A public Islamic speaker has asked by the\u00a0Bombay High Court\u00a0to appear before the Vengurla police in Sindhudurg district and get his statement recorded in connection with a case registered there for allegedly hurting religious sentiments.<\/p>\n
A division bench of Justices P V Hardas and Mridula Bhatkar was on May 10 hearing a petition filed by Zakir Naik, a self-proclaimed philosopher and public speaker on Islam and comparative religion, expressing apprehension of threat to his life in the event that he is taken to the police station.<\/p>\n
Advocate Mubin Solkar, appearing for Zakir, argued that the petitioner apprehends danger to his life and a law and order situation if he is taken to the police station for recording of his statement.<\/p>\n
Public prosecutor Revati Dere, however, told the court that whenever the accused is summoned to the police station, he arrives there wsith hundreds of his followers thus leading to a law and order situation.<\/p>\n
The bench then directed Naik to go to the Vengurla police station accompanied with only three persons including his lawyer and get his statement recorded.<\/p>\n
“The petitioner (Zakir Naik) shall co-operate with the police machinery in order to ensure that law and order is maintained,” the court said.<\/p>\n
Several cases have been registered against Naik for making speeches that have allegedly hurt religious sentiments.<\/p>\n
Zakir Naik is the founder and president of the Islamic Research Foundation, a non-profit organisation that owns the Peace TV channel based in Dubai.<\/p>\n
The bench has posted the matter for further hearing on June 11<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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