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| Zakir Abdul Karim Naik | |
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| Born | October 18, 1965 Mumbai |
| Occupation | Islamic Da'wah |
| Nationality | Indian |
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| 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Muslim youth who have become apologetic about their own religion and have started to feel that their own religion is outdated."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.
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.
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References
- Hansen, Thomas (2001). Wages of Violence: Naming and Identity in Postcolonial Bombay P177. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-08840-3.
External links
- The Calamity Of Zakir Naik Upon The Ummah...
- Zakir Naik Official Website
- Islamic Research Foundation
- Zakir Naik Audio Links Directory of Naik's Lectures