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.
Ontario Provincial Elections are taking place on June 7, 2018 Tasleem Riaz, NDP , Agincourt Naheed Yaqubian, Aurora / Richmond Hill Mazhar Shafeeq, Scarboro Kaleed Rasheed, PC, Mississauga Yasir Naqvi, Liberal, Ottawa Imran Mian, Liberal Party, Mississauga Muhammad Latif, PC, […]
Balochistan: A man has been blinded by his own father and siblings for allegedly wanting to marry a girl he fell in love with in southwestern Pakistan.https://www.voanews.com/a/man-blinded-by-father-siblings-for-falling-in-love/4410181.htmlAbdul Baqi, 22, thought his family would help him get married. Instead, his father and four brothers accused him of violating Islamic values and removed […]
Yudhvir Rana / TNN / May 30, 2018 AMRITSAR: A prominent Sikh religious leader Charanjit Singh Sagar was shot dead in Peshawar city of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) province of Pakistan on Tuesday. President of Peshawar based Khalsa Peace and Justice Foundation of Pakistan Radesh Singh Tony told TOI that unidentified gunmen shot dead Charanjit Singh in […]
Noor Javed, the toronto star It’s the middle of the day on a weekday afternoon, but with the hustle and bustle inside the Muslim Welfare Centre, one could think otherwise.https: //www.thestar.com/news/gta/2018/03/21/from-a-humble-start-this-toronto-muslim-charity-has-grown-to-serve-multitudes-as-far-away-as-nwt.html A line of people, some pulling shopping trolleys, make their way to the large food bank situated in a […]
David Pugliese, Ottawa Citizen Three officer cadets will be kicked out of the Canadian Forces after they were involved in the desecration of a Qur’an with bacon and bodily fluid. The incident with the Islamic holy book, which took place off-campus on March 31 during the Easter long weekend, involved […]
Source: The Middle East Eye By Kieron Monks Stars such as Mohamed Salah portray favourable images of Muslims, helping to reduce stereotypes and break down barriers within communities On 6 […]
Jillian D’Amours Friday 25 May 2018 20:36 UTC Freed after 10 years OTTAWA – Hassan Diab often has to remind himself that he can move around freely. http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/hassan-diab-case-calls-question-canadas-extradition-process-181226756 The former university professor who was accused of but never charged with a terrorism offence, spent three years in near-solitary confinement in a […]
Ramadan and Toronto: From 1927 till Date By Hassam Munir May 24, 2018 In the Saturday, October 29, 1927 edition of the Toronto Daily Star, a list of trivia questions was put to readers to test their general knowledge. They ranged from “Why is yeast put in bread?” to “Which is the larger, […]
Tasleem Riaz, Ontario NDP Candidate in upcoming elections, Under Fire For Hitler Meme On Facebook Huffingtonpost.com By Ryan Maloney An Ontario NDP candidate is saying she finds Adolf Hitler “abhorrent” after Progressive Conservatives highlighted that she had shared a meme of the Nazi leader on Facebook years ago. Tasleem Riaz, […]
By Lubna Mirza – Humsub.com Maulvi of any religion, they are all cut from the same cloth. ہم سے پہلے بھی ایک دنیا تھی اور لوگ تھے اور ہمارے جانے کے بعد بھی دنیا رہے گی اور اس کے لوگ بھی۔ جو بوئیں، وہی کاٹنا ہوتا ہے۔ نفرت بوئیں گے […]
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/how-a-weakened-espn-became-consumed-by-politics/ar-AAxKOa2?ocid=spartandhp&ffid=gz Shalini Ramachandran, 3 hrs ago John Skipper was furious. One of his star anchors, Jemele Hill, had sent a tweet calling President Donald Trump a “white supremacist.” Mr. Trump’s supporters called for her to be fired. Prominent black athletes defended the anchor, who is African-American. Sitting in his office […]
BBC.COm A student has returned to Italy after accusing her family in Pakistan of luring her home to terminate her pregnancy. Italy’s foreign minister tweeted a picture of Farah after her arrival at the ambassador’s residence in Islamabad The 19-year-old, named Farah, had been studying in Verona when she became […]
Masjid Mubarak, a 100 years old mosque, was attacked during the night by a violent mob. Next door house was also damaged. Local administration, police officers, journalists were at the […]
By MARTIN SELSOE SORENSEN, New York Times COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Denmark’s immigration minister, who last year celebrated the country’s increasingly strict entry laws by posting a Facebook picture of herself with a cake, has suggested that Muslims fasting for Ramadan should stay home from work “to avoid negative consequences for […]
By Jessica Patton Web Coordinator Global News NEWS: HATEFUL GRAFFITI DISCOVERED ON WALL OF MUSLIM SCHOOL IN SCARBOROUGHX Toronto Police are investigating the cause of hateful graffiti that was discovered by a passerby early Monday morning on a wall of the Scarborough campus of the Wali ui Asr Learning Institute. Caryn Lieberman […]
Rafia Zakaria DAWN.COM – Updated May 16, 2018 The writer is an attorney teaching constitutional law and political philosophy. IT’S the stuff of nightmares: the sudden arrival of a number of men into the privacy of one’s home, a search, and then a family member taken away. This is what reportedly […]
Forbidden From Calling Themselves Muslims, Targeted By Religious Extremists And Accused Of Blasphemy For Practicing Or Even Affirming Their Faith, Ahmadis Still Cling To The Country They Helped Establish. BY TAHA ANIS The names of some of the Ahmadis interviewed in this story have been changed to protect their identities. For […]
By ALEXANDRA JONESStaff Reporter Fri., May 11, 2018 Ahead of the month of Ramadan, Toronto’s Muslim community is finally getting its own version of the Christmas Market; a Muslim lifestyle blogger and entrepreneur is hosting a Ramadan market in Mississauga this weekend. Salam Shop founder Sudduf Wyne hopes to make the […]
New Delhi: An adult couple has a right to live together without marriage, the Supreme Court said, while asserting that a 20-year-old Kerala woman, whose marriage had been annulled, could choose whom she wanted to live with. The top court held that live-in relationships were now even recognised by the legislature […]
Dubai to open ‘Quran Park’ showcasing miracles of Islam The Cave of Miracles reportedly showcases seven miracles mentioned in the Quran displayed with the latest modern interactive techniques. (Supplied) Staff writer, Al Arabiya EnglishTuesday, 8 May 2018 Dubai is set to open a “Quran Park” that will display plants mentioned […]