"I am a victim of media trial," Naik, who was banned from UK and Canada in 2010 for his controversial sermons, said. Also Read:Zakir Naik: Don't back terror, being targeted for running Islamic channelWho is Zakir Naik? HERE'S WHAT ZAKIR NAIK SAID:He (Modi) is the only PM who has visited so many Muslim countries in such a short span of time. Naik, who is currently in Saudi Arabia, however, backed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "quest to improve relations between the two communities." Just because the media has labelled allegations against me ...I am not going to come to India for a media trial," he told India Today TV's Executive Editor Javed Ansari.

Source: India Today July 25, 2016 13:30 UTC