After Pakistan visit, Bangladesh set to welcome Zakir Naik
Controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik will visit Bangladesh for a month-long trip, his first trip to the South Asian nation where his Peace TV was banned during former PM Sheikh Hasina's regime.
Marking a major policy shift, the interim government chief Muhammad Yunus-led administration has approved a month-long nationwide tour for Naik, reported India Today.
According to event organisers, the tour, scheduled from November 28 to December 20, 2025, has been officially approved by the government and is being facilitated by officials, the Indian news channel reported.
Naik is expected to deliver sermons during the trip.
The Hasina-led administration had banned Naik's Peace TV following the July 2016 Dhaka Holey Artisan Bakery terror attack.
Naik had escaped from India after one of the attackers told Bangladeshi investigators that he was influenced by the preacher's preaching through his YouTube channel.
Naik is staying in Malaysia as a runaway fugitive.
He left India in 2016.
India has repeatedly sought his extradition from Malaysia.
Last year, he was given a similar red carpet welcome in Pakistan.
IBNS
Senior Staff Reporter at Northeast Herald, covering news from Tripura and Northeast India.
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