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Business News/ News / India/  Centre extends ban on Zakir Naik's Islamic Research Foundation for 5 years
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Centre extends ban on Zakir Naik's Islamic Research Foundation for 5 years

The IRF has been indulging in activities which are prejudicial to the security of the country and have the potential of disturbing peace and communal harmony and disrupting the secular fabric of the country, the ministry said

Islamic preacher Zakir Naik (AP)Premium
Islamic preacher Zakir Naik (AP)

The Union Home Ministry has extended for five years the ban imposed on Zakir Naik's Islamic Research Foundation (IRF). The foundation was first declared an unlawful organisation under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 by the central government on November 17, 2016.

In a notification, the ministry said that the IRF has been indulging in activities which are prejudicial to the security of the country and have the potential of disturbing peace and communal harmony and disrupting the secular fabric of the country.

The government is of the opinion that the IRF and its members, particularly, the founder and president, Zakir Abdul Karim Naik alias Zakir Naik, has been encouraging and aiding its followers to promote or attempt to promote, on grounds of religion, disharmony or feelings of enmity, hatred or ill-will between different religious communities and groups which are prejudicial to the integrity and security of the country, it said.

The notification further said that the statements and speeches made by Naik are objectionable and subversive and through them he has been promoting enmity and hatred among religious groups and inspiring youths of a particular religion in India and abroad to commit terrorist acts.

Naik also makes radical statements and speeches to millions of people worldwide through international satellite TV network, Internet, print and social media, it said.

The government further stated that it was of the opinion that if the unlawful activities of the IRF were not curbed and controlled immediately, it would take the opportunity to continue its subversive activities and re-organise its activists who are still absconding.

Naik's activities will disrupt the secular fabric of the country by polluting the minds of the people by creating communal disharmony, propagate anti-national sentiments, escalate secessionism by supporting militancy and some people may undertake activities which are prejudicial to the sovereignty, integrity and security of the country, it said.

With regard to the activities of the IRF, it is necessary to declare it an unlawful association with immediate effect. Considering all these aspects, the Home Ministry said, it has decided to extended the ban imposed on the IRF under the UAPA for another five years, the notification said. 

With agency inputs

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Published: 16 Nov 2021, 06:14 AM IST
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