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Zakir Naik (born 18 October 1965 in Mumbai, India) is an Indian Islamic preacher,〔Hope, Christopher. ("Home secretary Theresa May bans radical preacher Zakir Naik from entering UK" ). ''The Daily Telegraph''. 18 June 2010. Retrieved 7 August 2011. (Archived ) 7 August 2011.〕〔Shukla, Ashutosh. ("Muslim group welcomes ban on preacher" ). ''Daily News and Analysis''. 22 June 2010. Retrieved 16 April 2011. (Archived ) 7 August 2011.〕 who has been called an "authority on comparative religion", "perhaps the most influential Salafi ideologue in India", and "the world's leading Salafi evangelist".〔 He is the founder and president of the Islamic Research Foundation (IRF),〔("Dr. Zakir Naik" ). Islamic Research Foundation. Retrieved 16 April 2011.〕 and founder of the "comparative religion" Peace TV channel, through which he reaches a reported 100 million viewers.〔 Unlike many Islamic preachers, his lectures are colloquial,〔 given in English not Urdu or Arabic,〔 and he wears a suit and tie rather than traditional garb. Before becoming a public speaker, he trained as a medical doctor.〔 He has published booklet versions of lectures on Islam and comparative religion. Although he has publicly disclaimed sectarianism in Islam, he is regarded by some as an exponent of the Salafi ideology,〔 and, by some, as a radical Islamic televangelist propagating Wahhabism. ==Biography== Zakir Naik was born in Mumbai, Maharastra, India. Later he enrolled at Kishinchand Chellaram College, before studying medicine at Topiwala National Medical College and Nair Hospital and later the University of Mumbai, where he obtained a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (MBBS).〔 His wife, Farhat Naik, works for the women's section of the IRF.〔Ramanujan, Sweta. ("Beyond veil: Am I not a normal Muslim girl?" ). expressindia.com. Indian Express Group. 16 July 2004. Retrieved 16 April 2011. (Archived ) 16 April 2011.〕 In 1991 he started working in the field of Dawah, and founded the Islamic Research Foundation.〔("Dr Zakir Naik vs (1) The Secretary of State for the Home Department (2) Entry Clearance Officer, Mumbai, India" ). British and Irish Legal Information Institute. 5 November 2010. Retrieved 21 July 2011.〕 Naik says he was inspired by Ahmed Deedat, an Islamic preacher, having met him in 1987.〔Wahab, Siraj. ("Spreading God's Word Is His Mission" ). ''Arab News''. 1 July 2006. Retrieved 16 April 2011. (Archived ) 7 August 2011.〕 (Naik is sometimes referred to as "Deedat plus", a label given to him by Deedat himself.)〔 Naik is the founder of the Islamic International School in Mumbai.〔("Conceived and Developed by Dr. Zakir Naik:" ) Islamic Research Foundation. Retrieved 16 April 2011. (Archived ) 16 April 2011.〕 and United Islamic Aid, which provides scholarship to poor and destitute Muslim youth. The Islamic Research Foundation website describes Naik as "the ideologue and driving force behind Peace TV Network".〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.irf.net/drzakirnaik.html )〕 Naik was a board member of the London based, Islamic Education and Research Academy. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Zakir Naik」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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