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Zakir Naik is an Indian public speaker of Islam and comparative religion

Dr Zakir Naik is an Indian public speaker on the subject of Islam and comparative religion. He is the founder and president of the Islamic Research Foundation (IRF).

He is sometimes referred to as a televangelist because of his work at Peace TV. Before becoming a public speaker, he trained as a medical doctor. 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.

Zaker 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, works for the women's section of the Islamic Research foundation (IRF).

He said in 2006, that he was inspired by Ahmed Deedat, an Islamic preacher whom he met in 1987. (Daker is sometimes referred to as "Deedat plus", a label given to him by Deedat.)

He founded the Islamic International School in Mumbai. and United Islamic Aid, which provides scholarship to poor and destitute Muslim youth. He is also a board member and adviser of IERA.

The Islamic Research Foundation website describes Naik as "the ideologue and driving force behind Peace TV Network". Naik’s channel is to promote "Truth, Justice, Morality, Harmony and Wisdom for the whole of humankind", mentions its website.

The Indian government banned the Peace TV channel in 2012; According to The New York Times in 2015, quoting an anonymous Indian journalist, the Mumbai police have barred him from holding conferences "because he stirs controversy", and Indian satellite providers have refused to broadcast his television channel, Peace TV.

In 2016, during a press conference he claimed himself as a Non-resident Indian (NRI). In 2017, according to the Middle East Monitor, Daker was granted citizenship by Saudi Arabia.

On 18 July 2017, India revoked Zakir's passport following a recommendation from the National Investigation Agency.

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