KUALA LUMPUR: Tamil daily Malaysia Nanban has refuted allegations of sponsoring and supporting the controversial televangelist Zakir Naik, stating that such claims was "baseless" and "fake". The newspaper's director, Datuk Shafee Zaman Sikandar Batcha, said the issue started with the spread of a Whatsapp message that went viral and was later blown out of proportion. "We...
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PUTRAJAYA: Controversial Muslim preacher Dr Zakir Naik has permanent resident (PR) status in Malaysia, which was granted to him about five years ago, said Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. Nonetheless, Ahmad Zaid who is also the Home Minister said Malaysia will assist India to investigate the Islamic Research Foundation president if that country made a reque...
PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Consultative Council of Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Sikhism and Taoism (MCCBCHST) has called on the government to withdraw the visa granted to controversial Indian preacher Dr Zakir Naik to enter the country. In a statement, the council expressed its "profound regret" that Malaysian authorities have chosen to ignore all representations and repor...
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KUALA LUMPUR: Some 19 citizens including human rights activists have jointly filed an originating summons against controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik on grounds that he is a threat to national security and public order. The group, led by lawyer and Hindraf chairman P....
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A NEWS report with a heading Zakir Naik: I'm a messenger of peace ... caught my eye. I do hope that Zakir is what he claims to be, but a man of peace does not label others as terrorists. A man of peace is determined by his actions. The focus should be on lifting up one's community instead of pulling others down through condemnation. ...
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KUALA LUMPUR: After the conversion to Islam of a Christian teenager by international preacher Dr Zakir Naik in Kemaman last Thursday, another four non-Muslims recited the syahadah (declaration of the Islamic faith) last night. One of them was 23-year-old Hurender Bal Singh, from India, who made the decision after he was satisfied with the explanation by the preacher about a non-M...
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PETALING JAYA: The organiser of the forum featuring controversial Muslim preacher Dr Zakir Naik at the National Hockey Stadium in Bukit Jalil expect a full house on Saturday. Programme director Abu Shariz Sarajun Hoda told Utusan Malaysia that to date 18,000 tickets for the event have been fully distributed to the public. He said more than 30,000 people are expected to ...
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KEMAMAN: Members of the audience who attended the talk by famed Muslim preacher from India Dr Zakir Naik here last night will probably never forget the moment they witnessed him guiding a teenager who converted to Islam. In full view of the audience who numbered almost 40,000 at Padang Astaka here, Woo Nina Grace, 19, recited the syahadah (declaration of faith) and became a Musli...
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BESUT: International Islamic preacher Dr Zakir Naik has thanked the Malaysian Government for allowing him to give a public lecture in Melaka on Sunday. He expressed gratitude even though the title of his lecture had to be changed from 'Similarities between Hinduism and Islam' to 'Women's Rights in Islam'. "With what has happened, I could feel that the attendees in Melaka will in...
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KUALA LUMPUR: Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has dismissed suggestions that controversial Muslim preacher Dr Zakir Naik is promoting terrorism. Ahmad Zahid said he had obtained information on several of Zakir's speeches in other countries, including in his home country India, and believes that the latter's speeches had been taken out of context. "From the in...
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KUALA LUMPUR: Both forums by controversial Muslim preacher Dr....
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KUALA LUMPUR: Controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik (pix) who was scheduled to speak at a forum in a university in Malacca on Sunday has been barred from the event by police. In a Facebook posting, Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar said considering "public order and religious sensitivities", the Indian orator will be disallowed from speaking at th...
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KUALA NERUS: The Terengganu government only provides accommodation and food for Muslim preacher Dr Zakir Naik during his stay in the state, while other expenses are borne by himself through the Islamic Research Foundation, said Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Ahmad Razif Abdul Rahman. He said the Terengganu people were fortunate to have Dr Naik come to the state to give his lectures....
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KUALA LUMPUR: An Umno senator called on the authorities to facilitate public lectures by controversial Islamic preacher Dr Zakir Naik. Senator Engku Naimah Engku Taib said Zakir is helping to promote the word of Islam and his lectures had so far drew crowds of tens of thousands. "Zakir's lectures drew up to 30,000 people, and not just Muslims as non-Muslims are attending these l...
RIYADH: An Indian television preacher who has called the 9/11 attacks an "inside job" received one of Saudi Arabia's most prestigious prizes on Sunday, for "service to Islam." Zakir Naik, president of the Islamic Research Foundation in India, was one of five recipients of the King Faisal International Prize from Saudi Arabia's King Salman during a ceremony at a luxury Riyadh hote...
