Controversial Islamic preacher and televangelist Zakir Naik responded to the serious allegations against him after two recent instances of terror suspects?one in Bangladesh and the other in India?taking his name of motivating them towards taking up arms in the name of Islam and join the Islamic State.

Naik tried to distance himself from the terror-related controversies, responding through a series of videos.

Firstpost has shared six videos of the 51-year-old preacher, reportedly made available by Naik's assistant in Mumbai, which one of his family members shot on a mobile phone in Mecca.

In the videos, Naik responds to the criticism in Indian media and explains his position on the alleged links with terrorists in Bangladesh.

"I appear on various TV channels. In Peace TV network alone I have more than 100 million viewers. By the grace of God, I inspire millions of people around the world. On my personal Facebook page alone there are more than 14 million likes, of which majority is from Bangladesh. A person inspired by my videos is not shocking," Naik said.

Naik has denied the allegations that he inspired terrorists to kill Muslims.

"I inspire millions of people close to Islam. Once a person comes closer to Islam, there are possibilities that he starts hearing other speakers. As you are aware, there are some people who misguides the Muslims and in the name of Islam, they encourage Muslims to kill innocent people, which is totally against Quran. The part, which is reported in Indian newspapers?I inspire killing innocent people?I totally disagree. I have never encouraged any other human being to kill any other human being. This evil act of the Indian media trying to prove to the people that Dr Zakir Naik has encouraged terrorism is devilish. I condemn the media that I encourage acts of terrorism," Naik said.