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Famous
Personalities of the Global Islamic Movement Throughout History
Zakir Abdul Karim
Naik (born October 18, 1965) is a Muslim Indian
public speaker, debater of Konkani descent,, and writer
on the subject of Islam and comparative religion. By
profession, he is a medical doctor, attaining a Bachelor
of Medicine and Surgery from Maharashtra, but since 1991
he has focused on preaching Islam. According to Naik,
the goal is to "concentrate on the educated Muslim youth
who have become apologetic about their own religion and
have started to feel that their own religion is
outdated." Topics he speaks on include: "Islam and
Modern Science", "Islam and Christianity", and "Islam
and secularism", among others. He is the president of
the Islamic Research Foundation, which he founded.
Zakir Naik, by his criticism of other religions, and by
his claims of Islam's superiority over other religious
faiths, practices what he calls "reverse Orientalism"
when discussing comparative religion.
Thomas Blom Hansen, a sociologist at the University of
Edinburgh, has written that Naik's style of memorizing
the Qur'an and hadith literature in various languages,
and travelling abroad to debate Islam with theologians,
has made him extremely popular in Mumbai. Although he
usually speaks to audiences of several hundreds, it is
the videotapes of his talks which are widely
distributed. His talks are usually recorded in English,
to be broadcast at weekends on several cable networks in
Mumbai's Muslim neighborhoods, and on the channel Peace
TV, which he copromotes.
He has delivered more than 600 public talks in the
U.S.A., Canada, Britain, Saudi Arabia, U.A.E., Kuwait,
Qatar, Bahrain, South Africa, Mauritius, Australia,
Malaysia, Singapore, Hongkong, Thailand, Guyana (South
America) and several other countries in addition to many
public talks in India. He has also participated in
dialogues, debates and symphosia with prominent
personalities of other faiths.
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