{"id":1205,"date":"2017-01-22T14:29:06","date_gmt":"2017-01-22T19:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.hampshire.edu\/scienceandislamvideoportal\/?page_id=1205"},"modified":"2018-02-12T15:51:52","modified_gmt":"2018-02-12T20:51:52","slug":"zakir-naik","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.hampshire.edu\/scienceandislamvideoportal\/zakir-naik\/","title":{"rendered":"Zakir Naik"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.hampshire.edu\/scienceandislamvideoportal\/files\/2015\/04\/d-2-Udf4z8s.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-623\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.hampshire.edu\/scienceandislamvideoportal\/files\/2015\/04\/d-2-Udf4z8s-300x164.jpg\" alt=\"Zakir Naik\" width=\"300\" height=\"164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.hampshire.edu\/scienceandislamvideoportal\/files\/2015\/04\/d-2-Udf4z8s-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.hampshire.edu\/scienceandislamvideoportal\/files\/2015\/04\/d-2-Udf4z8s.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1>Zakir Naik<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Dr. Zakir Naik is a well-known media personality, founder of the Islamic Research Foundation (IRF) in Mumbai, India in 1991. (The IRF\u2019s web site has been suspended.\u00a0 See <a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20161030053422\/http:\/\/www.irf.net\/\"><span class=\"s1\">older versions<\/span><\/a> in the Internet Archive.)\u00a0 He went on to establish <a href=\"http:\/\/www.peacetv.tv\/\"><span class=\"s1\">Peace TV,<\/span><\/a> a Dubai-based satellite channel on which he is a prominent speaker, in 2006.\u00a0 The channel began program distribution in English, and has expanded into Urdu and Bangla as well, seeking to serve both Muslims and non-Muslims in South Asia, the South Asian diaspora, and beyond.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Naik, who trained as a medical doctor in India, studied under famed self-taught preacher, Ahmed Deedat (1918-2005).<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Deedat, who was himself born in South Asia, was known for specifically addressing issues that Christian preachers, often from the US, brought up while proselytizing in Deedat\u2019s adopted country of South Africa.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Deedat learned Christian scripture in order to be able to refute and debate with missionaries.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Naik, who styles himself a student of comparative religion, used his medical training to frame narratives about the use of science proving the miraculous nature of the Qur\u02be\u0101n, a genre called <i>i\u02bfj\u0101z<\/i> <em>\u02bfilmi<\/em> or simply\u00a0<i>i\u02bfj\u0101z<\/i><i>\u00a0<\/i>(Guessoum 2008; ElShakry 2008; Yazicioglu 2013; Bigliardi 2014).<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Although this genre has more than a hundred years of history, it became far better known in the 1980s with the work of Maurice Bucaille (1920-1998), a French surgeon (and Christian) who set out to compare the Bible and the Qur\u02be\u0101n on their depictions of science, and decided that the Qur\u02be\u0101n fit better with the scientific facts that he marshaled (Bigliardi 2012).<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Naik has been recognized in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/news\/699326\"><span class=\"s1\">Saudi Arabia<\/span><\/a> (Hubbard, 2015), the <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/PoqkEhJmpdE\"><span class=\"s1\">United Arab Emirates<\/span><\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/caravandaily.com\/portal\/top-malaysian-honor-for-dr-zakir-naik\/\"><span class=\"s1\">Malaysia<\/span><\/a>, winning awards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Naik, learning to preach at the height of both Deedat\u2019s and Bucaille\u2019s fame, used these science narratives as a centerpiece of his preaching.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Starting in 1994, we have recordings of Naik\u2019s talks, including one of his most famous, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/ZakirNaikOnIslamCh\"><span class=\"s1\">The Qur\u2019an and Modern Science:<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Contradiction or Conciliation?<\/span><\/a>\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Naik\u2019s presentations were famous for being memorized, delivered, unlike Deedat, without any notes, often for longer than an hour.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>The presentations linked specific scientific \u201cfacts\u201d, like the <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/k_x9A4P0taQ\"><span class=\"s1\">Big Bang<\/span><\/a>, with Qur\u02be\u0101nic verses.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Naik would provide translations and explanations, which <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/5SWBL74zNfU\"><span class=\"s1\">critics<\/span><\/a> often note are full of errors of translation and fact.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>For instance, one part of the talk includes a substantial list of verses that are supposed to be evidence of the Qur\u02be\u0101n\u2019s discussion of the <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/oUjJKAZoiaI\"><span class=\"s1\">water cycle<\/span><\/a> (evaporation, rain, etc), yet those who have checked the cited references find that some of them do not mention water at all (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/OvG-606KqwU?t=14m50s\"><span class=\"s1\">The Masked Arab<\/span><\/a>, 2014).<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Another hallmark of Naik\u2019s talks are question and answer sessions which follow them, in which audience members queue at several microphones and ask questions of Naik.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Depending on the topic of the talk, the questions vary, but scientific topics often come up and are addressed by Naik, including questions that have been controversial in the Muslim world, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/rjuh-XCroSk\"><span class=\"s1\">biological evolution<\/span><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/dQrM5-Mj7VI\"><span class=\"s1\">organ transplantation<\/span><\/a>.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Naik also produces scientific \u201cfacts\u201d to support ritual practices such as <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/H4T1jEPiL_8\"><span class=\"s1\">growing a beard<\/span><\/a> or performing the <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/qjNhe0A2c28\"><span class=\"s1\">daily prayers<\/span><\/a>.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>These Q&amp;A sessions sometimes last as long as the talk itself.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>In recent years, Naik has focused more on trying to convert non-Muslims, who are encouraged to ask their questions first.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>In this sense Naik\u2019s material seems to be moving more toward Christian understandings of missionary activity than Muslim constructions of <i>da\u2019wa<\/i> (the call to Islam), which often are focused on bringing straying Muslims into correct practices as much as on converting outsiders.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">It is this question of who, exactly, is an outsider that is of interest with Naik\u2019s works.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Muslims in India are a minority community, and Naik\u2019s talks, even when they are given in Muslim majority areas like Dubai, seem more focused on Muslim minorities, such as Dubai&#8217;s South Asian diaspora.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Naik\u2019s organization has fostered off-shoots, particularly in Europe, where the <a href=\"https:\/\/iera.org\/\"><span class=\"s1\">iERA<\/span><\/a>, a youth-oriented outreach group, has been active promoting similar science narratives.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Inherent in many of these narratives is that those who promote \u201cscience\u201d are automatically construed as atheists, suggesting that believing Muslims cannot be, for instance, practicing evolutionary biologists.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Although Naik often constructs his scientific narratives around Western scientists who supposedly agree with his views, he ignores Muslims who have long spoken out in disagreement to his constructions, even those who are practicing scientists of long standing (Lewis 2011).<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>In this sense, although he sometimes presents himself as being balanced and \u201crational\u201d, he is, in the end, just promoting a particular kind of Islamic practice, one that would be at home in Saudi Arabia, for instance.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\">Zakir Naik&#8217;s Talks<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\">Naik\u2019s talks are memorized, and given over and over again around the world, often to quite substantial audiences.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>His talks have diversified over time, although elements of <i>i\u02bfj\u0101z<\/i> often crop up even when the talk titles have nothing to do with it.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>In this sense, these narratives structured around science seem to be the core of Naik\u2019s personal brand.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>The recordings of his talks have been moved to Internet video platforms, such as YouTube, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/us\"><span class=\"s1\">DailyMotion<\/span><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/Tune.pk\"><span class=\"s1\">Tune.pk<\/span><\/a>, where they are curated by users appropriating Naik\u2019s name as well as by users apparently using their own names.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>These videos have drawn a wide array of both critique videos as well as spoofs.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Some of the questions Naik draws from the audience can become heated; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sXa-UQjSNn0\"><span class=\"s1\">one video clip of Adnan Jahangir<\/span><\/a>, a young former Muslim medical student, asking Naik about biological evolution, exists in hundreds of copies around the Web.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>That clip in particular has been presented by both <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/_HrCf-NFvmM\"><span class=\"s1\">supporters<\/span><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Ndpsuvg48fc\"><span class=\"s1\">detractors<\/span><\/a> of Naik, with each side claiming it depicts Naik either winning or losing the argument, depending on the perspective of the curator.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\">Debate about Zakir Naik<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\">Naik\u2019s talks have been the focus of a certain amount of polemics.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>He has been banned from the United Kingdom (starting in 2010), and seems not to have been given visas (or not had visas renewed) for Canada and the US as well.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>In April 2016, while on a speaking tour of southeast Asia, there was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.malaysiandigest.com\/features\/605700-is-there-reason-for-malaysians-to-be-afraid-of-preacher-zakir-naik.html\"><span class=\"s1\">talk of banning him<\/span><\/a> that was eventually smoothed over.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>In July of 2016, at least one of the people implicated in the bombing in Dhaka, Bangladesh had a note indicating he thought that Naik supported violence (<a href=\"http:\/\/indiatoday.intoday.in\/story\/dr-zakir-naik-dhaka-attack-terrorists-isis-islam-cleric-bangladesh\/1\/708745.html\"><span class=\"s1\">India Today Online<\/span><\/a>, 2016).<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Since then the Indian government has clamped down on Naik\u2019s foundation, closing it in November 2016 (<a href=\"http:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/india\/india-news-india\/zakir-naiks-irf-shut-in-mumbai-but-its-school-to-continue-operations-for-now-4383253\/\"><span class=\"s1\">The Indian Express<\/span><\/a>, 2016; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/mumbai-news\/students-of-zakir-naik-s-irf-school-in-mumbai-told-it-will-be-shut-down\/story-ICx3nX78N4TXAM1MgTmqQN.html\"><span class=\"s1\">Hindustan Times<\/span><\/a>, 2016).<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Naik was unable or unwilling to return to India even when his father died in October 2016 (<a href=\"http:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/mumbai\/Fearing-arrest-Zakir-Naik-skips-fathers-funeral-in-Mumbai\/articleshow\/55145865.cms\"><span class=\"s1\">Times of India<\/span><\/a>, 2016). In some ways, this has all the marks of a \u201cmoral panic\u201d; the talk at which Naik was supposed to have spoken supportively about Osama Bin Laden was given in 1998, long before any of the bans (see these videos: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/-aVhAMFefx0\"><span class=\"s1\">Dr Zakir Naik comments on Osama Bin Laden &amp; Taliban<\/span><\/a>\u201d, recorded 1998; \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ntFqjgApRp8\"><span class=\"s1\">The Speech of Dr Zakir Naik Which Caused Banned His Channel<\/span><\/a>\u201d, recorded 2006).<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Because of the longevity of videos on the internet, the video continues to circulate.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>During the summer of 2016, Naik, speaking from Saudi Arabia, made recordings unequivocally denouncing violence, trying to smooth over the issue as he had in the past (\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/iKfOVR3JfPg\"><span class=\"s1\">Dr Zakir Naik Condemns The Bangladesh Terrorist Attacks<\/span><\/a>\u201d, 8 July 2016; \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Gnh7WnbAZOs\"><span class=\"s1\">Dr Zakir Naik&#8217;s View On &#8216;Isis&#8217; Killing Innocent Human Beings<\/span><\/a>\u201d, 8 July 2016).<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0Naik has remained away from India to avoid prosecution, missing his father&#8217;s funeral in October 2016 (Hafez, 2016). \u00a0There have been recent reports of Naik accepting citizenship in Saudi Arabia in order to continue giving lectures. \u00a0(\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.siasat.com\/news\/watch-king-salman-grants-dr-zakir-naik-saudi-citizenship-1186731\/\">King Salman grants Dr. Zakir Naik Saudi citizenship<\/a>\u201d, 19 May 2017)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">As of this posting (September 2017), the Indian government is continuing with its efforts to prosecute Naik and the IRF. \u00a0Most recently this includes a letter to INTERPOL requesting that it not comply with requests from the Indian government (Anand, 2017;\u00a0<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u201c<\/span>Zakir Naik appeals to Interpol<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u201d, 2017).<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Click <a href=\"http:\/\/sites.hampshire.edu\/scienceandislamvideoportal\/?submit=&amp;s=zakir+naik\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a> to see all the content on the Portal about Zakir Naik.<\/h4>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><b>Sources:<\/b><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">There is a substantial\u00a0amount of polemical coverage of Naik. \u00a0We have attempted to be cautious here, but breaking events with Naik&#8217;s legal problems may find more polemical postings.<\/p>\n<p>Anand, U. (2017, August 31). \u00a0Zakir Naik Accuses &#8216;Hindu Nationalist&#8217; Modi Govt of Targeting Him Due to Religion. \u00a0<em>News18.com<\/em> \u00a0Retrieved from\u00a0http:\/\/www.news18.com\/news\/india\/zakir-naik-accuses-hindu-nationalist-modi-govt-of-targeting-him-due-to-religion-1505905.html.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Associated Press. (2010).\u00a0<span class=\"s1\">Britain:<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>no e<\/span><span class=\"s1\">ntry for preacher with radical views in Islam<\/span>. \u00a0<i>New York Times.<\/i> New York: New York Times. \u00a0Retrieved from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/06\/19\/world\/europe\/19briefs-PREACHER.html\">http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/06\/19\/world\/europe\/19briefs-PREACHER.html<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Bangstad, S., &amp; Linge, M. (2015). &#8216;<i>Da&#8217;wa<\/i> is Our Identity&#8217; &#8212; Salafism and IslamNet&#8217;s Rationales for Action in a Norwegian Context. <i>Journal of Muslims in Europe, 4<\/i>(1), 174-196.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Bezabeh, S. A. (2015). Living across digital landscapes: Muslims, Orthodox Christians, and an Indian guru in Ethiopia. In R. I. J. Hackett &amp; B. F. Soares (Eds.), <i>New Media and Religious Transformations in Africa<\/i> (pp. 266-283). Bloomington \/ Indianapolis: Indiana University Press.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Bigliardi, S. (2012). The Strange Case of Dr. Bucaille:<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Notes for a Re-examination. <i>The Muslim World<\/i> 102: 248-263.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">_____. (2014).\u00a0<i>Islam and the Quest for Modern Science:<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Conversations with Adnan Oktar, Mehdi Golshani, Mohammed Basil Altaie, Zaghloul El-Naggar, Bruno Guiderdoni and Nidhal Guessoum, <\/i>Istanbul: Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Bolognani, M. (2010). South Asian media in the Noughties. <i>Contemporary South Asia, 18<\/i>(4), 367-372.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Dhume, S. (2010). The Trouble with Dr. Zakir Naik<i>. The Wall Street Journal<\/i>. Retrieved from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/SB10001424052748704365204575317833268479268\"><span class=\"s1\">http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/SB10001424052748704365204575317833268479268<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Eisenlohr, P. (2016). Reconsidering mediatization of religion:<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Islamic televangelism in India. <i>Media, Culture &amp; Society<\/i>, 1-16.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">ElShakry, M. (2008). The Exegesis of Science in Twentieth-Century Arabic Interpretations of the Qur&#8217;\u0101n. In: van der Meer JM and Mandelbrote S (eds) <i>Nature and Scripture in the Abrahamic Religions:<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>1700-Present.<\/i> Leiden \/ Boston: Brill, 491-524.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Farrell, M. (Producer). (2015, 11 April 2016) \u00a0Banned in India, Peace TV Net Buys Berth on TWC in N.Y. \u00a0Retrieved from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.multichannel.com\/banned-india-peace-tv-net-buys-berth-twc-ny\/389891\"><span class=\"s1\">http:\/\/www.multichannel.com\/banned-india-peace-tv-net-buys-berth-twc-ny\/389891<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Guessoum, N. (2008). The Qur&#8217;an, Science, and the (Related) Contemporary Muslim Discourse. \u00a0<i>Zygon:<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Journal of Religion and Science<\/i> 43(2): 411-431.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Hafeez, M. (2016, October 31). Fearing arrest, Zakir Naik skips father\u2019s funeral in Mumbai, <i>Times of India.<\/i> \u00a0Retrieved from\u00a0http:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/mumbai\/Fearing-arrest-Zakir-Naik-skips-fathers-funeral-in-Mumbai\/articleshow\/55145865.cms.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s2\">Hubbard, B. (2015, 3 March 2015). Saudi Award Goes to Muslim Televangelist Who Harshly Criticizes U.S.<i> New York Times<\/i>. Retrieved from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/03\/03\/world\/middleeast\/saudi-award-goes-to-dr-zakir-naik-a-muslim-televangelist-who-harshly-criticizes-us.html?_r=0\"><span class=\"s3\">http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/03\/03\/world\/middleeast\/saudi-award-goes-to-dr-zakir-naik-a-muslim-televangelist-who-harshly-criticizes-us.html?_r=0<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Khan, T. R. (2015). <i>Beyond Hybridity and Fundamentalism:<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Emerging Muslim Identity in Globalized India<\/i>. New Delhi: Oxford University Press.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">King Salman grants Dr. Zakir Naik Saudi citizenship. (2017, 19 May) \u00a0<em>The<\/em>\u00a0<em>Siasat Daily <\/em>(India). Retrieved from\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.siasat.com\/news\/watch-king-salman-grants-dr-zakir-naik-saudi-citizenship-1186731\/\">http:\/\/www.siasat.com\/news\/watch-king-salman-grants-dr-zakir-naik-saudi-citizenship-1186731\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Larkin, B. (2008). Ahmad Deedat and the Form of Islamic Evangelism. <i>Social Text 96, 26<\/i>(3), 101-121.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Lewis J.R. (2011). How Religions Appeal to the Authority of Science. In: Lewis, JR. and Hammer, O. (eds.) <i>Handbook of Religion and the Authority of Science.<\/i> Leiden \/ Boston: Brill, 23-40.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Linge, M. (2013). <i>The Islamic Network:<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>A Case Study of how Salafi da&#8217;wa emerges, mobilizes and transforms in a Norwegian context.<\/i> Universit\u00e9 Saint-Joseph, Beirut.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">M\u00e5rtensson, U. (2014). <i>Harak\u00ee<\/i> Salafism in Norway:<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>&#8216;The Saved Sect&#8217; Hugs the Infidels. <i>The Nordic Welfare State, 8i<\/i>, 190-222.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Sadouni, S. (2013). Ahmed Deedat, Internationalisation, and Transformations of Islamic Polemic. <i>Journal of Religion in Africa, 43<\/i>, 53-73.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Samuel, G., &amp; Rozario, S. (2010). Contesting science for Islam:<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>the media as a source of revisionist knowledge in the lives of young Bangladeshis. <i>Contemporary South Asia, 18<\/i>(4), 427-441.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s2\">Schwartz, S. (2015, 27 March 2015). Zakir Naik, Radical Islamist Video Evangelist. <em>The Huffington Post. \u00a0<\/em>Retrieved from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/stephen-schwartz\/zakir-naik-radical-islami_b_6945990.html\"><span class=\"s3\">http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/stephen-schwartz\/zakir-naik-radical-islami_b_6945990.html<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Syal, R., &amp; Harding, N. (2011). Banned scholar Zakir Naik to address Oxford Union by satellite. <i>The Guardian<\/i>. Retrieved from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian\/politics\/2011\/jan\/28\/zakir-naik-oxford-union-satellite\"><span class=\"s1\">http:\/\/www.theguardian\/politics\/2011\/jan\/28\/zakir-naik-oxford-union-satellite<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Yazicioglu, I. (2013).\u00a0<i>Understanding the Qur&#8217;anic Miracle Stories in the Modern Age, <\/i>University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press.<\/p>\n<p>Zakir Naik appeals to Interpol to turn down red notice plea. \u00a0(2017, September 1) \u00a0<em>Daily News and Analysis<\/em> (India). \u00a0Retrieved from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnaindia.com\/india\/report-zakir-naik-appeals-to-interpol-to-turn-down-red-notice-plea-2542124\">http:\/\/www.dnaindia.com\/india\/report-zakir-naik-appeals-to-interpol-to-turn-down-red-notice-plea-2542124<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Zakir Naik &nbsp; Dr. Zakir Naik is a well-known media personality, founder of the Islamic Research Foundation (IRF) in Mumbai, India in 1991. 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