Zakir Naik Biography

Full name: Zakir Naik
Birth date: October 18, 1965
Birthplace: Mumbai, India
Education: University of Mumbai
Occupation: Islamic Speaker
Years active: 1991–present
Spouse (s): Farhat Naik
Religion: Islam
Zodiac sign: Libra

Zakir Naik is an Indian Islamic thinker, public speaker, philosopher, and writer who works with Islam and comparative theology around the world. In his personal life, he was an MBBS doctor but he has concentrated on the promotion of Islam since 1991.

He emerged as an immense strong memory speaker on theology and gained fame around the world. Naik has founded a non-profit organization named Islamic Research Foundation that is conducted by the Peace TV Network. He has profound knowledge of religious matters.

Zakir Naik Early Life and Education:

Zakir Naik was born on October 18, 1965, in Mumbai, India to the father, Abdul Karim Naik, and mother, Pochamma Naik. Naik was a student at St. Peter’s High School in Mumbai then he attended Kishinchand Chellaram College.

Naik studied Medicine at Topiwala National Medical College and Nair Hospital. He received a degree in Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (MBBS) from the University of Mumbai. Naik was very much impressed by an Islamic preacher, Ahmed Deedat whom Zakir met in 1987.

Zakir Naik Career:

Zakir Naik is a famous Islamic researcher; who properly accomplish the correct interpretation of the Islamic religion according to Hadith and Quran through his speech. To establish the better credibility of Islam through a comparative analysis of various religions, that’s his strategy.

Although he is the most popular in the Muslim world he has been criticized for some speech and opinions in the rest of the world. Zakir Naik thinks that every Muslim should break down the wrong ideas about Islam and fight against the false propaganda of western media.

He demonstrates that despite anti-Islamic advertising between September 2001 and July 2002 more than 34,000 Americans have squeezed Islam. He has been relentlessly writing on various topics of Islam and received the King Faisal International Prize for outstanding knowledge of religion.