00:00Dr. Zakir Naik is a renowned, dynamic, international orator on Islam and comparative religion.
00:17Dr. Zakir Naik is the president of Islamic Research Foundation in Mumbai.
00:23Dr. Zakir clarifies Islamic viewpoints and clears misconceptions about Islam using the Quran, authentic Hadith and other religious scriptures as a basis in conjunction with reason, logic and scientific facts.
00:39He is 47 years old.
00:43He is popular for his critical analysis and convincing answers for challenging questions posed by audiences after his public talks.
00:53In the last 17 years, by the year 2013, Dr. Zakir Naik has delivered more than 2,000 public talks in the USA, Canada, UK, Italy, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, Egypt, Australia, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Thailand, Guyana, South America,
01:22Trinidad and Tobago and many other countries and now for the first time in Africa, a lecture of this magnitude in Nigeria.
01:32He is ranked in the top 62 lists of the 500 most influential Muslims in the world published by George Washington University in the year 2011 and 2012.
01:43He was also listed number 82 in the 100 most influential people in India published by Indian Express in 2009 and listed number 81 in 2010 amongst the million plus population of India.
01:58He was listed number 3 of the top 10 spiritual gurus of India in 2009 and in top 10 lists in 2010.
02:07And over 100 million viewership of which 25% are non-Muslims, in his footsteps, he launched Peace TV.
02:17My dear brothers and sisters, help me give a resounding welcome to our honorable guest, Dr. Zakir Abdul Karim Naik.
02:28Thank you.
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