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.
By Gilgamesh Nabeel – Special to The Washington Times – – Tuesday, August 1, 2017 BABYLON, Iraq — Lara Ahmed wears a headscarf and behaves like a pious Muslim. But the 21-year-old Iraqi woman hides a secret from her peers at the University of Babylon: her atheism. “I was not convinced by the creation […]
Hyderabad, November 26 Tribuneindia.com Newly-crowned Miss World Manushi Chhillar, star woman cricketer Mithali Raj and ace tennis player Sania Mirza will be among the speakers at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES), beginning here on November 28.The summit, on the theme of ‘Women First, Prosperity for All’, will be inaugurated by […]
Along stretches of highway and railway tracks across Pakistan, walls bear a familiar inscription: Mard kabhi boorha nahin hota, a man never grows old. It’s an advert by quacks and herbalists peddling eternal virility to aging Pakistani men. It would appear that Pakistan’s former military leader Gen. Pervez Musharraf has taken […]
PublishedNov 11, 2017, 1:50 am IST UpdatedNov 11, 2017, 1:50 am IST Dr. Moin Qazi ……Moin Qazi is a well-known banker, author and Islamic researcher. He can be reached at moinqazi123@gmail.com http://www.deccanchronicle.com/opinion/op-ed/111117/mystic-mantra-the-essence-of-happy-living.html In a world marked by strife and depression, it is time we renew those lessons on how we can […]
Source: Auburn Pub.com Justin Ritzel justin.ritzel@lee.net SYRACUSE — What is it like to work for ESPN when the line between sports and politics has blurred? Adnan Virk, a sportscaster for […]
Pakistan: Animals Registration to start in Sindh –similar to NADRA Karachi (Urdu Times News) November 22, 2017 All Pakistanis are registered under National Database and Registration Authority. A similar database will be started soon under an agency for animals in Sindh, Pakistan. This new provincial agency will issue identity cards […]
Ehsan Rehan Published on November 20, 2017 at 3:15 AM Pakistan born Islamic cleric Rafiq Khan defined America as “The land of Infidels” at a fundraiser for his Islamic charity this Saturday. The event which was held at a Holiday Inn in Springfield, Virginia attracted over 100 participants. Pakistan born […]
Source: NY Times By Mona Eltahawy LAGOS, Nigeria — The unending tide of accounts of sexual harassment and assault by powerful men that women are suddenly allowing themselves to share […]
India’s Manushi Chhillar on Saturday won the coveted ‘Miss World 2017’ title at a glittering event here, ending 17 years of drought for India at the international pageant.India’s Manushi Chhillar won the coveted Miss World 2017 pageant.(AFP Photo) Manushi is the sixth Indian to win the title and the first since Priyanka Chopra won the crown […]
Riddles A very fast moving car is making a right turn. Which tire is not turning? My brother was half my age when I was 4, now I am 18, how hold is he? There are 10 fish in a tank, 2 drowned, 4 swim and 3 die. How many […]
By David Ignatius Opinion writer November 16 at 7:36 PM Nearly two weeks after the double political explosion that rocked Riyadh, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman appears to be doing damage control in ways that may help stabilize Saudi Arabia and the region. The first bombshell in the Saudi capital was the Nov. 4 […]
separate voters list shall be created for Ahmadi The National Assembly on Thursday passed the Elections (Amendment) Bill 2017 to restore Khatm-i-Nabuwwat laws to their original form and make sections relating to it “more effective.” The bill was tabled by Law Minister Zahid Hamid, who assured the house that he […]
Washington, November 14http://tribuneindia.com/news/diaspora/indian-american-announces-to-run-for-us-congress/497462.html Indian-American Jitendra Diganvker has announced to run for the US House of Representatives in the 2018 Congressional elections. If elected by his Republican party in the primaries, Diganvker, a business owner and community worker, would be pitted against popular Democratic Incumbent Raja Krishnamoorthi from the 8th Congressional […]
By Tarek Fatah, Toronto SUN A professor of linguistics at the University of Ottawa, commenting on the so-called anti-Islamophobia motion, M103, has urged the Trudeau government “to start an international Commission on how to handle the violence in the Qur’an,” which, he says exists, without doubt. Professor Karim Achab gave his presentation […]
By Dr Imadaldin Al-Jubouri, 13 November 2017 The early period of rationalism in Islamic thought was led by a school of thinkers known as the Mutazilites (‘isolationists’), in the second half of the first century of Islam (7th Century, CE). It is very difficult to research the Mutazilites’ early years […]
The Quran Applauded as a Landmark Contribution to ‘Words of Justice’ by Harvard Universityhttp://t.co/UCvyGzJmHk pic.twitter.com/gafTxBAaHL — Zia H Shah (@ZiahShah1) September 10, 2015 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Source: The Guardian Reviewed by Ziauddin Sardar Tarif Khalidi’s new English edition of Islam’s sacred book offers valuable perspectives, says Ziauddin Sardar We look for two […]
LONDON: Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan took a leave of absence on Tuesday from the University of Oxford following multiple rape and sexual misconduct allegations, the British institution said. “By mutual agreement, and with immediate effect, Tariq Ramadan, Professor of Contemporary Islamic Studies, has taken a leave of absence from the […]
Father told he can only talk to children about Islam in a ‘non-pressuring way’ The unnamed father has been to court 13 times to get custody of his children PATRIK STOLLARZ/AFP/Getty Images A Muslim father whose three children are being cared for by a Christian foster family was told by a […]
By SALMAN MASOOD and MEGAN SPECIANOV. 3, 2017 NYTimes.com Aasia Bibi and her boyfriend, Muhammad Shahid, at a police station in Muzaffargarh, Pakistan.CreditIram Asim/Associated Press ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A Pakistani newlywed has been arrested and charged with murder in the poisoning of 17 people, including several of her in-laws, in what officials described […]
BEED, India — The patrols started at dawn, and the villagers scattered, abandoning their pails of water to avoid humiliation and fines. By Vidhi Doshi November 5 at 5:00 AM Washingtonpost.com Every morning in this district in rural India, teams of government employees and volunteer “motivators” roam villages to publicly shame those who […]