His views and statements on 9/11 have been often criticised. In a lecture delivered on 31 July 2008 on Peace TV, Naik commented on the attacks of 11 September: "it is a blatant, open secret that this attack on the Twin Towers was done by George Bush himself". He also said that "even a fool will know" that the &lt;a href="September%2011%20attacks"&gt;9/11 attacks&lt;/a&gt; were "an inside job" orchestrated by US President George W. Bush.