Zakir Naik’s Peace TV investigated by Ofcom, a media regulator, on its certain remarks

A television station founded by an Islamic preacher who was banned from entering Britain is being investigated over comments made by a guest scholar on the subject of marriage.

Ofcom, the media regulator, announced yesterday that it had opened an inquiry into remarks made on Peace TV in November by Haitham al-Haddad, a Saudi-born Islamic scholar. In an interview on the religious discussion show Marriage and Divorce, he said that fathers should “push” and “convince” their daughters to get married and that it was an “alarming thing” if women wanted to complete their education before taking a husband.