Zakir Naik
| Zakir Naik ذاکِر نائک ज़ाकिर नाइक |
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Naik in the Maldives in May 2010
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| Born |
18 October 1965 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Education | MBBS |
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| Occupation | President of Islamic Research Foundation, Public speaker |
| Years active | 1991–present |
| Known for |
Dawah Founder of Peace TV, Peace TV Bangla, Peace TV Urdu and Peace TV Chinese |
| Board member of | Islamic Research Foundation,iERA,Islamic International School and United Islamic Aid |
| Spouse(s) | Farhat Naik |
| Children | Fariq Naik, Rushdaa Naik |
| Awards | King Faisal International Prize for Service to Islam, 2015 |
| Website | |
Zakir Abdul Karim Naik (born 18 October 1965) is an Indian Islamic preacher, and the founder and president of the Islamic Research Foundation (IRF). He is also the founder of the "comparative religion" Peace TV channel through which he reaches a reported 100 million viewers. He has been called an "authority on comparative religion", "perhaps the most influential Salafi ideologue in India", "the rock star of tele-evangelism and a proponent of modern Islam" and "the world's leading Salafi evangelist". Unlike many Islamic preachers, his lectures are colloquial, given in English, not Urdu or Arabic, and he wears a suit and tie.
Before becoming a public speaker, he trained as a physician. He has published booklet versions of lectures on Islam and comparative religion. Although he has publicly disclaimed sectarianism in Islam, he is regarded as an exponent of the Salafi ideology, and as a radical Islamictelevangelist propagating Wahhabism. His preaching is currently banned in India, Bangladesh, Canada and the United Kingdom.
Zakir Naik was born in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. He attended Kishinchand Chellaram College and studied medicine at Topiwala National Medical College & BYL Nair Charitable Hospital and later the University of Mumbai, where he obtained a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (MBBS).
In 1991 he started working in the field of Dawah, and founded the Islamic Research Foundation (IRF). Naik's wife, Farhat Naik, works for the women's section of the Islamic Research foundation (IRF).
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