2024-10-04 12:38:28
Islamabad: Islamic preacher Zakir Naik, who fled from India and is living in Malaysia, has started spewing venom as soon as he reached Pakistan. In Pakistan, Zakir Naik is inciting jihad by calling Al Aqsa in Jerusalem the third holiest site of Islam. He advocated jihad against Israel, saying that it should continue until the last Jew was eliminated. Zakir Naik said these hateful things in the program of the Ministry of Religious Affairs on Pakistan TV.
Support for jihad against Israel
Zakir Naik said, ‘Whatever Muslims are doing in Gaza today, according to me, it is in line with their duty. They are protecting Al-Aqsa, Islam’s third holiest site in the world. If they don’t do it then it will be our duty. He called it mandatory for the Muslims of Gaza to join Jihad. Zakir Naik supported Pakistani Deobandi scholar Taqi Usmani’s fatwa, which called for an end to Israeli bombing but continued fighting against Israel.
There was talk of removing the Jews
Naik said that jihad should continue until the last Jew is removed (from Israel). Zakir Naik reached Pakistan on Monday for a month-long tour. During this time he will give lectures in major cities of Pakistan, Karachi, Islamabad and Lahore. Upon reaching Islamabad airport on Monday, he was welcomed by Religious Affairs Ministry officials and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s aide Rana Mashhood.
This is the first visit of Zakir Naik, who is absconding from India, to Pakistan in three decades. According to the report of Pakistani news outlet The Dawn, he last visited Pakistan in 1992. During that period he met religious scholar Dr. Israr Ahmed in Lahore. Zakir Naik’s current visit is taking place on the invitation of the Government of Pakistan.