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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Zakir Naik

1965 - Today

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Zakir Abdul Karim Naik (born 18 October 1965) is an Indian Islamic public orator who focuses on comparative religion. He is the founder and president of the Islamic Research Foundation (IRF) and Peace TV. He is a well-known figure in the Islamic world, and while he does not claim to be a follower of any one school of thought in Islam, he is most closely associated with the Salafi school of thought. Naik is currently a wanted fugitive in India, where, in 2016, the authorities charged Naik for money laundering while he was abroad in Malaysia; Naik did not return to India and became a permanent resident of Malaysia. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zakir Naik has received more than 7,317,847 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Zakir Naik is the 1,377th most popular religious figure (up from 1,447th in 2019), the 241st most popular biography from India (up from 270th in 2019) and the 30th most popular Indian Religious Figure.

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  • 55.11

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  • 43

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  • 5.07

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  • 3.62

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Zakir Naik ranks 1,377 out of 2,238. Before him are Mamertus, Parshvanatha, An Shigao, Rafael Merry del Val, Theodosius of Kiev, and Hermann Gmeiner. After him are Carpocrates, George Müller, Pelagio Galvani, Paisius Velichkovsky, Nicetas of Remesiana, and Ludovico Ludovisi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Zakir Naik ranks 61. Before him are Julia Ormond, Chris Rock, Vahide Perçin, Adama Barrow, Jeffrey Wright, and Andrea M. Ghez. After him are Lennox Lewis, Jan-Ove Waldner, Valeria Golino, Shania Twain, Manuel Uribe, and Kristin Davis.

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In India

Among people born in India, Zakir Naik ranks 241 out of 1,493. Before him are Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi (1856), Rani Durgavati (1524), Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana (1556), Feroze Gandhi (1912), Parshvanatha (-872), and Nisargadatta Maharaj (1897). After him are Michael Radford (1946), D. R. Bendre (1896), Abdul-Qādir Bedil (1642), Baji Rao I (1700), Nizamuddin Auliya (1238), and Madan Mohan Malaviya (1861).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In India

Among religious figures born in India, Zakir Naik ranks 30. Before him are George Alencherry (1945), Inayat Khan (1882), Meher Baba (1894), Guru Angad (1504), Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi (1856), and Parshvanatha (-872). After him are Guru Amar Das (1479), Mahinda (-285), Dashrath Manjhi (1934), Matsyendranatha (901), Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri (1855), and Abbé Faria (1756).

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