Zakir Abdul Karim Naik (born 18 October 1965) is an Indian Islamic preacher, and the founder and president of the Islamic Research Foundation (IRF). He is also the founder of the Peace TV channel. His lectures are very influential, especially among the Muslims in the subcontinent. He was awarded the King Faisal International Prize in 2015. As of 2020, he is wanted for crimes of funding terorism, money loundering, and hate speech, amongst others. He fled from India in 2016.. India wants to question him