The development comes after the Ministry of Home Affairs issued a show cause notice to Naik’s NGO thereby initiating the process for cancellation of its FCRA licence.
MHA sources stated that the process for putting Zakir Naik’s educational trust in prior permission category has also been initiated. The Centre had time and again asserted that Naik’s IRF is maligning India and, therefore, on several occasions insisted that there is a need for it to be banned.
Naik came under the scanner after the Bangladeshi newspaper ‘Daily Star’ revealed that one of the perpetrators of the July 1 terror attack in Dhaka, Rohan Imtiaz, was inspired by Naik. He is banned in both the United Kingdom and Canada for his alleged hate speeches aimed against other religions.
He is also among the 16 banned Islamic scholars in Malaysia and is accused of radicalizing and attracting youth for terror acts and has come under the scanner of the security agencies.
(Sourced from agencies, feature image courtesy:oneindia.com)
