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.
EXCLUSIVE – Shahed Hussain Owner of limousine company involved in horror crash is a former FBI informant who was paid $96,000 to go undercover to expose terror plots after fleeing to the US from Pakistan where he’d been accused of murder Shahed Hussain is the owner of Prestige Limousines, also […]
Source: Promotional sign for Leo Baeck Day School in Toronto defaced with pro-Palestinian graffiti Oct. 9, 2018 TORONTO – A Jewish day school in Toronto was vandalized with pro-Palestinian and pro-Hamas slogans over the long weekend, B’nai Brith Canada learned after receiving a call to its Anti-Hate Hotline. On Tuesday, […]
BBC.COM Image copyrightIBO/SIPA/REX/SHUTTERSTOCKImage captionRédoine Faïd, pictured here in 2010, gained fame by writing a book France’s most-wanted fugitive Rédoine Faïd was tracked down by police through phone-taps and was discovered using a burqa as a disguise, prosecutors say.https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-45732226 Faïd, 46, was detained on Wednesday in the town where he grew […]
By Stewart Bell National Online Journalist, Investigative Global News A major Canadian Islamic organization has been suspended and fined by federal charities regulators following an audit that raised concerns it […]
thestar.com By DAVID KEYTONThe Associated Press JIM HEINTZ STOCKHOLM—Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday for their work with lasers. Canadian scientist Donna Strickland was awarded part of the $1.01 million U.S. prize. It is shared by Arthur Ashkin of the United States and Gerard Mourou of France. […]
Erdogan to inaugurate mosque in Germany on Saturday,” by Nilay Kar, Anadolu Agency, September 25, 2018: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will inaugurate in the German city of Cologne one of the largest mosques in Europe on Saturday. The Cologne Central Mosque, built by Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs (DITIB) after eight […]
TORONTO – A bevy of figures who have engaged in homophobic, misogynistic or antisemitic rhetoric are scheduled to speak next week in Mississauga, Ont., at a convention run by the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA) Canada. To demand that the ICNA remove these speakers and replace them with individuals […]
Mohammed Hanif, NYTimes KARACHI, Pakistan — Four years ago when India elected the right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party (B.J.P.) to power, Pakistan’s iconic feminist poet and peace activist Fahmida Riaz recited a poem of despair, comparing new India to old Pakistan: Turns out you were just like us, Where were you hiding all […]
The movie is based on one of India’s first female combat aviators, Gunjan Saxena. The movie is based on one of India’s first female combat aviators, Gunjan Saxena. https://images.dawn.com/news/1180864 Following in Alia Bhatt’s footsteps, Sridevi’s daughter and Bollywood newcomer Janhvi Kapoor is quickly becoming a Karan Johar favourite. The […]
Source: New York Times By Faisal Devji, who teaches history at the University of Oxford Saudi Arabia, or the Arabian Peninsula before the formation of the modern kingdom, has been and […]
By Lin Taylor, Reuters COPENHAGEN (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Relegated to the basement, silenced by the imam and barred from the front door, some Muslim women have had enough of […]
Walk the Talk Source: Daily Times By Syed Kamran Hashmi, who is a US-based freelance columnist. He tweets at @KaamranHashmi and can be reached at skamranhashmi@gmail.com As long as we stay […]
Source: Dawn.com The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf government on Tuesday defended a leading international academic appointed by Prime Minister Imran Khan to the Economic Advisory Council (EAC), saying that Pakistan “belongs to minorities as much as it belongs to the majority”. The statement came from the Minister of Information Fawad Chaudhary amidst a […]
مبشر علی زیدی کی ایک ٹویٹ کے جواب میں۔۔۔۔ کیا احمدی آئین پاکستان کے باغی ہیں؟ عبیداللہ خان Source: Humsub website حمدی کا موضوع پاکستان میں وہ شجر ممنوعہ ہے جس پر بات کرنے کےلئے آپ کو صرف اس صورت میں آزادی ہے اگر آپ ان کے خلاف نفرت پھیلا […]
Dr Atif R Mian, one of IMF’s ‘top 25 bright, young, economists’ named in PM Imran Khan’s EAC Dr Atif Mian Globally renowned economist, acclaimed economic writer, and one of the IMF’s ‘top 25 bright, young economists,’ Dr Atif R Mian, has been included in the 18-member Economic Advisory Council […]
By Mihir Zaveri, NYTimes Meghan McCain, John McCain’s daughter, delivered a powerful speech at her father’s funeral on Saturday, and in a reproach of President Trump, said the “America of John McCain has no need to be made great again because it was always great.” Ms. McCain’s speech contrasted her father’s legacy with […]
Polish lawmaker Dominik Tarczyński has waded into the European burqa debate, saying it should be banned partly for security reasons, and partly to make it clear to Islamic radicals that they cannot demand more rights in Europe than Europeans have in Saudi Arabia.Saudi owned mosque seized by Belgian government Mr Tarczyński, a […]
Why Imran Khan’s Invocation of Medina is Deeply Regressive By Arshad Alam, New Age Islam When politicians fail to deliver basic promises related to food, shelter and security, they normally turn to religion. Promising an illusory hope, they think that the dope of religion will help people forget […]
Imam of Kaaba attacked and humiliated Dawn.comUpdated August 24, 2018 Facebook Count200 Twitter Share 0 Saudi Arabia has yet to confirm or deny the reports of Sheikh Dr Saleh bin Mohammed Al Talib, Imam and Preacher of the Grand Holy Mosque in Makkah, being detained by authorities. On Sunday, the […]
I’ve worn a hijab for decades. Here’s why I took it off. Source: Washington Post While the Hijab Can Help Make a Woman, It Can Break Her, Too By Saba […]