KUALA LUMPUR, April 12 — Muslim preacher Dr Zakir Naik’s son, Fariq Naik, will lecture  in Penang on Friday, in conjunction with his father’s controversial tour in the country.

The talk by the 21-year-old Naik, touted as his father’s protégé, is titled “Misconceptions About Islam” and will take place at the Caring Society Complex (Kompleks Masyarakat Penyayang) in Georgetown.

The event is organised by the Islamic Propagation Society International (IPSI), who are also one of the co-organisers of Dr Zakir’s talk at Bukit Jalil here this Saturday.

Earlier today, Penang Deputy Chief Minister II Prof Dr P. Ramasamy’s service centre was firebombed after he called Dr Zakir “Satan” in a now-deleted Facebook post.

According to Dr Zakir’s website Peace TV, Fariq Naik began following in his father’s footsteps since the age of eight, and began giving talks to crowds as large as 50,000 people by the age of nine.

 

 

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Talks by his father have drawn criticisms due to some of his reportedly radical views in his brand of comparative religion.

Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar yesterday urged the organisers of the controversial lecture series of Dr Zakir, comparing Hinduism and Islam to cancel the event, saying that there was no benefit from organising such a talk, based on past experience.

Several MIC and Indian-based groups on Sunday lodged police reports over the lecture series that was scheduled to be held at Universiti Teknikal Malaysia (UTem) in Malacca on April 17.

While the event in Malacca was told to be cancelled, the talks in Bukit Jalil were reportedly allowed to be carried on.

Dr Zakir, who received the government’s Tokoh Maal Hijrah award in 2013, previously angered the Hindu community here by allegedly insulting their deities along with the vegetarian practises of the faith.

The Islamic Research Foundation president had also been denied entry to Canada and United Kingdom in 2012 after he reportedly expressed his support of terrorist group al-Qaeda.