On King Salman intervention Zakir Naik granted Saudi citizenship
Press monitoring organisation Middle East Monitor (MEMO) has reported that controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik has been granted the citizenship of Saudi Arabia. It said that Saudi's King Salman 'personally intervened' to grant citizenship to Naik to 'save him from arrest...
Samajwadi Party leader Abu Azmi takes over school run by hate preacher Zakir Naik
Mumbai: Samajwadi Party leader Abu Azmi has taken over the Islamic International School (IIS), located in Mumbai's Mazgaon, which was earlier run by Zakir Naik's Islamic Research Foundation. The IIS will now be renamed as 'Avicenna International School'. In November last year,...
ED attaches assets of Zakir Naik’s NGO amounting to Rs 18.37 Cr
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate has attached controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik's NGO, Islamic Research Foundations assets worth Rs 18.37 crore. The attachment of assets was carried out under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. Earlier in the day, the National Investigation...
HC upholds Centre’s decision to ban Zakir Naik’s NGO
The Delhi HC dismisses Zakir Naik's Islamic Research Foundation's plea challenging the Centre's decision to ban the organisation. The court observes that the Centre's decision to ban Naik's organisation was taken to safeguard sovereignty and integrity of India. The Centre has...
I was ready to cooperate, but no probe agency contacted me: Zakir Naik
Asserting that he has repeatedly offered his cooperation to Central agencies in their investigations, Islamic Research Foundation chief Zakir Naik has justified his decision to steer clear of India saying that he was an NRI and that his work kept...
MHA renewed our foreign fund license last week, says Zakir Naik’s IRF
Mumbai/Nagpur: Under the scanner for radicalizing Muslim youths and getting foreign funding from wrong sources, Islamic Research Foundation of preacher Zakir Naik has denied any wrongdoing. IRF said that its foreign fund license was renewed only last under Foreign Contribution...
Zakir Naik slaps Rs 500 cr defamation suit against Arnab Goswami
Mumbai/Nagpur: Controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik, has slapped a Rs 500-crore defamation case against Times Now editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami for running a "hate campaign" and "media trial" against him. In the notice, issued by Zakir Naik's lawyer Mubin Solkar, the preacher has...
No compromise on terror, says Home Minister about Zakir Naik’s speeches
Zakir Naik (File Pic) Mumbai/Nagpur: The speeches of Dr Zakir Naik, described as incendiary by critics and an inspiration for the weekend's deadly killing of patrons of a cafe in Bangladesh, are being reviewed on CDs by top investigative officers,...
Police deployed at ‘hate’ preacher Zakir Naik’s Mumbai office
Zakir Naik (File Pic) Mumbai/Nagpur: Police have been deployed outside the city office of a foundation run by controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik, whose 'hate speech' is reported to have inspired one of the five Bangladeshi militants involved in the...