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The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday filed its first direct charge sheet against controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik on charges of money laundering, officials said. Zakir Naik said the Interpol had already cancelled a red corner notice against him once.

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said today a controversial Indian Islamic preacher allegedly wanted in his home country for terror-related activities and hate speech will not be sent back.

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What nonsense he is talking. He has to answer the criticism about himself," Naidu said. Kerala has so far had an indigenous version of Salafism, which is considered relatively progressive, with its emphasis on educating women. The Congress members, however, insisted on the BJP taking police action against Singh, to which Kumar said it was upon the state government to do so.

Singh said if Naik is accused of delivering inflammatory sermons then why no action was taken against the BJP leaders like Sakshi Maharaj, Yogi Adityanath, Sadhvi Prachi for "inciting sentiments". The year-old Mumbai-based televangelist, who is currently abroad, was slated to interact with the media today but cancelled his press briefing, citing pressure from management of the venue where it was organised.

Have you read these stories? ET NOW. Brand Solutions. It is banned in India but has an estimated million viewers worldwide. Other countries have banned the channel - including Bangladesh, where it is accused of inspiring one of the gunmen behind a cafe attack in Dhaka in which 22 people were killed.

It told the court that it had identified assets worth millions of dollars as proceeds of crime. Mr Naik's "inflammatory speeches and lectures have inspired and incited a number of Muslim youths in India to commit unlawful activities and terrorist acts", ED told the court.

The agency has accused him of using funds from "dubious or suspicious sources" to buy property in India and finance events where he made "provocative speeches". Mr Naik's fundamentalist approach to religion has long been controversial. Many detained al-Qaeda followers have reportedly told officials that he was a huge influence on them.