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.
The mysterious village where girls turn into boys http://twitter.com/BBCNewsMagazine/status/645556794010562560/photo/1 Salinas – Dominic an Republic It sounds like the plot of a “Twilight Zone” episode, an Ursula K. Le Guin story, or the Pulitzer Prize winning 2002 novel “Middlesex”: There’s a place where, when girls hit puberty, they turn […]
New York, Sept 24: Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi will have a dinner date with 47 top American CEOs on Thursday, Sept 24. The much awaited dinner meeting is schedule to be held at the Waldorf Astoria, a luxury five-star hotel in New York. PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi, Ford […]
Bloc Québécois targets NDP over niqabs, pipelines in controversial new ad Separatist party wants to ban face covering during citizenship ceremony and voting By Benjamin Shingler, CBC News Posted: Sep 18, 2015 8:06 PM ET Last Updated: Sep 18, 2015 8:07 PM ET A new Bloc Québécois ad featuring a drop of oil morphing […]
2 Via Rail terror plotters sentenced to life in prison Judge says terror plot was ‘designed to result in indiscriminate killings’ CBC News Posted: Sep 23, 2015 10:58 AM ET Last Updated: Sep 23, 2015 3:33 PM ET Play Media 251 shares F Twitte Reddit Google Share Email Related Stories Via Rail […]
HOW TO HANDLE MEDIA BIAS AGAINST ISLAM By Moin Qazi, Nagpur India .The sudden wave of interest in Islam across the world seemed to commence just after September 11, 2001. The Western media, television as well as print, devoted reams of paper and time slots to report incidents ranging from […]
UK Muslims paying too much for Hajj tours: monitor By Paul Crompton For many of the 20,000 British Muslims flocking to Saudi Arabia’s holy city of Makkah for Islam’s annual Hajj pilgrimage, the journey has not been cheap. “The package cost has doubled in the last couple of years,” said […]
http://www.cbc.ca/player/Kids/Kids/ID/2675897353/ watch the video ——————————————— Mayor Crombie’s Statement on the Meadowvale Islamic Centre Proposal Mississauga Mayor Bonnie Crombie made the following statement following the Mississauga Planning and Development Committee meeting wherein the proposal for the Meadowvale Islamic Centre was approved: “Tonight I joined Members of Council and voted in […]
Source: The Globe and Mail By Zarqa Nawaz; who is is the creator of Little Mosque on the Prairie and author ofLaughing All the Way to the Mosque. I asked […]
Harvard University college allows students to pick their own gender identity, pronoun Jonah Hicap 06 September 2015 Email Print More Sharing ServicesShare http://www.christiantoday.com/article/harvard.university.college.allows.students.to.pick.their.own.gender.identity.pronoun/63877.htm (Facebook/Harvard University) Harvard University’s school of arts and sciences will now allow students to register as male, female or transgender The arts and sciences college of Harvard University—an […]
Why do Muslims come to America, asks Virginia school chairperson? http://tribune.com.pk/story/959199/why-do-muslims-come-to-america-asks-us-school-board-chairperson/ Virginia school board chairperson has caused an uproar after posting an anti-Muslim cartoon on Facebook, questioning why Muslims wanted to come to America. The post read, “Muslims hate pork, beer, dogs, bikinis, Jesus, and freedom of speech. My question […]
The Conservative leader boasts that he’s a sound economic manager, but the numbers tell a very different story. Share on Facebook RYAN REMIORZ / THE CANADIAN PRESS That Conservative leader Stephen Harper has maintained the fiction of good economic management is testament to his doggedness in sticking to his story, […]
Saudi deploys 100,000 troops to secure haj Any hurdle experienced in Haj would be due to the acts of Al Houthis, says crown prince Image Credit: AFP Pilgrims leave after the Asr afternoon prayer at Makkah’s Grand Mosque on Friday. Published: 19:39 September 19, 2015 AP SHARE RssShare on facebookShare […]
Muslim groups working hard to get out the vote in their community The grassroots organization Canadian-Muslim Vote is working to increase voter turnout in the Muslim community. Share on Facebook CANADIAN-MUSLIM VOTE One example of Canadian-Muslim Vote efforts is a poster campaign, in which they used the image of a […]
Fit to lead? Justin Trudeau adds nostalgic canoe outing to recent string of physical feats Republish Reprint Tristin Hopper | September 17, 2015 6:52 PM ET More from Tristin Hopper | @TristinHopper nationalpost.com THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan HaywardLiberal Leader Justin Trudeau paddles a canoe down the Bow River in Calgary, Alta., Thursday, Sept, 17, […]
How the Harper government is manipulating the refugee crisis: Haroon Siddiqui Harper is pandering to the dangerous stereotype that all Muslims are potential terrorists, whereas non-Muslims may be squeaky clean. http://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2015/09/17/how-the-harper-government-is-manipulating-the-refugee-crisis-siddiqui.html Share on Facebook BELA SZANDELSZKY / AP Syrian refugees cross into Hungary underneath the border fence on the Hungarian […]
Book Review, Moin Qazi’s – revolutionary approach to women’s empowerment Women in Islam: Exploring New Paradigms By Moin Qazi Published by Notion Press, Chennai, India, Year (2015), Pages: 141, ISBN: 978-93-84878-03-0, Price: 199 Reviewed […]
Niqab ruling to be appealed to Supreme Court, Tories say Conservatives vow to reintroduce niqab ruling within 100 days of re-election By Susana Mas, CBC News Posted: Sep 16, 2015 10:04 AM ET Last Updated: Sep 16, 2015 4:02 PM ET Play Media Jason Kenney on appealing the niqab decision to the Supreme Court 1:26 […]
Muslim teen Ahmed Mohamed creates clock, shows teachers, gets arrested http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/16/us/texas-student-ahmed-muslim-clock-bomb/ (CNN)When Ahmed Mohamed went to his high school in Irving, Texas, Monday, he was so excited. A teenager with dreams of becoming an engineer, he wanted to show his teacher the digital clock he’d made from a pencil […]
After Nana Patekar, actor Akshay Kumar extends helping hand to drought-hit farmers Posted by: Mukul Kumar Mishra Updated: Wednesday, September 16, 2015, 12:48 [IST] Share this on your social network: Akshay Kumar Mumbai, Sept 16: Taking inspiration from actor Nana Patekar, yet another Bollywood star has extended helping hand […]
http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1&isUI=1 Source: Toronto Star OTTAWA—A Federal Court of Appeal panel has dismissed a government appeal over a ban on face coverings at citizenship ceremonies. The three justices ruled from the […]