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.
How Brampton, a town in suburban Ontario, was dubbed a ghetto NOREEN AHMED-ULLAH Contributed to The Globe and Mail Published Friday, Jun. 03, 2016 5:42PM EDT, Last updated Monday, Jun. 06, 2016 11:42AM EDT I live in a suburban Ontario town where the visible minorities are now the majority. Brampton – a.k.a. […]
Source: http://www.oneindia.com Paris, June 7: Sania Mirza has been one of the most followed celebrities across India ever since she claimed the junior Wimbledon doubles title in 2003. Earlier this […]
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif of Pakistan had successful open-heart surgery in London and is expected to return to his country by the end of this month, family members and government officials have said. Mr. Sharif, 66, underwent four bypasses on Tuesday at a hospital in London and was in stable condition, […]
Texas Congressman to Trump: Shove Border Wall “Up Your Ass” by abbi Livingston, Textribune.org WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Filemon Velatook a poison pen to the Republican presumptive presidential nominee, Donald Trump, in an open letter Monday morning. “Mr. Trump, you’re a racist and you can take your border wall and shove […]
STATEMENT BY THE PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA ON RAMADAN Ottawa, Ontario 5 June 2016 The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today issued the following statement on Ramadan: “Muslims in Canada and around the world will embark upon a month-long spiritual journey of fasting, prayer, and reflection to commemorate the revealing of […]
BEIJING: China has marked the start of Ramazan with its customary ban on civil servants, students and children in a mainly-Muslim region from taking part in fasting, government websites said as the holy month started on Monday.Muslims eat meals as they break fast on the first day of the holy fasting […]
Muhammad Ali offering ‘salat’ at Nur Mosque Frankfurt, on his left is Imam Fazal Elahi Anwari.
Mysorean rockets From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigationJump to search Mysorean rockets were an Indian military weapon which were the first iron-cased rockets successfully deployed for military use. They subsequently brought about a revolution in warfare […]
Source: Associated Press Muhammad Ali is hospitalized in the Phoenix area with what two people familiar with his condition say may be more serious problems than his previous hospital stays. […]
By Waqar Ahmedi June 3, 2016 07:00 BST It’s been called “the biggest act of mass-religious observance of its kind”. US president Barack Obama referred to it as a time of “gratitude for the gifts that God bestows”. And the Vatican hasdescribed it as an opportunity for “human and spiritual growth”. http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/why-my-children-wont-be-fasting-this-ramadan-1563350 Next week (6 June 2016) […]
A book being distributed in a popular downtown square in Toronto, Canada from an Islamic dawah (outreach) group advocates wife beating (under the right circumstances) and professes that some “women may even enjoy being beaten at times as a sign of love and concern…” The book in question, Women in Islam & Refutation of […]
The world’s 1.6 billion Muslims are preparing for the approaching holy month of Ramadan, a 29- or 30-day period of fasting that takes place during the ninth month of the Islamic calendar. This year, Ramadan will begin on 6 June and lasts until 5 July, when the religious holiday of Eid […]
London man experiencing severe headache and dizzy spells after attack by two men By Derek Spalding, CBC News Posted: May 31, 2016 2:33 PM ET Last Updated: May 31, 2016 4:19 PM ETMohammed Sharifi was attacked by two men Saturday, while sitting outside Covenant Garden Market in downtown London, Ont A London, Ont. man […]
BY CODI ROBERTSON, Wed, June 1, 2016 clarionproject.com Questions regarding belonging and citizenship are currentlyforefront in the minds of UK Muslim women after recent critical focus from Prime Minister David Cameron and former chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission Trevor Phillips. To help both ensure a successful integration and fight extremism, Citizens […]
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CAIR Official Stands By Memorial Day Criticism of US Troops By Ryan Mauro, Sun, May 29, 2016 claionproject.com CAIR Official Stands By Memorial Day Criticism of US Troops For the third year in a row, the executive director of CAIR’s San Francisco Bay Area chapter, Zahra Billoo, bashed the U.S. military […]
Source: National Post CAIRO — Egypt’s president vowed on Monday to bring to justice members of a Muslim mob who stripped an elderly Christian woman naked and paraded her on the streets of a southern village. The May 20 attack in the village of Karma in Minya province followed a […]
Pakistani men arrested in Germany as 18 women report sex assaults – The Express Tribune http://tribune.com.pk/wp-content/themes/express/js/DD_belatedPNG.js DD_belatedPNG.fix(‘img, #developer-link a’); German police have arrested three Pakistani suspects as 18 women have reported becoming victims of sexual assaults at a music festival, authorities said Tuesday. PHOTO: AFP BERLIN: German police have arrested […]
Indian Muslim Women Rise Against Triple Talaq Moushumi Das Gupta, Hindustan Times, New Delhi | May 29, 2016 In April, Shayara Bano grabbed headlines when she went to the Supreme Court seeking a ban on triple Talaq (instantaneous unilateral divorce) given by her husband through a letter. The 35-year-old from […]
Lightning strikes in Paris, Germany injure 14 – CNN.com<!– (CNN)Lightning strikes injured at least 14 people in France and Germany Saturday, leaving as many as nine of them severely hurt, authorities said. In Paris, lightning struck a group of children and adults in Parc Monceau, a few blocks north of […]