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.
Brampton man accused of stabbing mother, attempting murder A 21-year-old man, Rajvir Sajjan, was arrested Monday after police issued a description for the suspect earlier in the day. RENE JOHNSTON / TORONTO STAR Order this photo A Brampton man has been charged with attempted murder after a stabbing attack on his […]
By JULHAS ALAM, ASSOCIATED PRESS, abcnews.go.com DHAKA, Bangladesh — Mar 28, 2016, 7:58 AM ET Bangladesh’s top court rejected a 28-year-old petition Monday to remove Islam as the official religion of the Muslim-majority South Asian nation. The decision by the three-judge High Court panel had been widely expected. The court said the 15-member group […]
By Sophia Saifi, CNN Updated 6:51 PM ET, Sun March 27, 2016 | Video Source: CNN (CNN)A splinter group of the Pakistani Taliban has claimed responsibility for a deadly attack on Easter Sunday, saying it intentionally targeted Christians. The suicide blast in the eastern Pakistan city of Lahore killed at least 67 […]
By Mrs. Raheel Raza, Toronto Raheel Raza tackles Islamist extremists and what needs to be done in this feisty, no-holds-barred, post-Brussels analysis. clarionproject.com Following the Brussels attacks, I’ve been glued to mainstream media listening very attentively to political pundits, intelligence agencies, experts and analysts. Something in what they are saying […]
By Reuters Published: March 27, 2016 MEXICO CITY: Mexicans celebrating an Easter ritual late on Saturday burnt effigies of U.S. Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump, whose anti-immigrant views have sparked outrage south of the American border. Craftsman Felipe Linares puts the final touch to an effigy depicting Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald […]
Murdered by fellow Muslims, Asad Shah was a shopkeeper in Glasgow PHOTO: BBC A British-Pakistani shopkeeper in Glasgow succumbed to his wounds after being stabbed by a fellow Muslim on Thursday for posting social media messages wishing his customers a Happy Easter. Asad Shah, 40, was stabbed 30 times by […]
Pope Francis washed and kissed the feet of Muslim, Christian and Hindu refugees on Thursday and declared them all children of the same God Pope Washes Feet of Muslim Migrants, Says ‘We Are Brothers’ Castelnuovo Di Porto Mar 24, 2016) Pope Francis washed and kissed the feet of Muslim, Orthodox, […]
TOKYO—Japan on Saturday opened its first bullet-train service to the northern island of Hokkaido, part of an extension of high-speed rail to more corners of the country frequented by tourists. The trains will travel through the Seikan Tunnel, one of the world’s longest, and connect Tokyo with some ski areas in Hokkaido […]
cbc.ca http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/terrorism-rcmp-1.3508257 Kevin Omar Mohamed is alleged to have encouraged terrorist activity through social media, his lawyer says A man has been detained in a “preventive” arrest on fears of terrorism following an RCMP national security investigation in Toronto that police say is unrelated to the attacks in Brussels. Kevin Omar […]
Washington Post editorial 2016/03/26 AFTER TUESDAY’S terrorist attacks in Belgium , it took no time for Republican presidential candidates Sen. Ted Cruz (Tex.) and Donald Trump to compete over who could be tougher on Muslims. Aside from the usual rhetoric about locking down the borders and halting refugees, Mr. Cruz called for […]
Toronto: The acquittal of former radio star Jian Ghomeshi has prompted fresh calls for a sweeping overhaul of the way Canada deals with allegations of sexual violence. Protesters stand outside of the courthouse after an Ontario judge found former Canadian radio host Jian Ghomeshi not guilty on four sexual assault charges and […]
http://en.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13950104000049 TEHRAN (FNA)- Iraqi popular forces, known as Hashd al-Shaabi, condemned the Tuesday terrorist attacks in Brussels, and said the only way to stop similar attacks from happening again is to stand up to Saudi Arabia and its deadly ideology of Wahhabism. In a statement on Wednesday, the resistance movement […]
huffingpost.ca 2016/03/21 OTTAWA — The Liberals all but flipped off the lights on Canada’s Office of Religious Freedoms, voting Monday against a Tory motion to keep open the controversial post and saying that its stand alone status is over. The writing has been on the wall for the office since […]
http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/belgium-bureaucratic-chaos-partly-to-blame-for-attacks-a-1083806.html#ref=nl-international They were so proud last Friday when police managed to apprehend Salah Abdeslam. Finally, Europe’s most-wanted terrorist was locked away. The Belgian government was so relieved that they immediately released a photo to the world showing Prime Minister Charles Michel, with French President François Hollande seated next to […]
Report: World’s Happiest Countries Are Also Least Religious March 17, 2016 by Michael Stone 42 Comments The world’s happiest countries are also the world’s least religious countries according to a new report released by the World Happiness Index. Science Alert reports that every year, the World Happiness Index surveys numerous people from various countries around the world […]
By Ro Waseem March 23, 2016 17:34 GMT ibtimes.co.uk “Isis has nothing to do with Islam!” has become the mainstream response by Muslims to jihadist attacks. As a Muslim myself, I find it grotesque to observe the impunity with which jihadists murder innocent civilians, chanting the name of God who, in […]
By gillian flaccus, associated press ANAHEIM, Calif. — Mar 24, 2016, 12:00 AM ET abcnews.go.com Texas Sen. Ted Cruz’s call for patrolling Muslim neighborhoods in the wake of the Brussels terror attacks has sparked a backlash on Twitter.The trending hashtag #MyMuslimNeighborhood calls out the latest controversial remarks made by the […]
http://www.clarionproject.org/news/intl-advertising-group-helped-whitewash-saudi-crimes# One of the world’s largest advertising firms has been accused of helping Saudi Arabia whitewash its terrible human-rights record, according to an exclusive report by the UK newspaper The Independent. Following the execution of 47 protesters in January, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir took to U.S. media […]
Source: NPR The mathematics problem he solved had been lingering since 1637 — and he first read about it when he was just 10 years old. This week, British professor […]