{
  "id": 17427001,
  "title": "Zakir Naik Faces Backlash For Defending Taliban's Restrictions On Girls' Education",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/31/zakir-naik-faces-backlash-for-defending-talibans-restrictions-on",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-31T14:48:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/world/zakir-naik-faces-backlash-for-defending-talibans-restrictions-on-girls-education"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik has come under sharp criticism from journalists, activists, academics and citizens in India, Pakistan and Afghanistan after defending the Taliban's restrictions on girls' education in Afghanistan. In a video that has gained traction on social media, Naik accused the media of presenting a misleading picture of the situation in Afghanistan. \"Everything that…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times - World News",
        "title": "Zakir Naik's defence of Taliban's girls' education ban sparks row, Malala Yousafzai's father says 'deeply troubling'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/31/zakir-naiks-defence-of-talibans-girls-education-ban-sparks-row-malala",
        "published": "2026-10-31T09:45:21.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "NDTV",
        "title": "Zakir Naik Defends Taliban On Girls' Education, Gets Slammed By 3 Countries",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/31/zakir-naik-defends-taliban-on-girls-education-gets-slammed-by-3",
        "published": "2026-10-31T12:13:37.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}