Re: Dr. Zakir Naik
He has great knowledge about other religions and give the references from their Holy books too. He is a genius.
Biography
Zakir Abdul Karim Naik was born on 18 October 1965 in Mumbai, India.[4]](Zakir Naik - Wikipedia) He attended St. Peter’s High School in Mumbai. 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).[2]](Zakir Naik - Wikipedia) In 1991 he started working in the field of Dawah.
Naik says he was inspired by Ahmed Deedat,[5]](Zakir Naik - Wikipedia) an Islamic scholar. Naik says that his goal is to “concentrate on the educated Muslim youth who have become apologetic about their own religion and have started to feel the religion is outdated.”[6]](Zakir Naik - Wikipedia) He considers it a duty of every Muslim to remove perceived misconceptions about Islam and to counter what he views as the Western media’s anti-Islamic bias in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks (also known as 9/11) in the United States.[7]](Zakir Naik - Wikipedia) Some of his articles are published in magazines such as Islamic Voice.[8]](Zakir Naik - Wikipedia)[9]](Zakir Naik - Wikipedia)[10]](Zakir Naik - Wikipedia)
Anthropologist Thomas Blom Hansen has written that Naik’s style of memorizing the Qur’an and hadith literature in various languages and related missionary activity has made him extremely popular in Muslim and non-Muslim circles.[6]](Zakir Naik - Wikipedia) Many of his debates are recorded and widely distributed in video and DVD media and online. His talks are usually recorded in English and broadcast on weekends on several cable networks in Mumbai’s Muslim neighborhoods, and on the Peace TV channel, which he co-produces.[11]](Zakir Naik - Wikipedia)[12]](Zakir Naik - Wikipedia) Topics he speaks on include: “Islam and Modern Science”, “Islam and Christianity”, and “Islam and secularism”.
Naik is the founder of the Islamic International School in Mumbai.[13]](Zakir Naik - Wikipedia)