This petition was submitted during the 2015-2017 parliament
Rejected petition Ban the hate spreading Zakir Naik's TV channel called Peace TV in UK ( SKY 813 )
Zakir Naik is an extremist Islamist who has already been banned by the Home office in 2010. Peace TV is his global mouthpiece which espouses jihad attacks and was a key motivating factor behind the recent Bangladeshi carnage & the Boston Marathon terror attacks. Do we want further similar attacks ?
More details
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/7836557/Home-secretary-Theresa-May-bans-radical-preacher-Zakir-Naik-from-entering-UK.html
http://www.islingtongazette.co.uk/news/boston_bombing_suspect_signed_up_to_islington_muslim_youtube_channel_1_2164212
http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/controversial-muslim-televangelist-zakir-naik-banned-from-toronto-conference
http://www.firstpost.com/india/from-suicide-bombing-to-sex-slaves-is-zakir-naik-a-suave-islamic-supremacist-2879168.html
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