NEW DELHI: The National Investigating Agency (NIA) on Thursday said that controversial preacher Zakir Naik 's Islamic Research Foundation (IRF) has investments of as much as Rs 100 crore in real estate business. The government defended its action by saying IRF was luring youth to join ISIS. Many youths arrested in unrelated terror cases stated that they were inspired by speeches of Zakir Naik. What could have been a more urgent situation for a nation? His speeches are banned in the UK, Canada and Muslim-majority Malaysia.

Source: Times of India January 19, 2017 07:54 UTC