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Further, he stated that he would not return to India while Modi remained in power, according to the example of the prophet Muhammad in Hijrah. He also described Modi and the BJP as dangerous for Indian Muslims' security, labelling him a "liar" and the "number one terrorist of India according to Google. In , Naik had praised Narendra Modi, saying, "I am totally for him" because he was the first prime minister of India to have visited so many Muslim-majority countries.

Indian prime minister Narendra Modi slammed Zakir Naik in one of his electorial publicity visit in May , saying that, Sri Lanka bombing was inspired by him and in spite of that the Congress supports Zakir Naik. During a lecture Zakir Naik held on 8 August in Kota Bharu, Kelantan state, Malaysia, he said that Chinese people living in Malaysia are "old guests" who should return to China, suggesting they needed to be forcibly deported out of the country.

These comments sparked outrage across Malaysian society, being criticised as inciting racial and religious hatred and disrupting the peace and harmony between communities. By 15 August, four government ministers called for revocation of Zakir Naik's permanent residency and for him to be extradited to India.

Citizens lodged a total of police complaints against Naik. In January , the Tribunal judge criticised the Enforcement Directorate for attaching Naik's properties without mentioning any offenses in the chargesheet. The judge added: "In the last 10 years, the ED has done nothing to attach Asaram's properties, but in the case of Naik, I can see the ED working with quite a bit of speed".

Naik delivered another six lectures in April With the initial support of the Government authority, the event went ahead as planned. After revealing the investigations of the Dhaka Terror Attack in July published by The Daily Star that a terrorist involved in the brutal killings followed Zakir Naik's page on Facebook and was influenced by Naik's speeches, The terrorist had posted sermons of Zakir Naik on social media where Naik urged "all Muslims to be terrorists" Indian Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju said, "Zakir Naik's speech is a matter of concern for us.

Our agencies are working on this. After 2 days in investigation, the Maharashtra State Intelligence Department SID gave a clean chit to Zakir Naik and said that Naik would not and cannot be arrested on his return to India as the probe ordered by the Maharashtra government did not find any other strong evidence to link Naik to terror-related activities.

The Daily Star apologized to Naik over the Dhaka Terror Attack controversy and stated that they never blamed him for the attack. The newspaper quoted that it only reported how youth were misinterpreting his speeches. In , he admitted that Rahil Sheikh, involved in Mumbai train bombings was working as a volunteer for his organization Islamic Research Foundation IRF but he did not know Rahil personally.

However, Naik also claimed that Rahil was removed from his office. Nearly people lost their lives in the bombing attack and investigation revealed the bombers were influenced by Naik's preachings. In , Naik visited Gambia at the invitation of President Yahya Jammeh to attend the grand celebration of Gambian revolution's 20th anniversary.

There he delivered four lectures between 11 and 22 October. Gambian cabinet ministers, religious leaders, students and thousands of people attended his lectures on subjects including "Terrorism and Jihad: an Islamic perspective", "religion in the right perspective", "Dawah or destruction? Dismissing Darwin's Theory of Evolution, Naik said that the theory of evolution is "only a hypothesis, and an unproven conjecture at best".

According to Naik, most scientists "support the theory, because it went against the Bible — not because it was true. For example, he has stated in that certain verses of the Quran accurately describe embryological development. Naik argues, "What Darwin said was only a 'theory'. Hypothesis go against the Qur'an — theories go against the Qur'an.

There is not a single scientific fact, which is mentioned in the Holy Qur'an which goes against established science — It may go against theory. When asked about his views on killings, Naik said "the Quran says so — if anyone kills an innocent human being, Muslim or non-Muslim, it is as though he has killed the whole humanity, So how can any Muslim kill innocent human beings?

In public, he publicly questioned communalism in Islam. Instead of outside the Islamic community, he is very critical in the Islamic community. Zakir Naik says that his attempt is to tell the true understanding of Islam in the Muslims and non-Muslims, supervisors believe that Nike is a preacher of the Salafi tradition of Islam, also called Wahabism.

The founder of this tradition, Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahab, is believed to be the aesthetic ideology of Islam, which is a religion that is against any kind of change or reform.

Naik formed the Institute called the Islamic Research Foundation in and started directing the campaign of religion, he also runs Islamic International School with the help of modern education, which his wife Farhat Naik handles, his wife's Zimm Foundation There is also the work of the women's unit, for the financial help of poor and disadvantaged Muslim youth, Naik has also formed a United Nations Organization called United Islamic End.

According to the Islamic Research Foundation's website, Naik is "the idea behind the Peace TV Network and the driving force", Nike's channel "Promotes the truth, humanity, harmony, and intelligence of human life. Also, many times he put lecture to the different topics of the world.

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