Zakir Naik, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Zakir Naik

Islamic televangelist

Date of Birth: 18-Oct-1965

Place of Birth: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Profession: writer, physician, intellectual, preacher, docent, surgeon, orator, motivational speaker

Nationality: India, Saudi Arabia

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Zakir Abdul Karim Naik (born 18 October 1965) is an Indian Islamic televangelist and Islamic preacher.
He is the founder and president of the Islamic Research Foundation (IRF).
He is also the founder of the Peace TV.
He has been called an "authority on comparative religion", "perhaps the most influential Salafi ideologue in India", "the rock star of tele-evangelism and a proponent of modern Islam" and "the world's leading Salafi evangelist".Before becoming a public speaker, he trained as a physician.
He has published booklet versions of lectures on Islam and comparative religion.
Although he has publicly disclaimed sectarianism in Islam, he is regarded as an exponent of the Salafi ideology, and by many sources as a radical Islamist promoting Wahhabism.
His preaching is currently banned in India, Bangladesh, Canada, the United Kingdom and Malaysia, under anti-terrorism or anti-hate laws.
His TV channel Peace TV is banned in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and is pending a ban by Ofcom in the United Kingdom.