Zakat Foundation

Madhu Purnima Kishwar's petition stated that the plea against the airing of the Sudarshan TV's 'UPSC Jihad' show has been filed to bypass the centre, which has the authority to determine free speech and is more equipped to carry out an investigation.

Sudarshan TV Editor-in-Chief Suresh Chavhanke on Thursday told the Supreme Court that the controversial show 'UPSC Jihad' is called so because it has come to his knowledge through sources that the funding for Zakat Foundation is done through organisations linked to terror activities.

The Zakat Foundation has found itself in a raging controversy recently after allegations have been made that Muslims receive undue advantages in their efforts to gain recruitment into the civil services

In the first episode of 'UPSC Jihad' on Sudarshan News, Suresh Chavhanke said that questioning the civil services was his right.

A webinar was organised on “Islamizing the West: Muslim Brotherhood, Jamaat-I-Islami, and Tablighi Jamaat” by the Usanas Foundation.

When Congress was in power in 2013, the Zakat Foundation had met the then PM, Manmohan Singh and demanded that seats where Muslims form a large population be 'delimited'

Zakat Foundation President Syed Zafarf Mahmood was willing to give up Ram Janmabhoomi in return for reservations for Muslims.

Zakat Foundation helps Rohingyas get settled in Delhi, who have been deemed to be a national security threat to the country.

The Zakat Foundation council member insists that it should be the duty of every Muslims to help non-Muslims escape the fires of hell, by bringing them into the fold of Islam.

The Zakat Foundation is linked to the Radical Islamic preacher Zakir Naik and a host of Islamist organisations.