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.
Azeeza Kanji, The Toronto Star As facts gradually emerge about Monday’s stabbing at a Canadian Forces recruitment centre in Toronto, one detail in particular has attracted special attention. “Allah told me to do this, Allah told me to come here and kill people,” the accused allegedly said, prompting conjecture that […]
By Tarek Fatah, The Toronto Sun 2016/03/15 By now, most of us are familiar with the sullen-looking face of Ayanle Hassan Ali, who, according to Toronto Police Chief Mark Saunders, said he was inspired by Allah to kill infidels in his name. What may be the latest chapter in Canada’s […]
Source: The Guardian When there is upheaval within China’s own borders – riots, protests, vicious political power struggles – hardly a sniff of it will be found in the pages […]
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/Pakistan-parliament-adopts-resolution-for-Holi-Diwali-Easter-holidays/articleshow/51423609.cms Hindu Devotees light oil lamps in a temple in Pakistan’s Multan on the eve of Diwali festival. LAMABAD: For the first time, minority communities in Pakistan will have public holidays on Holi, Diwali and Easter festivals after the country’s parliament on Wednsday adopted a resolution to this effect.The National […]
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/donald-trump-and-the-failure-of-the-us-media-a-1082401.html#ref=nl-international An Essay By Holger Stark Forbes writer Clare O’Connor? “Dummy.” AP reporter Jill Colvin? “One of the truly bad reporters.” CNN Journalist Sara Murray? “Absolutely terrible.” Arianna Huffington? “Liberal clown.” Fox moderator Megyn Kelly? “A bimbo” with “blood coming out of her wherever.” It would be hard to top the insults […]
A man accused of stabbing two members of Canada’s military at a recruiting centre in Toronto Monday shouted “Allah told me to do this, Allah told me to come here and kill people,” according to Toronto police Chief Mark Saunders. Police have laid charges, including one of attempted murder, against Ayanie Hassan Ali, […]
MARCH 11, 2016 Aatish Taseer By AATISH TASEER ON Feb. 29 — a bad day for anniversaries — Pakistan executed my father’s killer. My father was the governor of Punjab Province from 2008 until his death in 2011. At that time, he was defending a Christian woman who had fallen […]
Brazil http://tribune.com.pk/story/1063224/this-penguin-swims-8000km-every-year-to-visit-man-who-saved-his-life/ By News Desk Published: March 10, 2016 A penguin has struck an unlikely friendship with a Brazilian pensioner and swims 8,000 kilometres every year to visit him since he saved his life four years ago. The South American Magellanic penguin named Dindim was found covered in oil and close […]
By: Geoffrey Vendeville Staff Reporter, Published on Thu Mar 10 2016 We put two Oxford-bound high school debaters to the test We asked two Oxford-bound high school debaters to argue that Donald Trump should be U.S. president. Kiara Hassan and Dasha Metropolitansky have talked their way to Oxford University. The students from White […]
A Pakistani pilot has been jailed for nine months in Britain for being drunk before he was due to fly a plane with 156 people on board. Irfan Faiz, 55, was found to have three times the legal amount of alcohol in his blood, prosecutors told Leeds Crown Court. http://news.sky.com/story/1172391/drunk-pia-pilot-irfan-faiz-jailed-in-britain […]
Canadian human rights groups call for national security reform (Ottawa – March 10, 2016) In two separate letters sent yesterday to federal Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale, a coalition of Canadian human rights organizations including the National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM), laid out recommendations with respect to national security reform in […]
Egyptian Lawmakers Want to Ban Muslim Women from Covering Their Faces BY Lily Kuo: 08 March 2016 Egyptian lawmakers are pushing for a ban on the Niqab, a veil worn by women that covers most of one’s face, in what has become a fight over personal liberties and the government’s […]
By Harriet Alexander, New York 5:52PM GMT 06 Mar 2016 Memoir: Love, Loss and What We Ate Sir Salman Rushdie needed consoling every year he did not win the Nobel Prize for literature, and their marriage was marred by jealousy and insecurity, according to an explosive autobiography by his former wife Padma […]
National post Toronto The death of Owais Egwilla, left, was announced on social media accounts affiliated with Libyan fighters, according to the SITE Intelligence Group. The youth’s father was Abdu Albasset Egwilla, right, a Libyan-Canadian religious cleric. TORONTO — The son of a former Ottawa cleric who encouraged Libyans to […]
An interfaith gathering will be taking place in The Japan Mosque to mark interfaith peace prayer service at the occasion of 5th anniversary of Great Easteran Japan Earthquake. The objective of the conference is to bring people of all faiths together and engage in a meaningful dialogue to infuse mutual understanding […]
Source: The Muslim Matters By Daniel Haqiqatjou LOS ANGELES, United States — After Woodstock came campus surveys on sexual assault. After bra-burning came date rape. The Sexual revolution of the […]
The flashy Baba Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh — whose devotees call him a “messenger of god” and “saint” but not a businessman — lent his name to a line of organic products, expanding beyond the music videos and movies he makes and stars in. (Courtesy of Ajay Dhamija) https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/guru-inc-indias-holy-men-enter-the-world-of-big-business/2016/02/26/6ee7a542-d596-11e5-a65b-587e721fb231_story.html “Our […]
Himalayan lakes, spacewalks and the presidential primaries helped Scott Kelly keep his wits over 340 days in space, the astronaut told reporters on Friday, days after he landed back on Earth from a record-setting mission. http://www.theguardian.com Nasa astronaut Scott Kelly speaks during a press conference on Friday in Houston. Kelly […]
The masjid comes as a relief to the lone Muslim family in the village, and others in the area, who otherwise had to travel to Jagraon or Raikot to offer namaz – See more at: http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/hindus-sikhs-rebuild-mosque-shut-since-1947/#sthash.06slCjP0.dpuf In a remarkable show of fraternity and communal harmony, Hindus and Sikhs from Malla […]
A course being offered in a Saudi academic institution titled Is a Woman a Human Being? provoked an angry response on social media, both in Saudi Arabia and abroad. The course, which was to begin Monday in the Saudi Academy for Training and Consulting, was ultimately cancelled due to the criticism. In response, […]