Dr Zakir Naik

Zakir Abdul Karim Naik is a well known public speaker whose mission is to teach the world about Islam. He hosts huge public events where he speaks on the Islam, highlighting misconceptions and promoting understanding about the Islam. He founded the  Peace TV network and is also the founder of the Islamic Research Foundation (IRF), which runs United Islamic Aid. He has been ranked among 100 Most Powerful Indians many a times. He also founded the Islamic International School in Mumbai. In July 2013, he was named as the Islamic Personality of the Year, announced by the 17th Dubai International Holy Quran Award (DIHQA).


Naik has held many debates and lectures around the world. Renowned anthropologist Thomas Blom Hansen said  that Zakir Naik's way of memorizing the holy Quran and Hadith literature in different languages, and other missionary activities, has made him extremely popular. Almost all of his debates and lectures are recorded and widely distributed online. Common topics he speaks on include: Islam and secularism, Christianity and Islam, and  Modern Science and Islam.

Dr Zakir Naik's debate with William Campbell is among the most known debates of him. This debate held in Chicago in 2000, on the topic of "The Bible and the Qur'an : In the Light of Science".  Later in 2006 Dr Zakir held an inter-religious dialogue with a well known Hindu scholar Sri Sri Ravi Shankar about the concept of God in Hinduism and Islam. In 2011 Zakir Naik addressed the Britain's Oxford Union via video link from India.