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Add he is Ahle Hadith 2405:201:6025:68BD:B412:68BF:7E12:CFBB ( talk) 21:34, 1 April 2023 (UTC) reply

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Actualcpscm ( talk) 21:50, 1 April 2023 (UTC) reply

hi, i created a topic page under the name of Factual updates Required to Dr Zakir Naik Wiki Page to discuss factual changes that should be made to the Zakir Naik page. Are you able to review and implement as i feel these are a accurate reflection of the current situation he is in Plutowriter123 ( talk) 08:28, 11 June 2023 (UTC) reply

Dr Zakir Naik has 23 million followers on Facebook https://ms-my.facebook.com/zakirnaik

Has 3.57 million subscribers on YouTube and over 250 million views https://youtube.com/Drzakirchannel

Dr Naik is not banned from preaching: https://www.nst.com.my/news/crime-courts/2021/12/756985/zakir-naik-says-he-not-banned-giving-talks-malaysia https://www.nst.com.my/news/crime-courts/2021/12/756985/zakir-naik-says-he-not-banned-giving-talks-malaysia https://www.youtube.com/live/7xDDPfTggss?feature=share https://mediaislam.net/berita/2023/05/23/terengganu-international-summit-tis-2023/ https://www.facebook.com/yadimmalaysia/videos/484439466884429/?extid=WA-UNK-UNK-UNK-IOS_GK0T-GK1C&mibextid=2Rb1fB&ref=sharing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4izi_R-Shc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXHorL5fvWo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgyIb0r4EkA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpFR7lfZBQM Plutowriter123 ( talk) 14:53, 26 May 2023 (UTC) reply

according to Wikipedia a televangelist is someone who preaches (= gives religious speeches) on television in order to persuade people to become Christians and give money to religious organizations:

 So really he preaches Islam 
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Naik is absolutely a televangelist. Although the word is customarily used for Christian TV preachers, by adding the adjective "Islamic" or "Muslim" (as in Islamic/Muslim televangelist), the problem is solved. 19:07, 7 December 2023 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hathilub117 ( talk • contribs)

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In the legal issues section, it says that Zakir is in Saudi Arabia after the intervention of King Salman. This stood out to me because I myself am Saudi. I know how strict and difficult getting a Saudi citizenship is naturalization outside of marriage almost does not exist in Saudi. Someone getting the Saudi citizenship by means other than marrying a Saudi citizen is something extremely rare. It is such a big deal that we hear about it in the news here when it happens, which again is very rare.

It is a confirmed fact that he's a permanent resident in Malaysia which has been controversial for a while. He goes to a few countries for tours and missions, but his primary residence in in Malaysia. India has been asking Malaysia to send him over to face legal prosecution for years, so official diplomatic records can back that up. During the beginning of his escape from India, many countries were named as mere guesses, but he shortly announced his location. For the last six years and through his lawyer and remarks from Malaysia itself. Example: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/8/15/outrage-in-malaysia-as-zakir-naik-suggests-chinese-expulsion

It is ridiculous to see a claim that a controversial person wanted by law with a ton of baggage politically will be granted a citizenship by Saudi Arabia, a country that almost never grants citizenships, just for him to avoid prosecution... Oh, and it was offered to him by KING no less haha. What a wild claim!

Please remove this statement, I do not know how it is in a protected article. I created an account just to send this. Galfraih ( talk) 16:14, 24 August 2023 (UTC) reply

Removed. JAYFAX ( talk) 11:17, 25 August 2023 (UTC) reply

Reference 10 is incomplete -- lacking the author's name. Matthew J. Kuiper should be added as the author of the chapter "Zakir Naik and the Islamic Research Foundation", in the book Da'wa and Other Religions. 19:04, 7 December 2023 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hathilub117 ( talk • contribs)

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Add this paragraph in views: social issues section or make a new saction naming homosexuality in views section: Zakir Naik claimed in a public lecture's question-answer that, the cause of homosexuality is not genetic ^[1], because research of gay gene ( Xq28) was later proved as false and the man ( Dean Hamer) who claimed to discover it, later himself identified as a homosexual, thus he falsely claimed the discovery of this gene as genetic ^{[2] [3]}; the actual cause of it is satisfying sexual desire outside the law of Allah, which is lawful marriage in Islam; when someone meets sexual desire outside marriage such as premarital and extramarital sex, gradually he or she gets bored and doesn't get pleasure, then he or she tends to find new experience and tries new ways to have pleasure, by this way, at a level of this line up, people tends to homosexual activities, which has happened in present western world; thus, it is not genetic, rather than a psychological choice. ^{[4] [5]} 202.134.13.134 ( talk) 23:23, 25 March 2024 (UTC) reply

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. WP:SELFPUBLISH Shadow311 ( talk) 15:16, 4 April 2024 (UTC) reply

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Add Category:Hinduism and Islam and Category:Disciples of Ziaur Rahman Azmi Bengali editor ( talk) 20:17, 12 April 2024 (UTC) reply

 Partly done: Added to the first category. Article doesn't mention "Disciple". '''[[ User:CanonNi]]''' ( talk| contribs) 12:23, 15 April 2024 (UTC) reply