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The ''Canberra Times'', ''New Zealand Herald'' and Yusuf apologised in 2008 for pieces written by Yusuf they had published regarding Mr Daniel Pipes after Pipes' "Legal Project" complained. The ''Canberra Times'' published this statement: ''The Canberra Times and Irfan Yusuf accept that Mr Pipes never predicted nor has he ever endorsed a Holocaust of European Muslims, and they unreservedly apologise to him for the errors.'' Pipes responded on his blogs: ''Irfan Yusuf has a history of writing inaccurately about me, something I have already noted and corrected. His having embarrassed the Canberra Times should send a signal to responsible media everywhere to decline his tendentious writings.'' Since that time, Irfan has continued to appear regularly in major Australian and international newspapers. The ''Canberra Times'', ''New Zealand Herald'' and Yusuf apologised in 2008 for pieces written by Yusuf they had published regarding Mr Daniel Pipes after Pipes' "Legal Project" complained. The ''Canberra Times'' published this statement: ''The Canberra Times and Irfan Yusuf accept that Mr Pipes never predicted nor has he ever endorsed a Holocaust of European Muslims, and they unreservedly apologise to him for the errors.'' Pipes responded on his blogs: ''Irfan Yusuf has a history of writing inaccurately about me, something I have already noted and corrected. His having embarrassed the Canberra Times should send a signal to responsible media everywhere to decline his tendentious writings.'' Since that time, Irfan has continued to appear regularly in major Australian and international newspapers.


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Irfan Yusuf (born 1969) is an Australian solicitor , social commentator and author. Yusuf was born in Karachi, Pakistan and grew up in Sydney, attending schools in the Australia, Pakistan, and United States.

Early life and education

Irfan grew up in Sydney but spent periods in Karachi and Princeton, New Jersey, USA. He was educated St Andrew’s Cathedral School in Sydney, and at Macquarie University, where he graduated in law and economics.

Early career

Yusuf served as the president of the Islamic Youth Association of New South Wales, a body which was dissolved in 1992, and whose members re-joined to form the NSW division of Young Muslims of Australia (YMA). In 1993, he joined the Liberal Party. Yusuf served as President of the Bankstown Young Liberals and the Bankstown Liberal State Electorate Conference and was on the on NSW State Liberal Council from 1996-2000.

He was endorsed Liberal candidate for the safe Labor seat of Reid in the 2001 Australian Federal Election. He later became critical of the liberal party saying it attempted to appeal to Islamic people with anti-semitism and criticism of homosexuals in order to recruit Labor-voting Muslims to the Liberal Party.

Writings

Yusuf has written on various social and political issues for newspapers and websites Crikey!, New Matilda, Malaysiakini, AltMuslim, and ABC Unleashed. He has appeared on radio and TV programs in Australia, New Zealand and Indonesia. Yusuf has his own blogs where he has criticised some aspects of Australian and American foreign policy as well as local and international Muslim religious and political figures, including former Mufti of Australia, Sheik Elhilaly.

He is the author of the memoir Once we Were Radicals and has spoken on his "search for balance within layers of identity" including growing up in Australia, interest in political Islam, Indian ancestry, Pakistani birth, Urdu language and culture and Muslim religion. Yusuf was awarded the Iremonger award by publishers Allen and Unwin for the book. He was awarded a Highly Commended for the Eureka Street/Human Rights Writing for an essay on combating violence against women in Muslim-majority states in 2008.

The Canberra Times, New Zealand Herald and Yusuf apologised in 2008 for pieces written by Yusuf they had published regarding Mr Daniel Pipes after Pipes' "Legal Project" complained. The Canberra Times published this statement: The Canberra Times and Irfan Yusuf accept that Mr Pipes never predicted nor has he ever endorsed a Holocaust of European Muslims, and they unreservedly apologise to him for the errors. Pipes responded on his blogs: Irfan Yusuf has a history of writing inaccurately about me, something I have already noted and corrected. His having embarrassed the Canberra Times should send a signal to responsible media everywhere to decline his tendentious writings. Since that time, Irfan has continued to appear regularly in major Australian and international newspapers.

References

  1. ^ http://www.allenandunwin.com/_uploads/documents/misc/Iremonger2007mr.pdf
  2. ^ Jill Rowbotham, Religious affairs writer Portrait of a radical as a young man December 13, 2007 The Australian
  3. http://www.abc.net.au/stateline/nsw/content/2006/s1694459.htm
  4. The National Interest: 28 August 2005 - The Aussie Mossie
  6. Irfan Yusuf Islam isn't a Synonym for Terrorism http://www.nzherald.co.nz/islam/news/article.cfm?c_id=500817&objectid=10534281
  7. http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/opinion/story/0,22049,20650652-5001031,00.html
  8. Allen & Unwin - The Iremonger Award
  9. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/article.aspx?aeid=8181

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