Last year, Jihad Watch reported on Zakir Naik’s work with the stealth jihadist global network. That network utilizes Islamic charities to aid in the spread of jihadist views. See HERE.

In Norway, as in other Western countries, few recognize what normative Islam has been for 1400 of years: a religion of conquest, not of peace. The existence of peaceful Muslims and peaceful sects such as the Ahmadis (whom mainstream Muslims persecute as heretics) has fooled many into underestimating the threat of mainstream Islam. A confused discourse serves to obscure the threat of Islamization. The fear of being branded “Islamophobic” has also served to obscure the real threat.

“Global Islamist Leaders Join Hands With Wanted Indian Preacher Dr. Zakir Naik To Build Multi-Purpose Islamic Dawah Center In Norway,” MEMRI, July 6, 2021:

A group of Islamist leaders from different countries led by Indian televangelist Dr. Zakir Naik – who is wanted in India and remains in self-exile in Malaysia – has joined hands to establish a grand mosque and Dawah (“preaching, invitation”) center in Oslo, Norway. The Islamist leaders have appealed to Muslims for donations, saying: “Earn Allah’s pleasure and get a house in jannah [paradise].”[1]

A collage of pictures of the Islamist leaders, inserted in the fundraising campaign, shows Dr. Zakir Naik’s photo displayed prominently at the top. Naik faces charges in India for hate speech and money laundering and is accused of radicalizing Muslim youths worldwide.[2] India has sought Naik’s extradition from Malaysia for terror activities and money laundering.[3] Even in Malaysia, where he now lives in self-exile, the Malaysian government banned Naik in 2019 from giving public speeches in the “interest of national security.”[4]

Through his television productions telecast on Peace TV in Western nations and speeches at numerous events, the Indian preacher has justified polygamy, slavery, and terrorism, and in 2020 argued that it was theologically “permissible” to turn Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia into a mosque because it is on land “conquered” by Muslims.[5] “Can a holy place – a church or a temple – be converted into a mosque? After it is conquered – the answer is yes,” Naik said.[6]

In June 2010, the Indian Salafist leader was banned from entering the United Kingdom and Canada. The then British Home Secretary Theresa May stated that Naik was banned under laws that exclude anyone who “foments, justifies, or glorifies terrorist violence.”[7] However, his television network continued to telecast hate speeches against other communities in the UK. In May 2020, the British media watchdog Ofcom fined Naik’s Peace TV network 300,000 pounds for broadcasting “hate speech” and “highly offensive” content in the United Kingdom.[8]

“Our investigations found that programs broadcast on Peace TV Urdu and Peace TV contained hate speech and highly offensive content, which in one instance was likely to incite crime,” Ofcom said.[9] The British watchdog added: “We concluded that the content represented serious failures of compliance with our broadcasting rules, which warranted fines. Ofcom has today fined the former licence holders of Peace TV Urdu 200,000 pounds and Peace TV 100,000 pounds for breaking our broadcasting rules.”[10]

The Campaign For Islamic Dawah Center In Oslo

In Norway, the campaign for building a mosque and community center is led by an organization called “Islam Net” – based in Oslo and led by Fahad Qureshi, chairman of Islam Net.[11] In the appeal for donations issued by the Islamist leaders on SaveIman.com (“Save Faith”) website, Naik says: “Islam Net is a Norwegian Dawah organization that requires your help and support to establish a masjid [mosque] and a Dawah center in Norway.”[12] Dawah, or proselytization, is the act of inviting non-Muslims to accept Islam.