NEW DELHI – Islamic scholar Zakir Naik, who is being probed under terrorand money laundering charges by the NIA, is projected as a ‘hero’ in schoolbook here.
The Islamic Mission School in Dodhpur area of Aligarh published a book‘Ilm-un-Nafe’ for Class 1 that has chapters on nine famous Muslimpersonalities. One of them features Zakir Naik, founder of Mumbai-based NGO– Islamic Research Foundation.
The school management claimed that the book – aimed at enhancing children’sgeneral knowledge – was published two years back, but in the new sessionthe chapter on Naik would be removed from it.
“The book has chapters on renowned Muslims and one chapter is on ZakirNaik,” said the author of the book, Kunen Kausar, who is also the managerof the school.A member of school management Suhail Ahmad holding a copy of the book‘Ilm-un-Nafe’. ( HT Photo/Mahipal Singh )
“When the book was published two years back, there was no case againstZakir Naik. Now, the chapter on him will be removed in the fresh bookissued for the next session,” added Kausar.
Page number 42 of the book features nine photographs of Islamic heroes.Naik’s picture figures in the middle row.
The other eight photographs are of authors and preachers including SheikhAhmad Deedat, Maulana Kaleem Siddiqui of Muzaffarnagar, Islamic scholarsMaulana Tariq Jameel, Israr Ahmad of Pakistan, Yusuf Estes, Abdullah Tariq,Harun Yahiya and Bilal Philip.