| Name(s) |
ZAKIR NAIK
(Full Name: Zakir Abdul Karim Naik) |
| Date of
Birth |
Oct 18, 1965 |
|
Identity |
Indian Islamic
preacher, and the founder and president of the Islamic Research
Foundation (IRF) |
|
Events &
Developments |
- Founder of the Peace TV channel reportedly having over
200 million viewers.
- He lectures in English, not Urdu or Arabic, and he
usually wears a suit and tie.
- Before becoming a public speaker, he completed his MBBS
medical degree.
- Generally regarded as an exponent of the Salafi
ideology, and as a radical Islamist propagating Wahhabism.
- His preaching is currently banned in India, Bangladesh,
Canada and the United Kingdom.
-
He has condemned dancing and singing because they are
prohibited in Islam.
- He
is permissive of beating one's wife "gently".
- Jul 31, 2008: In a lecture delivered on
this day on Peace TV, he commented on the 9/11 attacks "it
is a blatant, open secret that this attack on the Twin
Towers was done by George Bush himself"
- Jul 04, 2018:
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Honours & Awards |
- Nov 05, 2013: Department of
Islamic Development Malaysia conferred a Ma'al Hijrah
Distinguished Personality award to him.
- Feb 02, 2015: He was
awarded the King Faisal International Prize for Service to
Islam.
- Jul 12, 2016: A Shia group
styling itself the "Hussaini Tigers" placed a ₹15 lakh
bounty on his head.
- Jul 13, 2016: Vishva Hindu
Parishad leader Sadhvi Prachi announced a reward of ₹50 lakh
to anyone beheading Zakir Naik.
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