the Myths that Fuel Muslim Anti-Semitism,” dropped from the opening.
  • The detail of his 2009 radio hosting job at CFRB, dropped from the opening.
  • The detail of his later radio work on John Moore’s morning show, dropped from the opening.

How it opened then, and now

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2010 (revision 361920515):

Tarek Fatah Tarek Fatah (born November 20, 1949) is a Canadian political activist, writer and broadcaster. He is the author of Chasing a Mirage: The Tragic Illusion of an Islamic State , published by John Wiley & Sons . In the book Fatah challenges the notion that the establishment of an Islamic state is a necessary prerequisite to entering the state of Islam. He suggests that the idea of an Islamic state is merely a mirage that Muslims have been made to chase for over a millennium. Chasing a Mirage was shortlisted for the prestigious $35,000 Donner Book Prize for 2008-2009. Fatah’s second book titled “The Jew Is Not My Enemy: Unveiling the Myths that Fuel Muslim Anti-Semitism , will be publ…

2025 (revision 1291299248):

Pakistani-Canadian journalist and author (1949–2023) Tarek Fatah ( Punjabi / Urdu : طارق فتح ; [t̪aɾɪk fətah] / [fəteh] 20 November 1949 – 24 April 2023) was a Pakistani-Canadian journalist and author . He was a Punjabi born into Islam and was a vocal critic of the Pakistani religious and political establishment , and the partition of India . ^ An Indian born in Pakistan: Meet and chat with Tarek Fatah at Firstpost Salon this Thursday , Firstpost, 23 November 2015. ^ Rawat, Sudeep Singh (25 April 2023). “Pakistan-born journalist and columnist Tarek Fatah died due to cancer” . Business Standard . Retrieved 26 November 2024 . ^ Fatah, Tarek (21 August 2012). “Pakistan: The demon the West creat…

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