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Mumbai police: Zakir Naik has been paying people to convert to Islam

Jul 29, 2016 11:43 am By Christine Douglass-Williams

It keeps getting worse for the wildly popular Islamic preacher Zakir Naik. Described as the “third most popular guru in India,” deemed “the rock star of tele-evangelism and a proponent of modern Islam,” and whose Peace Channel boasts 100 million viewers, Zaik’s reputation has been taking a global flogging lately. Now comes word that Naik, also well known for his “gift” of eliciting mass conversions to Islam, has been actually paying people to convert to Islam. Mumbai Police investigators say Naik and his non-profit Islamic Research Foundation have “illegally converted around 800 people to Islam by paying them using funds received from abroad.”

It’s just another strike to add to Zakir Naik’s list of unsavory revelations. Naik landed on the radar of security agencies following reports that the jihadists behind the slaughters in Dhaka were inspired by his sermons. In fact, one of the terrorists quoted Naik on his Facebook Page that “every Muslim should be a terrorist.”

Stated of Naik in a Hindu Times article:

“He preaches on Peace TV, but causes unrest. He wears a suit in the western style teamed with a skull cap. He’s a suave doctor who speaks fluent English, but his speeches stir up the young and the impressionable.”

Jihad Watch also reported in March 2015 about Saudi Arabia giving a prestigious award to the suave Naik, who preached that “every Muslim should be a terrorist” and blamed George Bush for 9/11.

Yet Naik said in a 2010 press release that “my message to vulnerable young British Muslims is that terrorism and violent extremism is totally unacceptable and has no place in Islamic life,” a glowing example of stealth jihadist deception and lies in swaying the masses.

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“Exclusive | Zakir Naik’s foundation converted many to Islam: Police,” by Saurabh M Joshi, Hindustan Times, July 26, 2016:

The special branch of the Mumbai Police claims that controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik and his non-profit Islamic Research Foundation (IRF) have illegally converted around 800 people to Islam by paying them using funds received from abroad. The allegation, if proved, could spell more trouble for Naik, who is being investigated for his fiery speeches and alleged extremist links.

The police learnt about this after the Maharashtra anti-terrorism squad (ATS) and Kerala Police arrested Arshid Qureshi, a guest representative officer of IRF, from his house at Seawoods in Navi Mumbai on Thursday. A day later, the same team arrested Kalyan resident Rizwan Khan, who allegedly played a crucial role in the conversions and weddings.

The special branch of the Mumbai Police claims that controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik and his non-profit Islamic Research Foundation (IRF) have illegally converted around 800 people to Islam by paying them using funds received from abroad. The allegation, if proved, could spell more trouble for Naik, who is being investigated for his fiery speeches and alleged extremist links.

The police learnt about this after the Maharashtra anti-terrorism squad (ATS) and Kerala Police arrested Arshid Qureshi, a guest representative officer of IRF, from his house at Seawoods in Navi Mumbai on Thursday. A day later, the same team arrested Kalyan resident Rizwan Khan, who allegedly played a crucial role in the conversions and weddings.

Both Arshid and Rizwan were taken to Kochi on a transit remand as they were named in an FIR registered at Palarivottam police station in Kochi against Bestin Vincent, alias Yahya, a Christian from Palakkad who converted to Islam and is believed to have joined the Islamic State. Bestin and his wife Merin Jacob, alias Mariyam, have been missing for some time. The FIR is based on a complaint registered by Merin’s brother Ebin Jacob.

According to Ebin’s complaint, Merin, who is from a Christian family in Edapally, Kochi, met Bestin while she was working in Mumbai in 2015. They got into a relationship and eventually married. According to a source in the Kerala Police, Bestin and Arshid converted Merin to Islam and radicalised her during her stay in Mumbai. Merin initially resisted but finally relented after she was taken to various classes, added the source.

According to Ebin’s complaint, Bestin and Arshid then forced Merin to join the Islamic State, which she also resisted at first, expressing her desire to return to Kerala. Ebin claimed that Bestin and Arshid had tried to compel him to convert to Islam, too.

Earlier, Merin’s parents had alleged that both Bestin and Merin had been radicalised by Naik, whom they had met in Mumbai.

The special branch found that Rizwan also worked for an organisation known as Al-Birr Foundation at Mazagaon, allegedly a hub for conversions and marriages funded by IRF.

“After an initial indoctrination, (potential converts) would be taken to Arshid’s Navi Mumbai office for further indoctrination. Later, they would be taken to a Dongri office where Rizwan would complete the documentation for their conversion,” said a police officer, who did not wish to be named.

Investigators added that Rizwan, who is also a maulvi or a priest, would also conduct marriages for couples among the converts. Finally, he would send vouchers with individual expenses to Arshid, who would pay for them from IRF’s funds, the police said.

“IRF gets funds from several countries, including Saudi Arabia, and these were used for such activities. Those converted would also get around Rs 50,000 in cash,” added the officer.

Investigators have also identified others who allegedly assisted Arshid and Rizwan and are questioning them.

The latest revelations will be included in the police’s final report that will be submitted to Mumbai Police commissioner DD Padsalgikar.

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  1. Angemon says

    Jul 29, 2016 at 12:12 pm

    “The allegation, if proved, could spell more trouble for Naik, who is being investigated for his fiery speeches and alleged extremist links.”

    “Brother makes a good point!” 😀

    • DFD says

      Jul 29, 2016 at 1:05 pm

      He will receive a severe reprimand.

      There will ve an inquiry into this, and tough questions will be asked and …. err… all that.

    • Secular, frustrated Indian says

      Jul 29, 2016 at 2:12 pm

      The Indian government would put Angela Merkel to shame when it comes to bending over backwards to Muslims. Muslims are the only religious group in India to enjoy special privileges.
      Examples of our “secularism”:
      (1) Indian Muslims enjoy government subsidies for airline tickets to fly to Makkah during Hajj.
      (2) In India, there are an equal number of Hindu and Muslim public holidays.
      (3) Muslim parents are allowed to send their children to Madrassahs for Quranic indoctrination instead of primary schools.
      (4) The national flag of India is coloured saffron and GREEN.
      . (Saffron: colour of garbs worn by holy Hindu/Buddhist monks; GREEN: colour of Islam)

      • DFD says

        Jul 29, 2016 at 8:27 pm

        Let me get this right, the Ms slaughtered millions of you, massive cultural destruction (I believe you had the largest library on earth) and about 200,000 Hindu ladies rather committed mass suicide than falling into the hands of that scum.

        Sounds as if you get your governments from the same places as we do – loony bins!

      • Thought_Weaver says

        Jul 30, 2016 at 8:29 am

        @Secular, frustrated Indian

        I understand your frustration friend but I would like to make a small correction regarding the color code of our flag. People have the right to know the truth. I sincerely hope that your mistake was out of ignorance and not deliberate.

        In the national flag of India the top band is of Saffron colour, indicating the strength and courage of the country. The white middle band indicates peace and truth with Dharma Chakra. The last band is green in colour shows the fertility, growth and auspiciousness of the land.

        Thank you. Jai Hind!

    • Carmel says

      Jul 29, 2016 at 6:18 pm

      He already paid for fake questions in his videos .When something is too beautyful to be true , naives fool around . Then search for the money and the sex links , there is one , most of the time .

      • mortimer says

        Jul 29, 2016 at 9:31 pm

        Agree with Carmel. I can’t wait for the hooker stories! It will be highly amusing.

  2. john spielman says

    Jul 29, 2016 at 1:56 pm

    at least he’s a good liar and deceiver, just like his lord, Satan( allah to muslims) and is following the faithfully the pathway trod by muhammed the first and foremost liar/ deceiver, mass murderer, thief, and demon possessed pedophile false prophet of islam

    • Carmel says

      Jul 29, 2016 at 6:24 pm

      Why does he make so much trouble to convert peoples. He just have to kill one infidel and his paradise is “Ketchup “. *

      * When a deal is done , its ” ketchup “.

      • Hector Archytas says

        Jul 30, 2016 at 3:44 am

        He is also paid by the Arabs for this job.

  3. Redmond says

    Jul 29, 2016 at 3:29 pm

    We can get money from Zakir Naik, then get ourselves baptized again. No problem.

  4. John Thomas says

    Jul 29, 2016 at 3:35 pm

    And his son is at it as well. Er “Peace TV”! Well I suppose it is TROP.

    Bloody frightening nevertheless.

  5. Luke says

    Jul 29, 2016 at 5:01 pm

    You’d have to be very very impressionable to find Zakir Naik at all convincing without a big wad of readies.

  6. ea says

    Jul 29, 2016 at 5:27 pm

    this comes just after a week ago one of his aides was arrested for recruiting Muslims from Kerala to go fight for ISIS. they now have good reason to throw this guy in jail or at last make life very difficult for this filthy piece of Muslim garbage.

  7. Georg says

    Jul 29, 2016 at 5:29 pm

    “…proponent of modern Islam…”

    The guy is a Salafist. In Arabic, “salaf” translates as “predecessor”. The predecessors he obsesses over and seeks to emulate are those Islamic predecessors including Mohammed and his contemporaries. Not really sure how the descriptor “modern” got in there… Although I’m sure many Islamists would be happy to describe him as such so as to make entryism into the West easier.

    The guy’s days are numbered. He and his cohorts want to drag us all back into some bizarre and hellish bygone era of Islamomania. What a creep.

  8. Carmel says

    Jul 29, 2016 at 6:30 pm

    Where can we donate to Mumbai police to accelerate the processus ?

  9. mortimer says

    Jul 29, 2016 at 9:27 pm

    He’s such a smelly rat. How can a medical doctor preach enslavement, rape, genocide, murder, ethnic cleansing and misogyny? The university should rescind his degrees.

    • JohnThomas says

      Jul 30, 2016 at 4:13 am

      You forgot FGM!

  10. mortimer says

    Jul 29, 2016 at 9:28 pm

    Aren’t medical doctors supposed to have ethics? Can’t they take away all his credentials? He shames the doctors of India.

  11. sham says

    Jul 30, 2016 at 1:30 am

    D.ZAKIR NAIK EVER CONVERTED HINDU PPL TO ISLAM ,THEY ARE CONVERTING TO ISLAM ,BEC’S ZAKIR NAIK REVILED THE TRUTH WITH SCRIPTURES EVIDENCE THAT HINDU VEDA /SCRIPTURES ARE PROMOTING ISLAMIC IDEOLOGY ,HINDU SCHOLARS FAILED DEBATE WITH DR.NAIK NUMBER OF TIMES ,MOST OF THE HINDU PPL CONVERTING TO ISLAM,NOW THEY WANT TO STOP ISLAMISATION THROUGH INDIA ,THEY R STARTING LYING AGAINST NAIK,THAT HE WAS FORCED TO CONVERT PPL AND HE WAS THE RESPONSIBLE SOME TERRORIST ATTACK.,BANNING HIS TV CHANNEL,ETC..

    COWARDS………..COWARDS……………….COWARDS………BANNING/BLAMING/LYING NOTHING TO HAPPENS TO ISLAM AND THEIR TRUE BELIEVERS,IF ALLHA DECIDED A PERON ON EARTH BECOME A BELIEVER ,HE WILL GUIDE HIM………….

    WHO R THE SUPERIOR ? CREATOR OF WHOLE UNIVERSE OR SOME LITTLE BABIES ON LITTLE EARTH,THEY R BORN YESTERDAY AND GOING TO DIE TOMORROW ,I AM VERY SAD FOR U’R WASTING TIMES/MONEY AND CUMMING DISASTER …………..

    NO FORCED CONVERSION:

    2:256 Let there be no compulsion in religion: Truth stands out clear from error.
    2: 272. Not upon you (Muhammad SAW) is their guidance, but Allah guides whom He wills. And whatever you spend in good, it is for yourselves, when you spend not except seeking Allah’s Countenance. And whatever you spend in good, it will be repaid to you in full, and you shall not be wronged.
    4:28 “If then they turn away, We have not sent thee as a guard
    over them. Thy duty is but to convey (the message).
    5: 92. And obey Allah and the Messenger (Muhammad SAW), and beware (of even coming near to drinking or gambling or Al¬Ansâb, or Al¬Azlâm, etc.) and fear Allah. Then if you turn away, you should know that it is Our Messenger’s duty to convey (the Message) in the clearest way.

    • Rick Spencer says

      Jul 30, 2016 at 3:47 am

      Sham… Your emotional response means ‘squat’ (ie, it’s devoid of actual truth, despite your quotations from the Qur’an). In practice, in ALL Islamic societies there IS INDEED compulsion in religion. You know that! An apostate in Saudi Arabia can be executed, an this can also happen in Pakistan and Afghanistan, in Brunei, in Somalia, in Yemen, in Aceh Province (Indonesia), etc. In the Asian subcontinent, where you and that disgusting Mr Naik hail from, MOGHULS/MOHAMMEDANS/MUSLIMS slaughtered 80-MILLION Hindus in the name of Allah’s ‘religion of peace’. For 1,400 years now, Islam has been the most violent and intolerant religion in the history of mankind. Check your revered hadiths: Mohammed was himself a very violent and intolerant warlord, who stated – if one can believe the hadiths – that ‘anyone who turns his back on Allah’s religion should be KILLED.

    • DP111 says

      Jul 30, 2016 at 1:01 pm

      2:256 Let there be no compulsion in religion: Truth stands out clear from error.

      Says the Koran as the devout Muslim hols a knife to the Kuffars neck.

      Why dont you go and tell your brothers that Islam is peace a d that sort of thing, as they have everything out of context.

      BTW, before you go,settle your debts. Muslims are renowned for not paying their utility bills or back rents, and buggering off to their home country.

    • Angemon says

      Jul 30, 2016 at 7:47 pm

      The sham posted:

      “IF ALLHA DECIDED A PERON ON EARTH BECOME A BELIEVER ,HE WILL GUIDE HIM”

      And sometimes he guided them via someone offering them money to convert. Are you denying allah’s work? Are you? Are you denying allah’s work, you sham?

      “NO FORCED CONVERSION:”

      Muhammad is recorded as having said:

      “I have been ordered to fight against the people until they testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, and until they establish the Salah and pay the Zakah. And if they do so then they will have gained protection from me for their lives and property, unless [they commit acts that are punishable] in accordance to Islam, and their reckoning will be with Allah the Almighty.”

      “I have been ordered to fight against the people until they testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, and until they establish the Salah and pay the Zakah”. Now, who considers allah to be the only god, muhammad to be the messenger of allah, prays (salah) and pays zakat (a tax only muslims pay)? Muslims. So muhammad was ordered to fight people until they convert to islam.

      Where’s the “no compulsion”? Oh, that’s right – people don’t have to convert, they can simply fight and die. “No compulsion” indeed…

    • The renegade says

      Jul 31, 2016 at 2:54 am

      SHAM MY BROTHER, YOU MAKE A “NOT SO” GOOD POINT.

      PLEASE DO MORE RESEARCH WITH APPLICATION OF INTELLIGENCE. BELOW IS A VIDEO OF AN AMERICAN CONVERT WHO WAS A DEVOUT MUSLIM FOR 15 YEARS BEFORE HE REGAINED HIS LOST INTELLIGENCE. HE EVEN LEARNED ARABIC AND LIVED LIFE IN SAUDI.

      ZAKIR NAIK REMINDS ME OF THE PREACHER FROM THE ORIGINAL PLANET OF THE APES MOVIE. ( NOT A RACIST COMMENT). BLIND FAITH IS A BIG ISSUE……

      https://m.youtube.com/watch?list=PLeENR0DgAhvfmN66yoZUB3F_JjJV32YR1&v=RZUyiYK-8qg

      PLEASE LEAVE ISLAM AS SOON AS YOU CAN BEFORE YOU LOSE YOUR SOUL AND HUMANITY……

      IT IS A COMPLETE LIE FABRICATED BY MURDERER AND DECEIVER MUHAMMAD.

      THE SO CALLED “GOOD” MUSLIMS FOLLOW GOOD PARTS OF QURAN ONLY AND PRETEND THERE ARE NO BAD PARTS. TRUTH IS FAR FROM IT MY BROTHER.

      GOOD MUSLIMS ARE DESCENDANTS OF GOOD NON MUSLIM ANCESTORS THAT WERE ENSLAVED BY THE “ISIS” ELEMENTS OF ISLAM’S PAST…

  12. Dag says

    Jul 30, 2016 at 1:37 am

    A convert gets about $750.00 from this cheap clown. I’ll go for it at the bargain price of 25,000.00, but not a rupee less. I’m sure the ummah will find this to be easily affordable given that I am the happy author of, among other books, MOTOONS. They can brag about my conversion all day. I might even go so far as to publish a nasty book about Hillary just to please them.

    Or, normal folks can save us all some trouble and send jihadis a copy of my mussie-bashing masterpiece. Hey, what good is money going to do me when I find myself headless in Gaza?

    https://www.amazon.ca/Motoons-D-W-Walker/dp/0987761579

  13. particolor says

    Jul 30, 2016 at 4:01 am

    So that’s where some of the Halal Extortion Money goes !!

  14. Florida Jim says

    Jul 30, 2016 at 10:23 am

    If the lure of a paradise filled with other muslims is not attractive paying them is a temporary trick. Muslims cannot and will not assimilate anywhere. If immigrants of any nation comes to America they must be vetted thoroughly and we hav no one in our government capable of doing so. Obama is a fraud and all his employees should be ousted along with he and every Democrat throughout America. they have been thoroughly brainwashed and have no sense of decency any longer. It will take to generations to recover from their massive lies and corruption. Trump is a good start. If he is no better oust him in 4 years and guess again.Obama’s “booming economy” he raved about in his DNC speech is a whopping 1.2 % improvement a complete failure again. Obama lies incessantly and we have no journalists to speak for us.

  15. BC says

    Jul 30, 2016 at 11:18 am

    Introduces an interesting idea. Can we start paying them to leave Islam? many of them are not Muslims by choice anyway
    Islam likes to claim it is growing, that is because every newborn is a Muslim whether they choose to be or not and no get out clause except death

    • DP111 says

      Jul 30, 2016 at 1:06 pm

      You cant pay Muslims to leave Islam. They wont, as they know they will be killed by their relatives, or friends.

      What a bloody stinking shiite cult. Mother and father killing their daughter etc. It gives honest to goodness cults, a bad name.

    • particolor says

      Aug 1, 2016 at 3:27 am

      That just has to be Against the Law !! For Your Country anyhow, Check it out !! Then get onto Your Law Enforcement ( If you have any left ??) and have it BANNED !! For a Starter its not Freedom of Choice 🙁
      Good Luck…

  16. Nor says

    Aug 1, 2016 at 9:49 am

    Nonsense, don’t u guys have anything else better to do then sprouting nonsense 24/7… Dnt put so much hate on Islam… Allah knows best… May Allah protect and bless all Muslims in their straight path! Insha’Allah Amin!

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