Tarek Fatah Bio | Wiki
Tarek Fatah is a Pakistani-Canadian journalist and author. He advocates LGBT rights, a separation of religion and state, opposition to sharia law, and advocacy for a “liberal, progressive form” of Islam.
Tarek calls himself “an Indian born in Pakistan” and “a Punjabi born into Islam”. He is a vocal critic of the Pakistani religious and political establishment. Tarek has criticized the partition of India. He left Pakistan and settled in Saudi Arabia, before emigrating to Canada in 1987.
Tarek Fatah Age
Tarek was born on November 20, 1949, in Karachi, Pakistan. He is 72 years old.
Tarek Fatah Height
He is a man of average stature and stands at a height of 5 ft 9 in (Approx. 1.75 m).
Tarek Fatah Family
He was born in Karachi, Pakistan to his parents. Tarek was born into a Punjabi Muslim family which had migrated from Bombay to Karachi following the Partition of India in 1947. He said:
“I am an Indian born in Pakistan, a Punjabi born in Islam; an immigrant in Canada with a Muslim consciousness, grounded in a Marxist youth. I am one of Salman Rushdie’s many Midnight’s Children: we were snatched from the cradle of a great civilization and made permanent refugees, sent in search of an oasis that turned out to be a mirage.”
Tarek Fatah Wife
Tarek is married to his beautiful wife Nargis. Together, the couple shares two children Natasha and Nazia. Tarek left Pakistan and settled in Saudi Arabia, before emigrating to Canada in 1987.
Tarek Fatah Education
He graduated with a degree in biochemistry from the University of Karachi. Later, Tarek entered into journalism as a reporter for the Karachi Sun in 1970, before becoming an investigative journalist for Pakistan Television.
He was a leftist student leader in the 1960s and 1970s and was imprisoned twice by military regimes. He was charged with sedition and barred from journalism by the Zia-ul Haq regime in 1977.
Tarek Fatah Chasing A Mirage
Chasing a Mirage: The Tragic Illusion of an Islamic State was published in 2008. The Toronto Star reviewer John Goddard said that the book was a “richly layered work of stark realities.”
The book was praised by the Mackenzie Institute, as a direct challenge to the far-Islamist fanatics who deriving from the original texts of Islam, successfully argued about how the pursuit of a global Islamic state violated Mohammed’s tenets.
Tarek Fatah Toronto Sun
Since 2012, Tarek has written a regular column for the Toronto Sun and was a frequent commentator on the now-defunct Sun News Network. He has been a regular host of “What The Fatah” since 2018 which is hosted by New Delhi Times on their YouTube channel. The talk show mainly focuses on the current International Political trends.
It is widely watched in India, Pakistan, and Canada. From 2009 to 2015, Tarek was a broadcaster on Toronto radio station CFRB Newstalk 1010. As well as appearing as a regular contributor on the John Moore Morning Show, Tarek was co-host of the nightly Friendly Fire with Ryan Doyle and Tarek Fatah from 2009 to 2011.
Tarek Fatah Muslim Canadian Congress
Tarek was one of the founders of the Muslim Canadian Congress in 2001, after the September 11 attacks. He served as its communications director and spokesperson until 2006.
He spoke out against the introduction of Sharia law as an option for Muslims in civil law in Ontario. Sharia banking in Canada. Tarek promoted social liberalism in the Muslim community and the separation of religion from the state and endorsed same-sex marriage.
Tarek Fatah The Jew Is Not My Enemy | Books
Tarek’s book The Jew Is Not My Enemy was published by McClelland & Stewart in October 2010. The book won the 2010 Helen and Stan Vine Canadian Book Award in Politics and History, by the Koffler Centre of the Arts.
Tarek Fatah Net worth
He earns his wealth from his career, therefore, he has amassed a fortune over the years. Tarek’s estimated net worth is $1 million.
Who Is Tarek Fatah
Tarek is a Pakistani-Canadian journalist and author. He advocates LGBT rights, a separation of religion and state, opposition to sharia law, and advocacy for a “liberal, progressive form” of Islam.
How Old Is Tarek Fatah
He is 72 years old. Tarek was born on November 20, 1949, in Karachi, Pakistan.