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Sunday, 10 July 2016
Bangladesh bans televangelist Zakir Naik’s Peace TV
After reports that his "provocative" discourses motivated a portion of the activists who did the nation's most exceedingly bad fear assault at a Dhaka bistro.
The administration of Bangladesh has banned the telecast of Peace TV, a station keep running by questionable Indian evangelist Dr. Zakir Naik, in the nation on assertions that it affected terrorism.
The Cabinet Committee on lawfulness took the choice at a unique meeting on Sunday, ending TV of all unapproved TV channels, including Peace TV, Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu, who led the board, told columnists.
Real dread assaults
The meeting was held at the Home Ministry in the setting of two noteworthy terrorist assaults - slaughter of 22 individuals, including nonnatives, at the Holey Artisan Bakery eatery in the Gulshan conciliatory zone of Dhaka and murdering of 3 persons in an assault close to the notable Sholakia Eidgah in eastern Kishoregonj locale, somewhere in the range of 150 km north of Dhaka.
Prior Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu told The Hindu on Friday that the legislature would take a choice soon on the Peace TV after a few assailants of the Gulshan bistro attack were said to be affected by the channel. " Many Islamic researchers have additionally grumbled about Dr. Zakir Naik", said the Minister, including "We will look at those claims and take a choice soon."
'He is on our security scanner'
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal prior said the knowledge organizations were researching the exercises of the questionable evangelist as they seemed provocative. "He is on our security scanner," he said.
Dr. Naik is the establishing president of Mumbai-based philanthropy association, Islamic Research Foundation (IRF), which claims Peace TV.
Dr. Naik in a video reaction to NDTV after the savage Dhaka bistro assault said he was not astounded that one of the shooters knew him since he "rouses millions over the world." He has additionally supposedly asserted that no Bangladesh government official had said that he propelled the demonstration of terrorism.
'More than 50 p.c. of Bangladeshis my fans'
"There are a great many fanatics of mine all through the world. More than 50 for every penny Bangladeshis are my fans however to say that I motivated him [ the gunman] to slaughter blameless individuals is malicious," he said, guaranteeing he was "stunned" to observe that four million among the 14 million preferences on his Facebook page were by Bangladeshis.
The disputable evangelist is as of now banned from entering the United Kingdom and Canada .
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