with all this talk about West Asia we sometimes forget that chaos can erupt anywhere it's something that India knows well after all India neighbors Pakistan South Asia's terrorist summer camp well it seems the camp is in session and they've invited special external faculty in the form of Zakir nyak N is a televangelist who is wanted in India he's wanted for money laundering and inciting hate between communities While most countries think that that second part inciting hate is troubling Pakistan seems to view it as Bonafide credentials the Pakistani government itself extended an invite to nyak asking
him to tour the country for a month and give sermons all across yesterday Zakir nyak met Pakistan's prime minister Shabah Sharif Sharif lorded his him for his work and he even said that he had personally benefited from Zakir nik's lectures I don't know what's worse the T Optics or the fact that Pakistan's prime minister is wasting time watching T evangelists but maybe that's not so surprising after all their real power lies with Pakistan's Army perhaps they encourage their pocket politicians to watch TV and stay out of the way but Jokes Aside this isn't a great
look Zakir Nik is a wanted man he's accused of inciting hatred and inspiring terrorists a terror attack took place in Bangladesh in 2016 22 people were killed at dhaka's Holy artist on Bakery five people were arrested for the massacre and at least one of them said that he was inspired by Zakir nyak that he was a regular viewer of ny's TV channel it is called and I'm not making this up peace TV India swung into action after that after that attack the channel was banned so was n's Foundation it's called the Islamic Research Foundation investigations
found that Zakir nyak was using both to launder money meanwhile Bangladesh banned NY as well he's also banned in the UK Sri Lanka and Canada so it isn't just India that thinks that he's dangerous and the most telling is the ban in Bangladesh a Muslim majority country because they saw firsthand how dangerous Zakir na can be he fled India in 2016 after his name came up in the Bangladesh Terror case he sought refuge in Malaysia where he's been living since but even Malaysia thinks that he's troubled in 2019 Nik was banned from giving speeches in
Malaysia he was picked up by the police there for inciting racial tensions he told Malaysians of Chinese descent to go back to China he question the Loyalty of Malaysian Indians and this sparked outrage in the country leading to the gag order so he has inspired terrorists and incited racial tensions while preaching on a channel Called Peace TV and Nik doesn't just promote Islam there he denigrates other religions and even different sects within Islam there are worries about how this could impact Pakistan which is already full of sectarian divides and where minority sects like the ahmadis
are persecuted Pakistan is already brimming with violence and they want to add an incendiary preacher to this mix Zakir nyak arrived in Pakistan on Monday and he has already quoted controversy he insulted a charity that takes care of orphaned girls within two days of Landing this is the person that Pakistan's prime minister is praising and these are the views that he's apparently benefiting from now if Pakistan were a normal country this may not have mattered very much it would have just been a problem for the locals and maybe law enforcement but Pakistan is a nuclear
powered military Run state with a p for for extremism add n to the mix and it's not just India that should be worried the whole world may come to regret n's Whirlwind tour in Terror Central e
