Zakir Naik’s Peace TV banned in Sri Lanka in wake of bombings

Sri Lankan government has issued orders preventing any person from preaching religious, extremist or radical ideologies who encourages or glorifies terrorism.

The order also banned any foreigner from preaching any such ideology and few persons involved in it have been deported.

As part of it, Peace TV owned by Muslim cleric Zakir Naik has been banned and taken off the air by all cable and satellite networks. The channel is already banned in several countries including India.

Srilankan government has already banned few fundamentalist organizations and prevented use of burqa. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremsinghe has stressed that stern actions will be taken against people and media institutions spreading false rumors to incite religious and racial violence.

The Prime Minister said that the whole world should unite as one to face the Jihadi terrorism. Ranil Wickremsinghe said his government hoped to cooperate with all countries that oppose terrorism to share intelligence and expertise.

Sri Lankan Prime Minister also called upon the need to be careful to not let any room for security lapses at any time.