My Son the Fanatic is a short story written by Hanif Kureishi first published in The New Yorker in 1994.

The narrative deals with Parvez, a Pakistani immigrant in England, and his problems with his son Ali.

Eventually, Parvez breaks his silence and tells them how his son has changed, hoping to receive some advice.

Parvez tells Bettina what he has observed and that he and his friends assume that his son does all these strange things because he is drug addicted.

Ali tells his father that he is going to give up his studies because, from his point of view, "Western education cultivates an anti-religious attitude".

A few days later while Parvez is driving in his taxi with Bettina he sees his son walking down the sidewalk.

He walks into Ali's room and attacks his son who does not show any kind of reaction to protect or defend himself.