Terrorist Zakir Naik calls Bangladeshi cricketer a Muslim sportsman, creates ruckus on social media

New Delhi: Bangladesh cricket team all-rounder Mehdi Hasan Miraj is embroiled in a new controversy. Miraj recently met Zakir Naik, who calls himself an Islamic scholar. Zakir Naik is absconding from India. That cup is accused of being involved in terrorist activities and misleading the youth. In such a situation, the picture of this meeting of the cricketer is going viral on social media. In one picture, Zakir Naik wrote Muslim Sportsman in the caption for Mehdi Hasan Miraj. There is an uproar regarding this caption of Zakir Naik.

Let us tell you that no sport has its own religion. For a sports person, his sport is his religion, no matter what religion he follows, but Zakir Naik, declared a fugitive in India, calling a cricketer a Muslim sportsman is directly like coloring the sport in a religious colour.

Mehdi Hasan Miraj called Zakir a scholar

Bangladeshi cricketer Mehdi Hasan Miraj has also shared his picture with Zakir Naik on social media. Miraj wrote with this picture, “Dr. Zakir Naik Sir is one of my favorite Islamic scholars across the world. I deeply respect his profound knowledge and his dedication towards spreading peace and truth. It was my dream since childhood to meet him in person once in my life. Alhamdulillah, Allah Subhanahu wa Taala, this wish of mine has been fulfilled.”

Career of Mehdi Hasan Miraj

Talking about the cricketing career of Mehdi Hasan Miraj, he has so far played a total of 56 Tests, 117 ODIs and 34 T20 matches for Bangladesh. In Test cricket, Miraj has scored 2164 runs in batting with 2 centuries and 9 half-centuries. Apart from this, he took 210 wickets in his name in bowling. Apart from this, in ODI, Miraj scored 1791 runs with 2 centuries and 7 fifties, while in this format he has taken 126 wickets in bowling. Whereas in T20, Miraj has scored 418 runs and taken 18 wickets.