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'''Zakir Abdul Karim Naik''' (born October 18, 1965) is an ] ], debater and ] on the subject of ] and comparative religion. By profession, he is a ], but since ] he has focused on preaching Islam.<ref name="H17">Hansen (2001) p. 177</ref> According to Naik, the goal is to "concentrate on the educated Muslim youth who have become apologetic about their own religion and have started to feel that their own religion is outdated."<ref name="H17" /> Topics he speaks on include: "Islam and Modern Science", "Islam and Christianity", and "Islam and secularism", among others.<ref name="H17" /> '''Zakir Abdul Karim Naik''' (born October 18, 1965) is an ] ], debater and ] on the subject of ] and comparative religion. By profession, he is a ], but since ] he has focused on preaching Islam.<ref name="H17">Hansen (2001) p. 177</ref> According to Naik, the goal is to "concentrate on the educated Muslim youth who have become apologetic about their own religion and have started to feel that their own religion is outdated."<ref name="H17" /> Topics he speaks on include: "Islam and Modern Science", "Islam and Christianity", and "Islam and secularism", among others.<ref name="H17" />Naik is also on record advocating the curtailment of the freedoms and the suppression of the right to worship of non-Muslims in an Islamic country


Thomas Blom Hansen, a ] at the ], has written that Naik's style of memorizing the Qur'an and hadith literature in various languages, and travelling abroad to debate Islam with theologians, has made him extremely popular in ]. Although he usually speaks to audiences of several hundreds, it is the videotapes of his talks which are widely distributed. His talks are usually recorded in English, to be broadcast at weekends on several cable networks in Mumbai's Muslim neighborhoods.<ref name="H17" /> Thomas Blom Hansen, a ] at the ], has written that Naik's style of memorizing the Qur'an and hadith literature in various languages, and travelling abroad to debate Islam with theologians, has made him extremely popular in ]. Although he usually speaks to audiences of several hundreds, it is the videotapes of his talks which are widely distributed. His talks are usually recorded in English, to be broadcast at weekends on several cable networks in Mumbai's Muslim neighborhoods.<ref name="H17" />

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Zakir Abdul Karim Naik
File:Zakirbooks.jpg
BornOctober 18, 1965
Mumbai
OccupationIslamic Da'wah
NationalityIndian
Website
www.irf.net

Zakir Abdul Karim Naik (born October 18, 1965) is an Indian public speaker, debater and writer on the subject of Islam and comparative religion. By profession, he is a medical doctor, but since 1993 he has focused on preaching Islam. According to Naik, the goal is to "concentrate on the educated Muslim youth who have become apologetic about their own religion and have started to feel that their own religion is outdated." Topics he speaks on include: "Islam and Modern Science", "Islam and Christianity", and "Islam and secularism", among others.Naik is also on record advocating the curtailment of the freedoms and the suppression of the right to worship of non-Muslims in an Islamic country

Thomas Blom Hansen, a sociologist at the University of Edinburgh, has written that Naik's style of memorizing the Qur'an and hadith literature in various languages, and travelling abroad to debate Islam with theologians, has made him extremely popular in Mumbai. Although he usually speaks to audiences of several hundreds, it is the videotapes of his talks which are widely distributed. His talks are usually recorded in English, to be broadcast at weekends on several cable networks in Mumbai's Muslim neighborhoods.

Notes

  1. ^ Hansen (2001) p. 177

References

  • Hansen, Thomas (2001). Wages of Violence: Naming and Identity in Postcolonial Bombay P177. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-08840-3.

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