Angela Merkel says burqa incompatible with integration — And we agree
Angela Merkel says burqa incompatible with integration in society for Muslim women German leader stops short of calling for a ban on full Muslim face veil but says a balance […]
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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.
PV Sindhu: India’s badminton star at Rio Olympics loses to Spain’s Marin
Note: I saw Sindhu playing final game of Badminton against Spain’s Marin in which Sindhu lost the final game to Marin. Both were good players, Sindhu was playing against a world champion and now Olympic gold medalist. ZV India’s history-maker at Rio Olympics 2016: Who is PV Sindhu? By: Aprameya […]
UK: The Disadvantages of Being a Muslim Woman in the UK
By Yara al-Wazir 18 August 2016 Muslim women are the most economically disadvantaged group in the UK, according to a report issued by the UK House of Commons. The report highlighted that Muslim women in the UK face the triple penalty: they are a religious minority, an ethnic minority, and […]
UK: radical cleric Anjum Choudary guilty of inviting IS support
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-37098751 One of the UK’s most notorious radical clerics has been convicted of inviting others to support the so-called Islamic State, it can now be reported. Police said Anjem Choudary, 49, had stayed “just within the law” for years, but was arrested in 2014 after pledging allegiance to the militant […]
NY: Brooklyn Man Charged With Killing Imam and Assistant Near Mosque
NYTimes.com 2016/08/16 Two days after an imam and his assistant were gunned down after afternoon prayers in Queens, the police said late Monday that a man they had in custody had been charged in the killings.he funeral prayers for the two slain men drew hundreds of mourners. CreditChristopher Lee for The […]
Bikinis? Burqinis? In Cannes They Test Your Swimsuit for ‘Secularism’
Source: The Daily Beast By Christopher Dickey The ban in Cannes of the Muslim bathing suit known as a ‘burqini’ was intended as a statement of secularism. In fact, it’ […]
American Muslims and the Politics of Division
Declan Walsh ABROAD IN AMERICA AUG. 11, 2016 NYTimes.com The debate “led to an internal moral dilemma,” said Dalia Mogahed, a former adviser to President Obama on faith issues, and now a research director at the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding. “Finally, here was someone with the moral authority to […]
Shah Rukh Khan, ‘King of Bollywood,’ Was Detained at a U.S. Airport for the Third Time
By DANIEL VICTORAUG. 12, 2016 NYTimes.com Shah Rukh Khan, the Indian actor known as the “King of Bollywood,” said he was detained for a few hours at an American airport on […]
Bangladesh closing down two more ‘Peace’ colleges tied to Indian televangelist Zakir Naik
Bangladesh closing down two more ‘Peace’ colleges tied to Indian televangelist Zakir Naik 12-08-2016 Dhaka education board has cancelled the permission to operate of two ‘Peace’ colleges in Dhaka and ordered their immediate closure after the government decided to shut down all ‘Peace Schools’ in Bangladesh. The board issued the […]
Chicken Hawk Trump Mocks Captain Khan’s Mother
dean obeidallah – thedailybeast.com When pressed to respond to the powerful speech by Khizr Khan at the DNC, he chose to go after the dead soldier’s mother and claim his empire was a sacrifice. I didn’t think it was possible for Donald Trump to say anything more despicable than he has already […]
Our Mosque will be a place of comfort
Amid community concerns, N. Philly mosque moving along toward completion Samaria Bailey Tribune Correspondent | Posted Yesterday Even as they face a nation that has nominated presidential candidate prejudiced against Muslims, and a community that has mixed emotions about its presence in their neighborhood, the Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam, Philadelphia Chapter, will open […]
Obituary: Abida Karamat Ghori, An ode to my ‘departed soul’
Karamatullah K Ghori is a seasoned career diplomat, author and former ambassador of Pakistan who has had a ringside view of history. He is now based in Ontario, Canada. An Ode to My ‘Departed Soul’ – Karamatullah K Ghori in Karamatullah K. Ghori 4 days ago 0 210 Views My wife of 48 years […]
RiO: Olympians in Hijab and Bikini
Olympians in Hijab and Bikini Roger Cohen AUG. 11, 2016 739 Photo Doaa Elghobashy, left, of Egypt and Kira Walkenhorst of Germany compete in the women’s preliminary beach volleyball during the Olympics in Rio. CreditLucy Nicholson/Reuters Since I saw a photograph of an Egyptian and a German beach volleyball player confronting each […]
Canada’s latest Jihadi Harun Driver
Meet Aaron ‘Harun’ Driver, Canada’s latest Jihadi Terrorist who wanted to kill in the name of Islam and ISIS, the Islamic State by Tarek Fatah • August 12, 2016 • 0 Comments OTTAWA, Canada — Police aired a video on Thursday showing slain terror suspect Aaron ‘Haroon’ Driver railing against western “enemies of Islam,” a […]
Is God Transgender?
NYTimes.com 2016/08/11 By MARK SAMETHAUG. 12, 2016 In the 1970s a cousin of mine, Paula Grossman, became one of the first people in America to undergo sex-reassignment surgery. As Paul Monroe Grossman, Cousin Paula had been a beloved music teacher in New Jersey. She was fired after her surgery, and she […]
India: Majlis Tahaffuz e Khatm e Nabuwwat Protest against Inclusion of Ahmediyyas in Muslim Census
Majlis Tahaffuz e Khatm e Nabuwwat Protest against Inclusion of Ahmediyyas in Muslim Census Aug 11, 2016 HYDERABAD: The Majlis Tahaffuze Khatme Nabuwat (MTKN), a body of prominent religious scholars, on Tuesday slammed the Centre for treating the Ahmadiyyas, also known as Qadiyanis, as a part of the Muslim community […]
Slavery in Islam- morality or immorality
By Naseer Ahmed, New Age Islam 10 August 2016 This topic is of interest only from a historical point of view as slavery in the modern world is not only banned, but has become anachronistic on account of technological developments. From the moral perspective, Islam made far reaching changes to […]
An Afternoon with Zakir Naik in Puducherry India
Source: The Hindu By Prof. S.A. Abbasi, who is UGC Emeritus Professor, Centre for Pollution Control & Environmental Engineering, Pondicherry University It was a surprise visit, by an all-Muslim delegation of […]
German ministers consider burqa ban in response to terror threat
Ministers also plan 15,000 more armed police by 2020 and increased surveillance of public transport. ByTom Porter A burqa ban is among a series of measures to be proposed by German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere following terror attacks carried out by refugees. Maiziere and state interior ministers from the […]
India: The Salafisation of Kerala’s Muslims
The Salafisation of Kerala’s Muslims By Nabeel Hassan August 06, 2016 The impact of the Salafi ideology which has been gaining a strong foothold among Muslims in Kerala, in recent years, is visible particularly among the youth and women. Muslim parents today face considerable anxiety about their children entering adulthood. […]