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Zakir Naik meets Lashkar terrorists at Lahore mosque during Pak visit

19th October, 2024

Controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik, wanted in India for inciting hate and extremism, has been spotted meeting members of the terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) during his visit to Pakistan. Naik, who arrived in the country on September 30 for a month-long visit as a state guest, met LeT commander Muzammil Iqbal Hashmi, Muhammad Harris Dhar and Faisal Nadeem -- declared 'international' terrorists by the US in 2008.

Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20241107042704/https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/zakir-naik-controversial-islamic-preacher-meets-lashkar-terrorists-pakistan-2619559-2024-10-19



Zakir Naik's agent converted my son Saurabh to Saleem, says father of arrested terror-accused

18th May, 2023

Mohammed Saleem was among the 16 people arrested last week from Bhopal and Hyderabad for their suspected links with the radical outfit Hizb-ut-Tahrir (HuT). But Mohammed Saleem was Saurabh, a man from a liberal family in Bhopal. Saurabh's parents reveal how their son was converted and talk about the involvement of Zakir Naik's network.

Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20230518150237/https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/saurabh-alias-mohammed-saleem-zakir-naik-hizb-ut-tahrir-hut-radical-outfit-religious-conversion-2380833-2023-05-18



Train fire attack: Shahrukh is highly radicalised, follower of Islamic preacher Zakir Naik

17th April, 2023

According to ADGP Ajithkumar, Shahrukh Saifi is highly radicalised and a devout follower of the controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik. He used to regularly watch videos of Zakir Naik, ADGP said.

Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20230417075441/https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/train-fire-attack-shahrukh-extremely-radicalised-follower-of-islamic-preacher-zakir-naik-1.8485101



18-year-old ISIS terrorist Md Irfan was radicalised by Zakir Naik videos

1st February, 2023

He came across YouTube videos by Zakir Naik, a preacher from India who has been barred from entering Singapore since 2014 for extremist and segregationist teachings.




Zakir Naik banned from entering Singapore

11th January, 2023

Ahmed’s protégé Zakir Naik has also been barred from entering Singapore since 2014 for his segregationist and extremist teachings.




Mangaluru blast: Accused Shariq influenced by Zakir Naik, shared preacher’s videos, say cops

25th November, 2022

According to police sources, the main accused in the Mangaluru blast case, Mohammad Shariq, was influenced by Islamic preacher Zakir Naik's videos and shared them. Cops have found the preacher's videos in Shariq's phone.




U.K.’s Charity Commission shuts down Zakir Naik's Islamic Research Foundation International 

2nd June, 2022

The U.K.’s Charity Commission shut down the Islamic Research Foundation International (IRFI) on April 26 for alleged violations of British charitable law. The foundation was cited for funding Peace TV, an Islamist news channel that lost its licenses to broadcast in 2019 for inciting murder.




Gorakhnath Mandir 'terror' attack: Accused 'Murtaza Abbasi inspired by Zakir Naik, also visited Nepal'

5th April, 2022

As the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) probes the incident of an attack on police constables at the Gorakhnath Temple in Gorakhpur, Times Now has learnt that the accused Murtaza Abbasi was inspired by Zakir Naik.

Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20220405070556/https://www.timesnownews.com/india/gorakhnath-mandir-terror-attack-accused-murtaza-abbasi-inspired-by-zakir-naik-also-visited-nepal-article-90655579



Zakir Naik's IRF banned for 5 years on charges of radicalizing Muslim youth

31st March, 2022

The Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, in a notification issued on Wednesday has declared the Islamic Research Foundation (IRF) an unlawful association and banned it for five years.

Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20220401085931/https://aninews.in/news/national/general-news/zakir-naiks-irf-banned-for-5-years-on-charges-of-radicalizing-muslim-youth20220331150114/



Court frames charges against Terror group who shared materials related to Zakir Naik

31st January, 2021

The members of this group set up several other groups on social media applications in order to share speeches, lectures, videos and images related to Daesh and its activities... Information about Daesh fighters and videos of beheading of the abductees by them were also shared along with the material on the ideologies of religious preachers such as Zakir Naik.

Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20210131020845/https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/crime/a-daesh-of-justice/articleshow/80608271.cms



Zakir Naik link: India busts Malaysia-based outfit's terrorist plot; states on high alert

13th December, 2020

The Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW) has tracked financial transactions of around $ 2 lakh (USD 2,00,000) made by a Malaysia-based group, for an operation in India. Transactions, as per an Intel document, have been tracked to Kuala Lumpur-based Rohingya leader Mohammed Naseer, and terror preacher Zakir Naik.




IS linked Sadiya Anwar Shaikh inspired by Zakir Naik

31st October, 2020

Sadiya came under the radar of intelligence agencies in 2015, when she was just 15, for radical content on her Facebook account. One of her inspirations was wanted Islamic preacher Dr Zakir Naik, who is hiding in Malaysia, according to the charge sheet.




Arrested Al-Qaeda man Leu Yean Ahmed fan of Zakir Naik

23rd September, 2020

What seems to be his Facebook page reveals Leu to be a Zakir Naik fan.


17th September, 2020

Zakir Naik, a television personality whose Peace TV stations have been fined for hate speech in the UK, has been excluded from the charity that has bankrolled the troubled broadcasting operation. Britain’s charity watchdog has appointed an interim manager to run Islamic Research Foundation International due to an investigation over its funding of television channels which have been fined by the country’s media regulator Ofcom. Mr Naik, who founded the charity, ran two television stations, Peace TV and Peace TV Urdu, which were fined £300,000 (Dh1.4 million) in May by the media regulator, for broadcasting hate speeches and incitement to commit murder.




ISIS terrorist arrested in Delhi was influenced by Islamic preacher Zakir Naik's speeches

 24th August, 2020

Delhi Police sources have said that ISIS terrorist Abu Yusuf alias Mustaqeem Khan, who was arrested by Delhi Police Special Cell on Friday (August 21), has revealed during interrogation that he was influenced by speeches of radical Islamic preacher Zakir Naik.

Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20200824054346/https://zeenews.india.com/india/isis-terrorist-arrested-in-delhi-influenced-by-islamic-preacher-zakir-naiks-speeches-2304897.html



 Delhi riots: Links to Zakir Naik, Saudi Arabia, PFI established in police probe

4th July, 2020

New details have emerged from Delhi Police's Special Cell investigation which revealed that Khalid Saifi, who was arrested in connection with the riots, met Islamic preacher Zakir Naik in Malaysia.

Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20200704100324/https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/delhi-riots-links-to-zakir-naik-saudi-arabia-pfi-established-in-police-probe-1696849-2020-07-04



ISIS module fan of Zakir Naik

23rd May, 2020

Hina Bashir Beg - a fan of controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik, had followed the ISIS Facebook page in 2016 and posted about Syria, Israel, and Palestine, which led to Facebook disabling her profile.

Source: http://web.archive.org/web/20200524102634/https://www.republicworld.com/india-news/general-news/radicalisation-details-of-isis-terrorists-arrested-for-anti-caa.html



US deports al-Qaeda man influenced by Zakir Naik

22nd May, 2020

They had been influenced by videos of al-Awlaki and even Zakir Naik lately.

Source: http://web.archive.org/web/20200528041741/https://indianexpress.com/article/india/us-deports-qaeda-man-anwar-al-awlakis-aide-to-india-6421702/



Youth joined ISIS-influenced JKH after being radicalised by Zakir Naik

20th May, 2020

Naser Abubakar Yafahi @ Chaus joined the ISIS-influenced JKH module after being radicalised by the preachings of Naik. Abubakar Yafahi was arrested in July 2016.

Source: http://web.archive.org/web/20200521092055/https://www.timesnownews.com/india/article/islamic-preacher-zakir-naik-continues-to-receive-dirty-money-from-gulf/594738

British charity regulator investigates charity that funded Zakir Naik's Peace TV

15th May, 2020

The Charity Commission is to examine the operations of the Islamic Research Foundation International, which is run by Indian-born Zakir Naik. Mr Naik’s television stations, Peace TV and Peace TV Urdu, were this month fined £300,000 by the UK’s media regulator OfCom for broadcasting hate speeches and incitement.

Source: http://web.archive.org/web/20200519060426/https://www.thenational.ae/world/british-charity-regulator-investigates-charity-that-funded-peace-tv-1.1019948



Zakir Naik's Peace TV Urdu & Peace TV fined £ 3,00,000 in UK for hate speech and highly offensive content

5th May, 2020

Ofcom has today fined the former licence holders of Peace TV Urdu £200,000 and Peace TV £100,000 for breaking our broadcasting rules. Peace TV Urdu and Peace TV were international satellite television channels which broadcast religious programmes from an Islamic perspective. Our investigations found that programmes broadcast on Peace TV Urdu and Peace TV contained hate speech and highly offensive content, which in one instance was likely to incite crime.




Maldives denies visa to Zakir Naik

14th December, 2019

Maldives former President Mohamed Nasheed on Friday said that controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik attempt to enter the Maldives recently was prevented as the government of the island nation does not want anyone to "preach" hatred.

Source: http://web.archive.org/web/20191214063626/https://www.aninews.in/news/world/asia/maldives-will-not-allow-anyone-to-preach-hate-former-president-nasheed-on-zakir-naik20191214074615/



127 held in connection with ISIS say Zakir Naik videos inspired them

14th October, 2019

Most of the 127 persons arrested in connection with cases linked to terror organisation ISIS from across 14 states in the country were inspired by controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik, according to Inspector-General (IG) of National Investigation Agency, Alok Mittal.

Source: http://web.archive.org/web/20200521121608/https://www.aninews.in/news/national/general-news/127-held-in-connection-with-isis-those-arrested-say-zakir-naik-videos-inspired-them-nia20191014141105/

Zakir Naik banned from public speaking in Malaysia

21st August, 2019

Police received more than 100 complaints over his remarks questioning loyalty of minority Hindus and saying ethnic Chinese are guests in Malaysia.

Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20191224192609/https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3023644/malaysia-bans-controversial-indian-muslim-preacher-zakir



Sri Lanka cable operators block Zakir Naik’s Peace TV

1st May, 2019

Cable operators in Sri Lanka have also reportedly blocked controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik’s Peace TV, following the deadly bomb blasts on Easter Sunday which killed at least 250 people.

Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20190911035241/http://www.adaderana.lk/news/54792/lankan-cable-operators-block-zakir-naiks-peace-tv



Sri Lanka attack mastermind inspired by Zakir Naik

23rd April, 2019

He asked: "What can Sri Lankan Muslims do for Dr Zakir Naik?"

Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20190423113942/https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1117637/Sri-Lanka-massacre-Hate-preacher-named-Sri-Lanka-attack-mastermind

Youth who joined ISIS received scholarship from Zakir Naik's IRF

9th June, 2017

Abu Anas, an accused charge-sheeted in the “ISIS conspiracy case” registered by NIA in 2015, received a scholarship from Naik’s IRF for three consecutive years from 2013 to 2015.

Source: http://web.archive.org/web/20170613213415/https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-zakir-naik-s-irf-trained-muslim-youth-who-eventually-joined-islamic-state-nia-2467188



Zakir Naik’s NGO threatened India’s security, sovereignty: Tribunal declares IRF unlawful

11th May, 2017

A special tribunal, headed by justice Sangeeta Dhingra of the Delhi high court, on Thursday upheld the government’s decision to ban controversial preacher Zakir Naik’s NGO Islamic Research Foundation (IRF). The presiding officer of the tribunal found that IRF was involved in activities threatening sovereignty, unity, integrity and security of India.




Zakir Naik’s NGO IRF banned in India for 5 years under UAPA

15th November, 2016

Controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik’s NGO Islamic Research Foundation (IRF) has been banned by the government for five years. The government termed Zakir Naik’s IRF as ‘illegal’, banning the NGO for five years. The ban has been enforced under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and approved at a meeting of the Union Cabinet. The government declared IRF ‘unlawful’ under Section 3 of the UAPA, which will force closure of its offices and interests across the country. The Cabinet note regarding proposal of banning IRF said Zakir Naik has been promoting enmity between religious groups and inspiring Muslim youth in India and abroad to commit terrorist acts.




Zakir Naik's Islamic Research Foundation radicalised youth to join ISIS

14th August, 2016

The father of Ashfaque Ahmed, one of the 21 missing Kerala youth, had filed a complaint accusing four people of radicalising his son to join ISIS. Pursuant to this, the Mumbai Police registered a case on August 6 against the four men - Arshi Qureshi, guest relationship manager with controversial televangelist Dr Zakir Naik’s Islamic Research Foundation (IRF), Rizwan Khan, a volunteer with Al-Birr Foundation, Abdullah Rashid, a local imam, and Haneef - under sections of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) and the IPC.

Source: http://web.archive.org/web/20160815040855/https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/140816/kerala-cleric-held-for-radicalising-12-youth-to-join-isis.html



Hyderabad ISIS module member follower of Zakir Naik

1st August, 2016

The agency’s probe into an IS module in Hyderabad earlier this month had revealed that Mohammad Ibrahim Yazdani was a follower of Zakir Naik and had even attended his camp in Mumbai, as first reported by TOI. NIA is already looking into Naik’s speeches.

Source: http://web.archive.org/web/20160803005425/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/NIA-chargesheet-refers-to-14-globally-known-Islamic-preachers/articleshow/53482378.cms



Zakir Naik's man asked me to convert & join ISIS

18th July, 2016

RC Qureshi, a member of the Zakir Naik's Islamic Research Foundation, insisted that Ebin should embrace Islam and join ISIS.

Bangladesh Government bans Zakir Naik’s Peace TV

11th July, 2016

The decision to ban the Mumbai-based preacher's 'Peace TV Bangla' was taken during a special meeting of Cabinet Committee on Law and Order, Industry Minister Amir Hossain Amu, who chaired the meeting said.




Dhaka Terrorist Rohan Imtiaz followed Zakir Naik

4th July, 2016

Two of the five young militants who have slaughtered 20 innocent people Friday night at Holey Artisan Bakery used to follow three controversial Islamists -- Anjem Choudary, Shami Witness and Zakir Nayek. Militant killer Nibras Islam, 22, used to follow two alleged suspected recruiters of Islamic State - Anjem Choudary and Shami Witness - on Twitter in 2014. Another killer Rohan Imtiaz, son of an Awami League leader, propagated on Facebook last year quoting Peace TV’s controversial preacher Zakir Nayek “urging all Muslims to be terrorists”.




ISIS recruiter listened to Zakir Naik's speeches

31st October, 2015

"After my marriage, problems surfaced (between us). I was influenced by watching videos posted on Youtube of several famous Islamic scholars including Zakir Naik," she said.

Source: http://web.archive.org/web/20151103041551/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/afsha-jabeen-is-recruiter-from-hyderabad-dreams-of-global-caliphate/articleshow/49606388.cms



Bombay High Court asks Zakir Naik to appear before Police

12th May, 2013

The Bombay High Court has asked a public speaker on Islam to appear before the Vengurla police in Sindhudurg district and get his statement recorded in connection with a case registered there for allegedly hurting religious sentiments.




Zakir Naik’s Peace TV illegally broadcasting in India

4th December, 2012

Peace TV is one of the illegally broadcast foreign channels in India. In an answer to an unstarred question No. 1819 answered on 4/12/2102 in the Lok Sabha, Minister of State of the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting stated that “The content of (Peace TV) these channels is not conducive to the security environment in the country and poses a potential security hazard”.




Zakir Naik UK Ban Was Correct - UK Appeal Court

19th December, 2011

High Court order banning Zakir Naik's entry into United Kingdom was correct - UK Appeal Court Judgement

Download / View Judgement: https://www.scribd.com/doc/76246012/ 



Zakir Naik Exclusion From UK Lawful - High Court

5th November, 2010

Zakir Naik was rightly banned from the United Kingdom - High Court Judgment

Download / View Judgement: https://www.scribd.com/document/41317504/ 



Canada cancels Zakir Naik 's visa

23rd June, 2010

Canada has cancelled the travel visa of a controversial television preacher from Mumbai who was scheduled to speak at an upcoming religious conference in Toronto.




Zakir Naik banned from entering UK

18th June, 2010

Britain on Friday banned from entering the country an Indian preacher who has expressed radical views about Islam, including some that appear to justify acts of terrorism. Conservative Home Secretary (interior minister) Theresa May said she had barred Zakir Naik, a 44-year-old television preacher based in Mumbai, for inflammatory remarks he was known to have made in the past.




Indian Mujahideen influenced by Zakir Naik

19th April, 2010

Inside the Indian Mujahideen safehouses raided in October, 2008, police found no evidence that traditional theological literature or the writings of the Tablighi Jamaat had influenced the group. Instead, they found pro-Taliban videos and speeches by Zakir Naik - a popular but controversial Mumbai-based televangelist who has, among other things, defends Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin-Laden.




Jihadist operations inspired by Zakir Naik

22nd November, 2009

Inspired by Islamists at a Flushing mosque, and his imagination fired by the Indian televangelist Zakir Naik, Afghan-born and Pakistan-trained Najibullah Zazi is alleged to have been preparing to set off several improvised explosive devices.




Zakir Naik inspired Terror trainees to visit Pakistan

13th November, 2009

Drawn from the Students Islamic Movement of India and right-wing televangelist Zakir Naik’s Islamic Research Foundation, Sheikh’s clients travelled to Tehran on legitimate Indian passports and Iranian pilgrimage visas, before crossing through the Zahedan border into Pakistan.




Zakir Naik & Islamic Research Foundation's involvement probed in 26/11 Attacks

11th November, 2009

Meanwhile, investigators have told DNA that among the contact details of "curiosity" that they have found in the records of Headley from his Mumbai days are the numbers of Islamic Research Foundation. The Mumbai-based foundation, which owns the Peace TV, is headed by the controversial Islamic preacher Dr Zakir Naik.




All non-Islamic religions have 'foolish tenets': Zakir Naik

1st October, 2009

He is of the belief that Islamic states cannot allow non-believers to propagate their false religions - though they can, of course, freely practice their foolish tenets in the privacy of their own homes. When told that was a bit unfair when non-Islamic states allow Muslims to build mosques and proselytize, he simply says that it is because other religions are not certain of their faith so they allow Islam in.




Al-Qaeda recruit enchanted with Zakir Naik

1st October, 2009

A friend from that period tells TIME that Zazi became enchanted with the controversial Indian Muslim televangelist Dr. Zakir Naik, who preaches a wild mix of harsh Islamic rhetoric and unorthodox Muslim theology.




Terror suspect loved Zakir Naik

25th September, 2009

Friends said that Najib later came to love videos on YouTube that featured Zakir Naik... To Mr. Zazi, “he was his inspiration,” his friend Mr. Zaraei said. “He just loved him.”




UN-designated terrorist Hafeez Saeed endorsed Zakir Naik's Islamic Research Foundation

24th December, 2008

Zakir Naik's organisation, Islamic Research Foundation (IRF) featured on the website of UN-designated terrorist Hafeez Saeed's Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JUD). JUD is the parent and religious and political organisation of the banned terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).




Terrorist outfit Indian Mujahideen listened to Zakir Naik CD’s

5th October, 2008

Interestingly, most of the CDs in a black case that were displayed by the police along with the recovered items on Friday featured Zakir Naik, a medical doctor turned Islamic scholar.




Fatwa against Zakir Naik by Darul Ifta, Darul Uloom Deoband, Uttar Pradesh, India

21st August, 2008

Fatwa: 1541/1322=B/1429 - "… one should not rely upon his speeches…"




Fatwa against Zakir Naik by Darul Ifta, Darul Uloom Deoband, Uttar Pradesh, India

13th January, 2008

Fatwa: 1058/1058=J - "…his approach seems contradicted to authentic Ulama of Salaf…"




Zakir Naik’s hand probed in Bengal riots

23rd November, 2007

Intelligence sources also said they were probing the hand of a radical Islamic ideologue from Gujarat, Zakir Naik, and activists of the Ahl-e-Hadees militant group.




Zakir Naik’s Islamic Research Foundation magnet for Lashkar-e-Taiba linked figures

14th July, 2007

Zakir Naik's Mumbai-based Islamic Research Foundation (IRF) has proved to be a magnet for LeT-linked figures. Rahil Sheikh, a key LeT organiser who helped organise the Mumbai serial bombings, used a 2003 Ahl-e-Hadith convention addressed by Naik to recruit cadre. Sheikh's associate, Feroze Deshmukh, worked as a librarian at the IRF.




Mumbai serial bombings perpetrators often met at Zakir Naik's Islamic Research Foundation

8th July, 2007

Investigations into the 2006 serial bombings in Mumbai showed that top Lashkar-e-Taiba organisers Rahil Ahmed Sheikh and Zabiuddin Ansari often met at the Islamic Research Foundation (IRF) in Mumbai’s Dongri area. IRF librarian Feroz Deshmukh, their contact there, turned out to be a key member of the Lashkar-e-Taiba cell which executed the bombings.




Fatwa against Zakir Naik by Darul Ifta, Darul Uloom Deoband, Uttar Pradesh, India

29th April, 2007

Fatwa: 352=363/B - "… Muslims should avoid listening to him… "

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