Zakir Naik's Taliban PR Tour Backfires Spectacularly As Three Countries Slam Him

Controversial Islamic preacher <b>Zakir Naik</b> has managed to unite critics across borders after defending the Taliban's oppressive stance on girls' education in a viral video clip.<br><br>Because nothing screams progressive scholarship quite like justifying the systematic erasure of women from classrooms. While the rest of the civilized world watches Afghanistan's human rights crisis unfold with horror, Naik apparently thinks the global media is just missing out on a glowing PR opportunity for the regime.<br><br>Unsurprisingly, leaders and watchdogs from <b>three countries</b> swiftly stepped up to call out the absurd defense, proving that some apologists will bend over backward to excuse totalitarian gatekeeping.