Zakir Naik, seriously?


Light banter: Zakir Naik sharing a light moment with students after his lecture on Nurturing Muslim Scholars at Kolej Permata Insan Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia in Nilai recently. — Bernama

HOW is it that Zakir Naik, a televangelist considered divisive and banned by a number of countries and frequently censured for preaching hate, instigating communal tensions and radicalising the Muslim community, can be embraced by national leaders here?

And be sponsored on his tour by the Terengganu state government and rewarded with islands in Tasek Kenyir for him to train “mini Zakir Naiks” to preach his divisive and supremacist version of Islam in a multi-religious country?

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