Posts Tagged ‘Zakir Naik’
Who are these people attacking Eid Milad-un-Nabi processions in Pakistan?
Multiple attacks have been reported on 5 February 2012 on the Eid Milad-un-Nabi (12 Rabi-ul-Awal) processions in various cities in Pakistan including Mansehra, Gujranwala, Gojar Khan, Mirpur, Khairpur and Karachi. Eid Milad-un-Nabi (birthday of the Prophet Muhammad pbub) is celebrated all over the world not only by Sunnis, Shias and Ahmadis but [...]
Is Dr. Zakir Naik a hypocrite?
Related posts: LUBP Archive on Zakir Naik While demanding equal human rights and freedom of speech, many Islamists overlook their own intolerant and hypocritical dispositions, e.g., the non-stop wagging tongue of likes of Dr. Zakir Naik, busy belittling and criticizing other religions on his (in)famous TV channel (Peace TV). Taking advantage [...]
Muharram, a holiday? Living as a Shia in today’s Pakistan
The ever increasing silent Saudi-ization (or Wahhabi-ization) of moderate Muslims in Pakistan, India and elsewhere has had an adverse effect on the culture of plurality, mutual respect and tolerance within the world of Islam. Thanks to the Saudi-Salafi funded preachers(e.g., Zakir Naik, Farhat Hashmi, Taqi Usmani, late Dr. Israr Ahmed, Islam [...]
Saudi-funded TV channels continue to radicalize Muslim youth
With billions of petro dollars to fund their global clout, the Saudi lobbies have simply brought off opposition to their continued efforts to spread Wahabism worldwide. In failing to confront Wahabism, North America and Europe remain paralysed by a combination of political correctness and a racism of lower expectations while in muslim majority [...]
This is not a carrot – by Nadeem F. Paracha
Are ‘soft’ Islamic evangelical organisations playing an unwitting role in the radicalisation of urban youth? Storm after storm After the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union (1991), the Pakistani society was flushed with the idea (duly propagated by the military-establishment) that it were the [...]
The one person who can save Aasia Bibi – by Fasi Zaka
Dr Zakir Naik is an extremely popular TV evangelist, much like the late Ahmed Deedat. Their specialty (other than Islamic sermons) has been comparative religion debates with experts and religious leaders of other faiths. But Dr Zakir Naik shares with Aasia Bibi more than he probably, or she herself, even realises. Aasia Bibi, a low-income [...]
Brainwashing via the Quran: The case of Faisal Shahzad and the blasphemy by the Taliban and Al Qaeda
The Quran is a message of peace for all humanity. To misinterpret and misuse the Quran to spread violence and mischief tantamount to blasphemy. Seen from this angle, all proponents, supporters and apologists of the Taliban and Al Qaeda are blasphemous to the Quran. By misusing Islam and the Quran, they have thrown themselves outside the pale of [...]
UK Muslims welcome ban on hate preacher Zakir Naik
Related article: Zakir Naik: Muslim preacher of hate – by David Leppard The majority of Pakistani, Indian and other Muslims living in the UK have welcomed the UK government's ban on hate preacher Dr Zakir Naik's entry to the United Kingdom. تحریک انسداد متعصب ملا (تامم) کی جانب سے جہادی اور فرقہ [...]
Who is facilitating fascism in Pakistan?
Source: Pakistan Media Watch Reading Nadeem Paracha’s column yesterday, I was immediately reminded of a video clip from Shahid Masood’s TV programme that was recently posted on the blog Let Us Build Pakistan. The clip features a conversation between Shahid Masood and Zakir Naik, and purports, in Zakir’s way, to “prove [...]
Zakir Naik: Muslim preacher of hate is let into Britain – by David Leppard
Zakir Naik says the 9/11 attacks were an 'inside job' by the US THE home secretary, Theresa May, is facing a stiff test of the Conservative party’s claims to oppose radical Islam after her officials chose to allow a misogynist Muslim preacher into Britain. Zakir Naik, an Indian televangelist described as a “hate-monger” by moderate [...]
Paradise pulp: How religion imbues the public sphere in Pakistan? – by Nadeem Paracha
Three vignettes revealing how religion really imbues the public sphere. Sticking out Ever since the 1980s, stickers asking people to pray have become a common sight, especially in buses, and on rickshaws. Of course, there is certainly nothing wrong in asking a person to say his prayers, just as there is nothing wrong if that person chooses [...]
The Mumbai attacks and the role of Dr. Zakir Naik in supporting Islamofascism and hate speech
Mumbai attacks kill at least 101Western hostages taken in coordinated strikesBy Rama LakshmiWashington Post / November 27, 2008NEW DELHI -Teams of gunmen attacked three luxury hotels, a hospital, a train station, a movie theater, and other buildings in Mumbai late last night, killing at least 101 people and wounding 280 in a rampage (more...)
Selective morality against Aamir Liaquat Hussain
02 October 2008 Selective morality, as we all know, is a typical characteristic of Pakistan's right-wing Islamofascists and (fake) liberal urban elite. The aim of this post is to highlight the recent sectarian propaganda campaign against a Barelvi Muslim scholar, which reflects selective morality of those who are spreading a carefully [...]
