COMMENT The danger of Muslim preacher Zakir Naik is not that he openly preaches terrorism but his 'doublespeak' and notoriety in misrepresenting other religions and leading Muslims astray.

After having watched Zakir in action in a video a Malay friend sent me, in my opinion, he is not the sort of preacher you would want to visit your country. In this particular video, a young woman in the huge audience asked him about a previous talk he had given at the UiTM in Shah Alam and how he could say he was "more Christian than the Christians."

His reply, "If being a Christian means a person who follows the teachings of Jesus Christ, then we Muslims are more Christian than the Christians themselves."

And he explained that was because Muslims are circumcised like Jesus but most Christians are not. And he quoted Ephesians 5:18 and other verses from the Old Testament to an audience who may as well be listening to him speak in Dutch on Christianity. I was gobsmacked...