
Britain banned a popular Muslim preacher, Dr Zakir Naik from entering the country, a paper reported on Friday, citing the interior minister.
Dr Zakir Naik, a 44-year-old television preacher, had been due to give a series of lectures in London and northern England but new Home Secretary Theresa May decided to bar him, said the Daily Telegraph. “I have excluded Dr Naik from the UK,” said May, cited by the paper. “Numerous comments made by Dr Naik are evidence to me of his unacceptable behaviour.
“Coming to the UK is a privilege not a right and I am not willing to allow those who might not be conducive to the public good to enter the UK.” May, a Conservative politician who became home secretary in the new government last month.
Dr Zakir Naik is a popular scholar among Muslims across the world. He has delivered speeches and held conferences in various countries.
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