Tarek Fatah

Tarek Fatah (born 20 November 1949) is a Canadian writer, broadcaster, secularist and liberal activist. Fatah is a founder of the Muslim Canadian Congress and served as its communications officer and spokesperson. Fatah advocates gay rights, a separation of religion and state, opposition to sharia law, and advocacy for a "liberal, progressive form" of Islam. Some of his activism and statements have been met with criticism from right-wing Muslim groups.  Fatah is currently hosting a Hindi language talk show on India's Zee News channel called Fatah Ka Fatwa ("Fatah's Fatwa") which features panel discussions that include Muslims discussing Islamic issues. The show, which began airing 7 January 2017 and is scheduled to run on weekends for 13 weeks, is often provocative, criticising aspects of Islamic belief and practice and discussing Islamic terrorism, and has garnered tens of millions of viewers. The programme has fuelled objections by conservative Muslims and has resulted in petitions and legal attempts to force the show's cancellation as well as a bounty on Fatah's head and other threats against the host.