Why zakir naik banned in india

Indian prosecutors have charged controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik with money laundering. Indian authorities have also accused him of spreading hate speech and inciting terrorism. It is banned in India but has an estimated million viewers worldwide. Other countries have banned the channel - including Bangladesh, where it is accused of inspiring one of the gunmen behind a cafe attack in Dhaka in which 22 people were killed. It told the court that it had identified assets worth millions of dollars as proceeds of crime.

Malaysia wants to send Zakir Naik to some other country, not many willing to accept, says Ex-PM Mahathir Mohamad Naik has been banned from any public activities in the multi-ethnic country after his controversial remarks against Malaysian Hindus and Chinese last year.

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Chennai Airport resumes normal operations after five-hour suspension of arrivals. While NIA claimed that Naik and his associates promoted enmity and hatred between different religious groups in India through public speeches and lectures, the Interpol panel highlighted that promoting religion and religious views could not be per se considered as committing a criminal act and there was no close link between the alleged incitement by Naik and any ensuing act of violence.

It ordered deletion of data on Naik from Interpol files. The order was passed following a deliberation by the Interpol panel between January 25 and His religious views were inflammatory and have inspired several youngsters to join terrorism. Naik is wanted in India for money laundering and hate speech and also for allegedly promoting enmity and hatred between religious communities. The Wolfson Economics Prize Our Finalists outline their big idea for radically improving how hospitals are designed and planned.

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