The National Secular Society has criticised the Charity Commission for not opening a statutory inquiry into a charity that it claims promotes extremist views.
Zakir Naik, who is listed on the website of the Islamic Research Foundation International as its chair, was barred from entering the UK in 2010 because of his views, which include praising Osama bin Laden and saying all Muslims "should be terrorists".
The regulator said it had disqualified Naik as a trustee in April this year, but he had challenged the decision at the charity tribunal.
Last month the satellite channel Peace TV Urdu, which Naik founded in 2009, was taken off air after the regulator Ofcom ruled one of its programmes had incited murder.
This prompted the society to urge the commission to take action against the charity, which advances Islam and generated income of £518,000 in the financial year ending 31 January 2019. [Third Sector] Read more
