Zakir Abdul Karim Naik[12] (born 18 October 1965) is an Indian Islamic preacher,[13][14] and the founder and president of the Islamic Research Foundation (IRF).[1][15][16] He is also the founder of the Peace TV channel through which he reaches a reported 200 million viewers.[17][18] He has been called an "authority on comparative religion",[19]"perhaps the most influential Salafi ideologue in India",[20] "the rock star of tele-evangelism and a proponent of modern Islam"[15] and "the world's leading Salafi evangelist".[21] Unlike many Islamic preachers, his lectures are colloquial,[22] given in English, not Urdu or Arabic,[21] and he usually wears a suit and tie.[22]
Before becoming a public speaker, he trained as a physician.[14] He has published booklet versions of lectures on Islam and comparative religion. Although he has publicly disclaimed sectarianism in Islam,[23] he is regarded as an exponent of the Salafi ideology,[20][24] and as a radical Islamic[13][25][26] televangelistpropagating Wahhabism.[21][25][27][28][29] His preaching is currently banned in India, Bangladesh, Canada and the United Kingdom.[30][31][32]
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