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New York City based Gatestone Institute had stated that Zakir Naik "is not directly involved in terrorism," but "he has reportedly inspired many to take to terrorism through his preachings. #DeportZakirNaik
Pakistani analyst Khaled Ahmed criticised Naik for "indirectly supporting Al-Qaeda by referring Osama bin Laden as a "soldier of Islam".
Bangladesh Government banned the broadcast of Zakir Naik's Peace TV channel. Hasanul Haq Inu (Information Minister) a well known leftist politician reasoned that "Peace TV is not consistent with Muslim society, the Quran, Sunnah, Hadith, Bangladesh's Constitution, our culture”.
When the National Investigation Agency arrested Mohammad Ibrahim Yazdani, the head of Islamic State's Hyderabad module in India, upon interrogation it was revealed that the operatives were influenced by Zakir Naik's sermons & wanted to establish Shariah law as in Islamic state.
In 2016, Zakir Naik admitted that Rahil Sheikh (terrorist involved in 2006 Mumbai train bombings) was working as a volunteer for his organization Islamic Research Foundation (IRF) but he did not know Rahil personally.
Nearly 200 people lost their lives in the Mumbai train bombing attack and investigation revealed that the bombers were influenced by Zakir Naik's preachings.
Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen described Zakir Naik as "dangerous" because he "promotes 7th century Quranic texts on sex slaves, polygamy and wife beating in 21st century". She added that "many Bangladeshi would-be-terrorists are inspired by Zakir Naik!”.
Zahran Hashim the leader of the National Thowheeth Jama'ath which carried out the 2019 Sri Lanka Easter Bombings had praised Zakir Naik for inciting Muslims without being banned and had asked "What can Sri Lankan Muslims do for Dr Zakir Naik?".
