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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.

Urdu Poetry: Why Ghalib asked questions in his poetry?

By Dr. Khalid Sohail , Toronto …………..http://www.humsub.com.pk/70611/khalid-sohail-33/ غالب سوال کیوں پوچھتا تھا ؟  18-07-2017 ڈاکٹر خالد سہیل 451 Views Dr Sohail ویسے تو یہ ایک عام مشاہدے کی بات ہے کہ ہر انسانی بچہ اپنی ذات‘ فطرت اور ماحول کو سمجھنے کے لیے اپنے بزرگوں سے سوال پوچھتا ہے لیکن یہ بھی ایک […]

President Trump said 397 false things in six months

thestar.com Big lies, needless lies, above all else unrelenting lies. With some exceptions, this is not sophisticated deceit. U.S. President Donald Trump has said a lot of false things in his first six months in office. What’s most striking is their outlandish obviousness.  (JABIN BOTSFORD / THE WASHINGTON POST)   https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2017/07/20/donald-trump-said-397-false-things-in-six-months-heres-what-weve-learned.html?source=newsletter&_ctids=2444%7cQverpg%2fSebz+Rznvy%7c293%7c33952%7c39000&_ctdigest=T6IL2pxaURtYuoa8NKQXZw By DANIEL DALEWashington Bureau […]

ISNA Islamic Services of Canada was stripped of its charitable status

Government revokes group’s charity status, audit cites possible funding of Pakistani militants By Stewart Bell and Sean Craig Global News http://globalnews.ca/news/3606224/government-revokes-groups-charity-status-audit-cites-pakistani-militants/ Federal regulators have revoked the charity status of a Canadian Islamic organization after an audit uncovered problems including tax receipts that were issued for donations to a Pakistani group linked to armed […]

UK: NSS claimed Saudi Arabia was the chief foreign promoter of Islamist extremism in the UK

Posted: Thu, 06 Jul 2017 11:00http://www.secularism.org.uk/news/2017/07/nss-joins-calls-for-inquiry-into-funding-of-islamist-extremism The National Secular Society has joined calls for a public inquiry into the funding of Islamist extremism in Britain after a damning investigation by a prominent think tank. In a report published yesterday, the Henry Jackson Society said there was “a growing body of evidence” that […]

IRAQ: ISIS Bomber Photographed Seconds Before Killing Herself and Her Baby

July 11, 2017 by David G. McAfee 18 Comments ISIS is losing its war against the government of Iraq, and that’s becoming more and more obvious every day. The Islamic extremist group has resorted to extremely desperate measures, including enlisting its female members to blow up themselves and their own babies. http://www.patheos.com/blogs/nosacredcows/2017/07/isis-bomber-photographed-seconds-killing-baby/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&utm_campaign=Nonreligious&utm_content=44 A female suicide bomber […]

Canada rewards terrorists; Israel punishes them

BY TAREK FATAH, TORONTO SUN FIRST POSTED: TUESDAY, JULY 04, 2017 04:55 PM EDT | UPDATED: TUESDAY, JULY 04, 2017 08:04 PM EDThttp://www.torontosun.com/2017/07/04/canada-rewards-terrorists-israel-punishes-them?token=366f0b8d9ffe3ff7aec4e27c63875998&utm_source=addThis&utm_medium=addthis_button_gmail&utm_campaign=Canada+rewards+terrorists%3B+Israel+punishes+them+%7C+FATAH+%7C+Columnists+%7C+Opinion+%7C#.WVwjHLUcFJ4.gmail Two news stories concerning terrorism should make Canadians realize that not only are we being governed under the doctrine of ‘sock and awe’, but that our values have turned upside down in […]

Canadian baby first without gender designation on health card

THE EXPRESS TRIBUNE > WORLD   SHARE TWEET Canadian baby ‘first without gender designation’ on health card By News Desk Published: July 4, 2017 4SHARES SHARE TWEET EMAIL Eight-month-old’s parent fighting for ‘non-gender’ birth certificate and legal documents to be issued. PHOTO: AFP A Canadian parent, who identifies as a “non-binary trans person” and prefers to […]

USA: Christian Pastor: “No One Is Gay”

June 28, 2017 by Hemant Mehta 307 Comments http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/06/28/christian-pastor-no-one-is-gay/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&utm_campaign=Nonreligious&utm_content=44 At a conference earlier this month hosted by Ligonier Ministries in Los Angeles, Pastor John MacArthur responded to a question about whether a gay Christian could go to Heaven by saying gay people didn’t exist. Well, I don’t know if [the question is] for me, but no one is […]