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Zakir Naik (Urdu: ; born 18 October 1965) is an Indian Islamic preacher who focuses on comparative religion. He is the founder and president of the Islamic Research Foundation (IRF) which operates the television network Peace TV.

Naik is wanted by authorities in India, who charged him for money laundering while he was abroad; he did not return to India and became a permanent resident in Malaysia.

Naik says homosexuals are mentally ill and should be executed under Islamic law. He claims that the presentation of many of his views by news media is out-of-context or libellous.

Naik is a well known figure in the Islamic world.

Naik left medical practice in 1991 and found the Islamic Research Foundation (IRF).