Zakir Naik's Peace TV taken off air in Sri Lanka following attacks
Colombo, May 1 (IBNS): Two major cable networks in Sri Lanka have taken Zakir Naik's Peace TV off air in the wake of the April 21 attacks in the island nation that killed more than 250 people, Colombo Gazette reported citing sources.
Bangladesh and India have already banned the channel, which has been used by ISIS to indoctrinate and brainwash the youth.
Sri Lanka's two largest cable operators, Dialogue and SLT have taken Peace TV off the air even though the government has not yet issued an official notification to this effect.
Naik's Mumbai-based Islamic Research Foundation had launched Peace TV in 2006. An Urdu version of the channel was launched in 2009 and a Bengali version in 2011, reports said.
Naik, who now lives in Malaysia, is wanted in India for inciting the youth with his hate speeches. He had left India in 2016.
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