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.
Special to The Muslim Times. By Zakaria Virk, Toronto, Ontario Hospitals and Health Care in Medieval Islam https://www.academia.edu/32015924/Hospitals_and_Health_Care_in_Medieval_Islam Medieval Muslims adopted every institution of public service they found in the ountries they conquered (Syria, Iraq, Iran, and Byzantium) during the medieval times. In Iran they found houses for the sick called […]
https://www.dawn.com/news/1326323 1 COMMENT EMAIL PRINT Police patrol on horseback outside the stadium. —AFP Dortmund, Germany Three explosions hit a bus transporting German football team Borussia Dortmund to the UEFA Champions League 1st leg quarter-final football match against Monaco in Dortmund, Germany. The bus of Borussia Dortmund had some windows […]
IMAGES STAFF, ESK REPORT https://images.dawn.com/news/1177405 The ‘lady-‘oriented’ film may have a chance at bagging a Golden Globe. While the Indian censor board refuses to certify Lipstick Under My Burkha, the west is already pushing the Alankrita Shrivastava directorial towards a potential Golden Globe nomination. According to Times of India, the Hollywood Foreign […]
“I know you think we all become terrorists if we go to a madrasa… Maybe you can explain to people that’s not true.” By Moin Qazi http://thediplomat.com/2017/03/indias-emerging-modern-madrasas/ As the evening prayer ends, hundreds of boys rush out of mosques in droves, mats slung over their shoulders. On opposite sides of […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia — The transgender Muslim women gazed around the reception room with wonder. It was loaded with lavish tributes from foreign rulers: gold filigreed swords from Kuwait, elaborately painted Chinese urns and elegantly framed Quranic verses. Finally the host, Sinta Nuriyah, 69, breezed into the room in her wheelchair, […]
Statesman, India – Taste of Islamic advance Nava Thakuria | Guwahati March 27, 2017 | 01:30 PM Since time immemorial Assam has been known for its unique social harmony, religious tolerance and pluralism. The land of great Vaishnavite saint Srimanta Sankardev,who spread the message of love, cohesion and brotherhood among […]
The sexual harassment scandal that engulfed Fox News last year and led to the ouster of its chairman, Roger Ailes, continued to batter the network on Monday, as a new lawsuit described unwanted sexual advances by Mr. Ailes and two major advertisers pulled their spots from the show of its top-rated host, […]
DESK REPORThttps://images.dawn.com/news/1177369 The model spoke out against Trump’s Muslim travel ban in her latest interview In her latest interview, model Bella Hadid has opened up about her Muslim faith and why she feels so strongly about American President Donald Trump’s Muslim travel ban. Bella and her sister Gigi were […]
REUTERSPUBLISHED ABOUT 2 HOURS AGOhttps://www.dawn.com/news/1324403 0 COMMENTS EMAIL PRINT Women ride bicycles while taking part in Girls on Bike rally in Islamabad. ─Reuters Dozens of women took part in female-only […]
PUBLISHED 2 DAYS AGO https://www.dawn.com/news/1311473 A star is born Abdus Salam’s birth certificate. — ICTP Photo Library On the Jan 29, 1926, Chaudhry Muhammad Hussein and Bibi Hajira Hussien had a baby boy at their two-bedroom abode in Jhang. They named him Abdus Salam — ‘servant of peace’. I was born […]
لڑکیاں پنجاب یونیورسٹی لاہور کی اسلامی جمعیت طلبہ, پنجاب یونیورسٹی, جمعیت By Salim Malik Source: http://www.humsub.com.pk/25917/saleem-malik-26/ پنجاب یونیورسٹی لاہور چھوڑے ہوئے 30 سال ہونے کو ہیں مگر زخم آج بھی تازہ کے تازہ ہیں۔ کریدنے کی ضرورت ہی نہیں۔ جن لوگوں نے پنجاب یونیورسٹی میں پڑھا نہیں وہ اسلامی جمعیت طلبہ کی […]
By Ayaan Hirsi Ali March 28, 2017 It is important for the United States to tackle radical Islamist ideological indoctrination — Dawa — before it takes root to the extent it has in Europe. Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan recently escalated his feud with the German and Dutch governments, accusing […]
The extravagant Bridal Couture Week 2017 kicked-off yesterday and designers rolled out their finest collections for the audience. https://images.dawn.com/news/1177348 However, what really caught our attention were the celebrity showstoppers. From Janaan heartthrob Bilal Ashraf to TV show host Anoushay Ashraf and cute couple Aiza Khan and Danish Taimoor, there was no dearth of star […]
A Muslim organisation in Norway has been criticised for hiring a communications officer who wears a full-face veil, or niqab.Norway’s parliament is expected to ban the niqab in schools later this year The culture minister, Muslim MPs and other Muslim organisations have condemned the Islamic Council of Norway’s move. It […]
The Interpreter By MAX FISHER MARCH 31, 2017 Continue reading the main storyShare India may be reinterpreting its nuclear weapons doctrine, circumstantial evidence suggests, with potentially significant ramifications for the already tenuous nuclear balance in South Asia.A nuclear-capable missile was displayed in the Republic Day Parade in New Delhi in 2009.CreditDaniel Berehulak/Getty Images New assessments […]
European Islam Converts Involved in All Resonant Terror Acts of 21st Century 29.03.2017 The terrorist act committed on March 22 in London by a former Christian Adrian Elms (Khalid Masood) still remains a mystery. What urged the native-born British citizen to convert to Islam, move to the Middle East, and […]
https://www.dawn.com/news/1323775 A Pakistani-born doctor announced Wednesday that he is joining the 2018 race for lieutenant governor of California, US on a platform of saving the Affordable Care Act, providing free community college education and fighting what he termed “Donald Trump’s hate.” Dr Asif Mahmood A Pakistani-born doctor announced Wednesday that […]
met Maajid Nawaz on a drizzly afternoon in March, tucked in a corner of the restaurant at the central London members’ club he uses as a satellite office. He was dabbing the chicken from his Caesar salad into a mound of yellow English mustard, which he stopped doing for long […]
“Thank you and goodbye”: EU chief accepts Brexit notice REUTERS https://www.dawn.com/news/1323592 8 COMMENTS EMAIL PRINT The European Union is unhappy Britain is leaving, European Council President Donald Tusk told reporters on Wednesday after receiving formal notification from London. But the other 27 states are now more united and will […]
By Arshad Alam, New Age Islam 01 March 2017 http://www.newageislam.com/islam-and-tolerance/tarek-fatah,-liberal-hypocrisy-and-the-limits-of-muslim-tolerance/d/110249 What is it that riles a section of Muslims against Tarek Fatah? Let’s take what his opponents accuse him of on one by one in order to understand this specific anger against an individual. A section of the clergy accuses […]