India studies Malaysia’s deradicalisation programme after Zakir Naik got shelter

Sumit Kumar Singh New Delhi, Nov 9 : India is studying the deradicalisation programme of the former Malaysian government, including their literature, as controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik, facing terror charges in India, has taken shelter in Malaysia for the last four years, said a top government source.
The government is studying the deradicalisation programme of the former Malaysian government to see whether it could be used in the Indian context, the source said.
Naik faces charges of hate speech in India, as well as money laundering. In November 2016, India’s counter-terrorism agency filed a case against Naik accusing him of promoting religious hatred and unlawful activity.
During the Mahathir bin Mohammad government in Malaysia, the country came up with a strong deradicalisation policy.
Malaysia’s deradicalisation initiative is the religious rehabilitation programme, which is based on re-education and rehabilitation. The re-education would be focused on correcting militants’ political and religious misconceptions and rehabilitation on thorough monitoring of militant detainees after their release.
The government has also formed a team of officers to study strategies adopted by various states in countering radicalisation.