Red Carpet For India's Most Wanted? Yunus Govt 'Invites' Zakir Naik to Bangladesh

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This special report focuses on a significant policy reversal in Bangladesh, where the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government has reportedly approved a month-long tour for fugitive Indian preacher Zakir Naik. The report highlights the dramatic shift from the previous government's stance, with the anchor stating, 'Remember Sheikh Hasina had banned Zakir Naik and his Peace TV after the 2016 Dhaka Holi Artisan Bakery terror attack'. Naik, who is wanted in India on charges of hate speech and money laundering, fled the country in 2016 after one of the Dhaka attackers told investigators he was influenced by Naik's sermons. The report frames the planned visit as a major security concern for India's eastern region, suggesting a growing proximity between the new administration in Dhaka and Pakistan's military establishment.

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00:01A radical Islamist terror sponsor back, a preacher of terror back in Bangladesh.

00:08And this just shows under Muhammad Yunus.

00:10Now he may be a Nobel laureate, but look at the kind of people he's inviting to Bangladesh.

00:15The government in Bengal is all set to roll out the red carpet for wanted Indian fugitive Zakir Naik.

00:21The Muhammad Yunus led administration has approved a month long nationwide tour for Zakir Naik.

00:27Now this is his visit to Bangladesh.

00:29Remember, it's such a departure from the policies of Sheikh Hasina.

00:34Remember, Sheikh Hasina had banned Zakir Naik and his Peace TV after the 2016 Dhaka Holy Artisan Bakery terror attack.

00:42Zakir Naik had fled India within hours after one of his attackers told the Bangladeshi investigators

00:48that he'd been influenced by Zakir Naik's preaching through his YouTube channel.

00:53So he was involved, allegedly involved in the killing of people in Bangladesh

00:58through his radical Islamist preachings.

01:01Now he's coming back as a state guest.

01:03I quickly want to cut across to India Today's Shivani Sharma for more on the story.

01:08Shivani, bring us details.

01:10There's a huge shift in Bangladesh's politics.

01:13And it just goes on to show that this Nobel laureate, Muhammad Yunus, was just a facade.

01:17Radical Islamists are ruling the country.

01:19Paraf, see, we've already heard a number of anti-India statements from Muhammad Yunus himself

01:26at a number of forums wherever he speaks.

01:29And now a red carpet welcome for this particular hate monger who has been anti-India.

01:36His Peace TV has already been banned in Bangladesh.

01:40It was in fact banned after 2016 Bakery attack where one of the bombers was who admitted that

01:48he was influenced by Zakir Naik's hate speeches.

01:51He's a radical Islamist fugitive.

01:54India is wanting to bring him to India and so that justice can be served.

02:00But Bangladesh has now invited him and not only for a few days, Gaurav, this is a month-long

02:06program where he will be there treated as a guest by Bangladesh government, entering government.

02:12And he will be participating in a number of events out there, Gaurav.

02:16So this is how there is a massive, massive policy shift in Bangladesh after Sheikh Hasina

02:22had to flee, saving her life.

02:24And now we are getting this through the sources that Zakir Naik will be treated as a guest,

02:30the national guest out there in Bangladesh.

02:33You also have ISI generals and the Chief of General Staff of Pakistan Army visiting Bangladesh.

02:38It just goes on to show this axis of terror seems to be getting stronger into the eastern

02:44part of our country.

02:45And that is where there is clear and present danger.

02:48Shivani, for the moment, many thanks for joining me.

02:50Shivani and our team will continue to track developments on the story very closely.

02:55This poses clear and present danger for India's northeast and the eastern part of our country.

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