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.
IBTimes.co.uk Top IDF officer compares modern Israel to 1930s Germany in bombshell speech – zakaria.virk@gmail.com – Gmail Voters are heading to the polls to have their say in elections for the Scottish Parliament, National Assembly of Wales, the Northern Ireland Assembly and 124 councils in England in what has been […]
Video: Amarinder faces pro-Khalistan slogans by protesters in California ANI and HTC, Fresno (California), Updated: May 04, 2016 17:53 IST Hindustantimes.com Punjab Congress president and former chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh faced protest by radical Sikhs and pro-Khalistan separatists after a gathering of non-resident Indians (NRIs) in Fresno, California, on […]
Professor Abdus Salam interviewed on PTV in 1989 by Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy. Talks about his theory predicting Higgs particle http://eacpe.org/portfolio/a-rare-clip-prof-abdus-salam-interviewed-on-ptv-in-1989/
Now this is simply amazing This is the coolest bracelet going and will be very marketable soon. Are you ready for this? And it’s waterproof too. Look what they have developed in Israel. Forget everything you think technology can do. This goes beyond that!! This will be available next year. […]
Two American missionaries have been found dead in a rural area of the island of Jamaica that has long struggled with violent crime. The men’s battered bodies were found hidden in bushes in separate areas of the same parish in Port Maria. The men were identified as Randy Hentzel, 49, […]
In a region of civil war (Syria, Yemen, Libya), hardening dictatorship (Turkey, Egypt), nuclear build up (Iran), and potential water calamity (Iraq), where in the Middle East outside Israel can one find the good life? Surprisingly perhaps, in the United Arab Emirates, a country in the Persian Gulf. Despite the […]
Dana Kennedy http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/05/02/will-france-stop-muslim-soccer-players-from-praying.html?via=newsletter&source=DDMorning NICE, France — Wearing Muslim head scarves in schools has been banned all over the country since 2004. But will the mayor of Nice get away with telling Muslim football players they can’t pray on the field? Many in Nice question why Mayor Christian Estrosi is suddenly […]
https://www.clarionproject.org/videos/patrol-saudi-arabias-religious-police They patrol Saudi Arabia’s streets and shopping malls. Their official name is the Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice. This rare footage shows them in action.
For the first time the documentary on women’s rights was screened in Turkey and seen by Syrian refugees. They want change upon their return. Thu, April 28, 2016, Clarionproject.org A group of Syrian refugees called for wholesale changes to the law in their country to create equality for women. The […]
LONDON: The favourites to become London’s new mayor on Thursday are two completely contrasting candidates: Zac Goldsmith, the son of a tycoon financier, and Sadiq Khan, the son of a bus driver from Pakistan. Polls put Labour candidate Khan, 45 and his Conservative rival Zac Goldsmith, 41, as the top two […]
Madi Barney was told she could not register for future classes at Brigham Young University after she reported her rape. Photograph: George Frey/GEORGE FREY Madi Barney sat sobbing in the Provo, Utah, police department. It had been four days since the Brigham Young University sophomore had been raped in her off-campus […]
This letter needs no explanation. Albert Einstein Today the word “Einstein” is synonymous with genius, but young Albert didn’t speak fluently until he was nine-years-old, causing teachers to think he was slow. He was expelled from school for his rebellious nature and was refused admittance to the Zurich Polytechnic School. […]
Source: Zero Hedge Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/17/2014 THE WORLD’S UNSOLD CAR STOCKPILE Houston…We have a problem!…Nobody is buying brand new cars anymore! Well they are, but not on […]
THE PHENOMENON of Islamist terrorism has received considerable attention in recent times. Pointing to a trend of increasing radicalisation of Indian Muslims, Indian intelligence has expressed concern that it is becoming a paramount national security issue. However, in looking at Islamist fundamentalism as one of the causes for communal polarisation […]
In the doc ‘My Scientology Movie,’ filmmaker Louis Theroux interviews many ex-Scientologists about how the Church of Scientology and leader David Miscavige intimidate apostates. Jen Yamato I was the baddest-ass dude in Scientology,” declares Marty Rathbun in My Scientology Movie, a surreal documentary in which British journalist Louis Theroux attempts to […]
ibtimes.co.uk One in three jihadists leaving to join Isis are now women and they are being trained in combat for the first time, the head of Europol has warned. This is a big increase from 2014 when it was estimated that one in seven of those heading to Syria and […]
83% of Muslim Canadians report being ‘very proud’ to be Canadian, compared to 73% of non-Muslim Canadians By Éric Grenier, for CBC News Posted: Apr 27, 2016 5:00 AM ET Last Updated: Apr 27, 2016 3:53 PM ET An overwhelming majority of Muslim Canadians have a strong attachment to their country and feel that […]
MP Naz Shah suspended from Labour bbc.co.uk Labour has suspended MP Naz Shah over comments she made about Israel. The Bradford West MP has been heavily criticised over the Facebook posts, including one suggesting Israel should be moved to the United States. In a Commons statement she offered a “profound […]
Majid Nawaz, The Daily Beast LONDON — There really is no other way to put this. Free thinkers in Bangladesh are being serially hacked to death in their homes. An infamous hit list appeared in 2013 naming 84 “atheist bloggers.” By the end of 2015 there had been seven such murdersacross […]
Students at leading universities in the United Kingdom are launching bids to break ties with the National Union of Students (NUS) following the election of Malia Bouattia to the presidency. Bouattia previously opposed a student motion condemning the Islamic State on the grounds that to do so would be “Islamophobic” and would […]