What is Tarek Fatah?
{{Infobox writer | native_name = طارق فتح | image = TarekFatahstanding.jpg | alt = Tarek Fatah | caption = Fatah in 2009 | birth_date = {{birth date|1949|11|20|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Karachi]], [[Sindh]], [[Dominion of Pakistan|Pakistan]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2023|4|24|1949|11|20|df=yes}} | death_place = [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], Canada | nationality = Pakistani-Canadian | citizenship = Canadian | genre = Non-fiction | period = 1996–2023 | subject = [[Religion]], [[politics]] | movement = [[Secularism]], [[liberalism and progressivism within Islam]], [[social democracy]] | alma_mater = [[University of Karachi]] | occupation = political activist, writer, broadcaster | spouse = Nargis Fatah | children = [[Natasha Fatah]]<br />Nazia Fatah | birth_name = | website = {{Official website|https://tarekfatah.net}} | awards = [[Donner Prize]], [[Canadian Jewish Book Awards|Helen and Stan Vine Canadian Book Award]] }}'''Tarek Fatah''' ([[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]/[[Urdu]]: {{nastaliq|طارق فتح}}; 20 November 1949 – 24 April 2023) was a Pakistani-Canadian journalist and author.<ref name=Firstpost>[http://www.firstpost.com/living/an-indian-born-in-pakistan-meet-and-chat-with-tarek-fatah-at-firstpost-salon-this-thursday-2517232.html An Indian born in Pakistan: Meet and chat with Tarek Fatah at Firstpost Salon this Thursday], Firstpost, 23 November 2015.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bridge.georgetown.edu/research/factsheet-tarek-fatah/|title=FACTSHEET: Tarek Fatah|website=Bridge Initiative|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-30}}</ref> Fatah advocated [[LGBT rights]], a seperation of religion and state, opposition to [[sharia law]], and advocacy for a liberal, progressive form of [[Islam]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://torontosun.com/2017/09/05/islamic-world-hypocritical-about-rohingya-muslims|title=Islamic world hypocritical about Rohingya Musli