Tarek Fatah

Tarek Fatah (Punjabi/Urdu: ; 20 November 1949 – 24 April 2023) was a Pakistani-Canadian journalist and author.An Indian born in Pakistan: Meet and chat with Tarek Fatah at Firstpost Salon this Thursday, Firstpost, 23 November 2015. Fatah advocated LGBT rights, a seperation of religion and state, opposition to sharia law, and advocacy for a liberal, progressive form of Islam. He called himself "an Indian born in Pakistan" and a Punjabi born into Islam" and was a vocal critic of The Pakistani religious and political establishment. To this end, Fatah had criticized the partition of India. Since 1987 Fatah left Pakistan and settled in Saudi Arabia, before emigrating to Canada.I am an Indian born in Pakistan, a Punjabi born in Islam: Tarek Fatah

Fatah died of cancer on April 24, 2023 at the age of 73.
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Other websites
Transcript of Fatah being interviewed by CNN's Glenn Beck
Transcript - Tarek Fatah's address to Canada's Senate Committee on National Security and Defence

Category:1949 births
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Category:Canadian journalists
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Category:Writers from Toronto
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