Oman invitations Zakir Naik to evangelise Islamic sermons throughout Ramzan

Zakir Naik is an Islamic preacher, founder and president of the Islamic Research Foundation (IRF). He has been invited to ship two non secular lectures in Oman’s capital Muscat on March 23-25 throughout Ramzan.

New Delhi,UPDATED: Mar 17, 2023 11:08 IST

Oman invitations Zakir Naik to evangelise Islamic sermons throughout Ramadan (File Photo)

By Subodh Kumar: The Oman authorities has invited Indian fugitive and Islamic preacher Zakir Naik to ship two non secular lectures in Oman’s capital Muscat on March 23 and March 25 throughout Ramzan. Zakir Naik faces a number of fees of cash laundering and hate speech in India.

Zakir Naik is an Islamic preacher, founder and president of the Islamic Research Foundation (IRF). Since 2017, he has been residing in Malaysia.

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The Ministry of Endowments and Religious Affairs (MERA) of Oman issued an announcement stating, “The Ministry represented by the Department of Introducing Islam and Cultural Exchange in the Iftaa Office is organising a lecture by the preacher Dr Zakir Naik.”

“The lecture titled ‘The Holy Qur’an is a Global Necessity,’ will be conducted on the evening of Thursday, Ramadan 1, 1444 AH (March 23, 2023) at the Oman Convention and Exhibition Center (Madinat Al-Irfan Theatre),” the assertion stated.

تنظم وزارة الأوقاف والشؤون الدينية ممثلة في دائرة التعريف بالإسلام والتبادل الثقافي بمكتب الإفتاء محاضرة للداعية د. ذاكر نايك بعنوان “القرآن الكريم ضرورة عالمية” وذلك مساء يوم الخميس 1 رمضان عام 1444 هـ الموافق له 23 مارس 2023Ù… بمركز عمان للمؤتمرات والمعارض (مسرح مدينة العرفان) pic.twitter.com/Xjf3ZousVm
— وزارة الأوقاف والشؤون الدينية – سلطنة عمان (@meraoman) March 15, 2023

The Ministry additionally acknowledged that, in collaboration and partnership with Sultan Qaboos University, a lecture titled ‘The Prophet Mohammed (might God bless him and grant him peace) is a mercy to humanity’ can be held on the night of Saturday, the third day of Ramadan (March 25, 2023) at Sultan Qaboos University (Great Hall).

تنظم وزارة الأوقاف والشؤون الدينية بالتعاون والشراكة مع جامعة السلطان قابوس محاضرة للداعية د. ذاكر نايك بعنوان “النبي محمد (صلى الله عليه وسلم) رحمة للإنسانية” وذلك مساء يوم السبت 3 رمضان من عام 1444 هـ الموافق له 25 مارس 2023 Ù… بجامعة السلطان قابوس (القاعة الكبرى) pic.twitter.com/Iq2VRWQjsz
— وزارة الأوقاف والشؤون الدينية – سلطنة عمان (@meraoman) March 15, 2023

Zakir Abdul Karim Naik, 57, fled India in 2016 after his organisation, IRF was banned, and a primary info report was lodged below his title. In 2019, he was additionally banned from delivering public speeches in Malaysia. Besides India, his Peace TV community can also be banned in Bangladesh, Canada, Sri Lanka and the UK.

Zakir Naik is accused of instigating Muslim youth and terrorists in India and overseas to commit terrorist acts.

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Mohammed Shariq, the primary accused within the November 19, 2022 Mangaluru auto blast case, was influenced and radicalised by Islamic preacher Zakir Naik’s movies, which he shared with different co-accused. Karnataka Police officers seized Shariq’s telephone, which contained movies of Zakir Naik that he and his handlers shared through Telegram and different platforms comparable to Signal, Wire, Instagram, and Element.

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Zakir Naik’s speech is assumed to have sparked the 2016 Dhaka bombing, which killed 20 folks, and the Easter 2019 bombing in Sri Lanka that killed over 250. Zakir Naik is needed in India and Bangladesh in reference to different instances.

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Mar 17, 2023