Thursday, May 24, 2007
From Robert Spencer:
After a long career at Pakistan Television, Tashbih's differences with the Zia ul-Haq regime in Pakistan (which gave the Islamization of Pakistan its first great boost) led him to come to the United States, where he founded two newspapers, Pakistan Today and Muslim World Today, and wrote eight books, including Mohammad – A Secularist's View. He appeared in documentaries including Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West. He was the President and founder of The Council for Democracy and Tolerance, an adjunct fellow of the Hudson Institute, and a member of the Jihad Watch Board.
Tashbih was insightful, humorous, and above all, fearless in his opposition to the jihad ideology of Islamic supremacism. Despite numerous threats and a relentless barrage of insults and personal attacks, he kept on trying to awaken the world to the magnitude of the threat we face, never trimming his truth-telling to fit current fashion.
He was a dear friend, and he will be greatly missed.
May his memory be eternal.
I will miss my dear friend Tashbih. He was a great man, a great communicator, and my mentor. We need to honor his legacy by fighting radical Jihad, Islam, and hate. He will never be forgotten. He was a real "mensch"
Im going to miss my colleague, family and friend, the great scholar and friend of democracy and freedo of religion Mr. Tahhbih Sayyed who gave me the gift and honor to know him both perso nally and professionally. His loss is both shocking and a surprise which came all too suddenly.
Tashbih will be missed tremendously.