Zakaria Virk is a writer, translator, author and historian of Islamic science. He has compiled 17 books in Urdu and English, written scores of article published in newspapers, magazines of India, Pakistan, UK, USA and Canada. He is a retired civil servant. He has two sons both living in the US, one Adnan is ESPN sports TV anchor in Bristol, Connecticut. He has traveled to more than 15 countries. He has published 5 books on the life and achievements of Muslim world's first Nobel laureate Dr Abdus Salam. (1926-1996).
He has donated blood 50 times in Canada. He is a card carrying member of Liberal Party of Canada.
After the solving the problems of Halal food, Halal meat and Niqab, now Europe countries are facing the question of Halal Houses. In one of the nieghbourhoods of Amsterdam the council has built 180 house for its Muslim population which have room for wudhu, direction toward Qibla, separate room for […]
Ludhiana, Punjab, India Hosts India avenged their recent Asia Cup loss by bulldozing Pakistan 59-22 in an unexpected one-sided final yesterday, enroute to claim the 3rd Kabaddi World Cup title in Ludhiana. Stopper Ekam Hathur was the star on the night as he gave India a strong start by stopping […]
In 2011, twenty two-year-old Mirzya Syed, a Pakistani-American student at Barnard College in New York City (NYC), was attending a class on novels written about the immigrant experience — precisely about problems faced by people of East Asian, African and Latin American descent. What struck her at the time was […]
Mr Maqsood Ahmad son of Nawab Din shot dead in Quetta on December 7, 2012 was a decent man. On December 7 at 9am he arrived at his hardware store in satellite town along with his employee. after dropping off the employee at the store he took his two children […]
The Associated Press Norwalk supports mosque after lawsuit, fed inquiry By JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN Associated Press / December 8, 2012 NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — When Norwalk received a proposal to build the city’s first mosque, it was rejected by officials who said the structure was too big for the largely […]
(1) In the book Albert Einstein- Historical and Cultural Perspectives- Banesh Hoffman states: I now want to tell about a small dinner party that i was invited to at the house (Einstein’s) on Mercer Street in Princeton. While tea was being served from a teapot and not via tea bags […]
November 26, 2012 By Saeed Qureshi, who is a senior journalist and a former diplomat. Those who believe that Saudi Arabia has an Islamic system of government are either mistaken or ill-informed. It is outright a monarchy or kingdom that runs counter to the concept of an Islamic state. Even […]
ایک عرب دانا نے اپنے بیٹوں کو نصیحت کی کہ ٦ قسم کی عورتوں سے کبھی شادی نہ کرنا، خواہ وہ حسن و جمال اور مال و دولت میں بے مثال ہی کیوں نہ ہوں. انانہ ، منانہ، حنانہ، حداقہ، براقہ اور شداقہ… انانہ – وہ عورت جو ہر وقت […]
Distinction between religion and culture questionable Alia Hogben – The Kingston Whig Standard, Kingston, Ontario Nov 10/12. In recent times, many Muslims insist that religious teachings should take precedence over cultural values or practices. Religions’ pure message should not be contaminated by cultural practices that are seen as negative and […]
Test Your Brain This is really cool. cid:CE95897613BF4D5CA6EA20AF88B7F1B1@ERICPC ALZHEIMER’S EYE TEST (I love this part.. Its absolutely amazing!) Count every “F” in the following text: FINISHED FILES ARE THE RE SULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTI FIC STUDY COMBINED WITH THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS….. (SEE BELOW) HOW MANY ‘F’s? Count them […]
http://www.thestar.com/living/article/1287421–it-s-a-girl-documentary-explores-gendercide-in-china-and-india An Indian woman clutches her neck and giggles nervously as she describes how she strangled eight of her newborn daughters to death. “Women have the power to give life and take it away,” she says. According to director Evan Grae Davis’ documentary It’s a Girl, this woman’s story is […]
Promoted post: We are all living in the Womb of God-the-Mother, 13.8 billion Years Pregnancy By Tim Alamenciak Source: Toronto Star – Staff Reporter A request for a lunch-hour haircut has turned into a battle over human rights, pitting freedom of religion against a woman’s right not to be denied […]
10 small steps for a healthier heart Change is an important part of living with heart disease or trying to prevent it. A jump in blood pressure or cholesterol earns you a lecture on healthy lifestyle changes. Heart attack and stroke survivors are often told to alter a lifetime of […]
Muslim Canadian Congress denounces defacing of war memorial Two Muslim students of York University chanting obscenities at Canada’s Armed Forces disrupted Remembrance Day ceremonies at Toronto City Hall. MCC denounces vandalizing of Toronto War Memorial and Disruption of Remembrance Day ceremony by Muslims TORONTO, ON – The Muslim Canadian Congress […]
‘Canada will burn praise Allah’: Vandals deface Toronto war memorial on Remembrance Day TORONTO — Police are investigating after a war memorial was vandalized on Remembrance Day in Toronto. The Victory Peace memorial in Coronation Park was defaced with the words “Canada will burn praise Allah” written in what appeared to […]
I am reminded of a joke… What happens if a politician drowns in a river? That is pollution. What happens if all of them drown? That is solution!!! How sad it is that we never learn from history! How true all of these are: We hang the petty thieves and […]
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/11/opinion/sunday/why-listening-is-so-much-more-than-hearing.html?src=me&ref=general HERE’S a trick question. What do you hear right now? If your home is like mine, you hear the humming sound of a printer, the low throbbing of traffic from the nearby highway and the clatter of plastic followed by the muffled impact of paws landing on linoleum — […]
Money Workers earn it, Spendthrifts burn it, Bankers lend it, Women spend it, Forgers fake it, Taxes take it, Dying leave it, Heirs receive it, Thrifty save it, Misers crave it, Robbers seize it, Rich increase it, Gamblers lose it, I could always use it. …….. Excellent play on words…enjoy […]
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/1285758–police-decide-not-to-lay-charges-against-scarborough-islamic-school-over-anti-semitic-online-material Toronto No charges will be laid against the East End Madrassah, an Islamic school that lost its permit to use a Scarborough school for classes while police investigated complaints of anti-Semitic teachings. In May, the Toronto District School Board ruled the weekend school could not use David and Mary […]
Why Are Muslims So Boring? By Ziauddin Sardar October 9, 2012 For the last 25 years, my wife has been doing semi-voluntary work at a special school near where we live. It is a small school for pupils with physical disability or delicate health needs who need a structured and […]