The Ministry of External Affairs has said that Qatar has informed India that no invitation was extended to controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik to participate in the FIFA World Cup 2022.
Zakir Naik has been banned by 5 countries including India and Bangladesh
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Earlier, Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri had said on this issue on November 22 that he was confident that India would express its views on this matter in strong words to the concerned authorities. Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Puri, however, had also said that he had no information about the invitation being extended to Naik.
India said bluntly
According to ‘Hindustan Times’ news, the Modi government had clearly conveyed to Doha that if the reports of Naik being formally invited to attend the event were true, India would not be allowed to participate in the FIFA World Cup opening ceremony. Will be forced to cancel the visit of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar.
Qatar informed India through diplomatic channels that no invitation was given to the banned Islamic preacher and this whole false campaign was being run to spoil relations with India. Dhankhar had participated in the program on 20 November.
Zakir Naik fled from India in 2016
Naik reportedly left India in 2016 for Malaysia, where he was granted permanent residency. India has requested his extradition from Malaysia. Naik is wanted in India on charges of money laundering and hate speech. He fled India after the 2016 terrorist attack in Dhaka. 22 people were killed in this attack. The terrorists had said that they were fans of Zakir Naik. That year, the Center banned him and his organization, the Islamic Research Foundation, for five years.
In March this year, the Ministry of Home Affairs had declared his IRF an unlawful association under the UAPA. He is believed to have been involved in the 2020 Delhi riots. He has been banned in the UK and Canada for hate speech.
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