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 Reason Why I Will Never Go For Hajj By Akif Kichloo 12/09/2015 On one side, there 2 million displaced Syrian refugees in great distress and on the other, more than 2 million Muslims, totally disconnected from the tragedy, spending their life savings to indulge in a 1400-year-old ritual Fa […]
Using the Ka’aba for business – how is the Saudi regime any different from pre-Islam pagans? | Wishal Raheel Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest If you can afford to pay absurd amounts of money, you can stay in a hotel right in front of the Grand Mosque. […]
Source: National Post By Andrew Gilligan, The Telegraph | September 14, 2015 8:58 AM ET Imams, priests, rabbis and other religious figures in Britain will have to enrol in a […]
PM Modi to visit Facebook HQ in San Francisco, says Mark Zuckerberg Chidanand Rajghatta,TNN | Sep 13, 2015, 01.09 PM IST READ MORE PM Modi In US|PM Modi|Narendra Modi|MENLO PARK|Mark Zuckerberg PM Modi thanks Zuckerburg for inviting him to visit Facebook HQ in San Francisco WASHINGTON: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be visiting […]
Zachary T. Sampson, The New York Times | September 11, 2015 4:04 PM ETMore from The New York Times It was not until after 18-year-old Malachi Heisler shot the masked intruder that he recognized the tattoos on the man’s arms. Malachi knew then that he had killed his own father. He wasn’t […]
ISIS lady recruiter: What was the extent of indoctrination? Posted by: Vicky Nanjappa Updated: Saturday, September 12, 2015, 8:22 [IST] Mail Investigations that are being conducted following the arrest of a lady alleged to be an ISIS recruiter will look to unravel a major recruitment drive for the terrorist outfit. […]
Conservative candidate shares advice on drunk women, latent homosexuality and “being a man” courtesy: pressprogress.ca Looking for an MP who understands the characters of drunk women, can spot signs of latent homosexuality and knows what “being a man” is all about? The Conservative Party of Canada could have just the […]
9/11 anniversary: Nature pays beautiful tribute as rainbow appears at World Trade Centre Posted by: Jagriti Kumari Published: Friday, September 11, 2015, 14:32 [IST] Mail New York, Sept 11: A beautiful rainbow appeared at the iconic World Trade Centre shattered by the terrorists on September 11, 2001. The rainbow appeared […]
Moin Qazi’s Delightful Rendering of Khutbat e Madras Muhammad: The Prophet for Eternity- Lectures of Syed Sulaiman Nadvi (Khutbat e Madras) Translated by Moin Qazi Notion Press Muthu Kalathy Street, […]
All India | Reported by Tanima Biswas, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Updated: September 09, 2015 18:48 IST http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/2-women-allegedly-raped-rescued-from-saudi-diplomats-gurgaon-home-1215651 GURGAON: They escaped the April earthquake in their country Nepal but found hell in the sprawling home of a Saudi Arabian diplomat in Gurgaon near Delhi. Two women rescued on Monday from the diplomat’s fifth floor apartment in […]
Paradise beneath her feet: Why Muslim Women Matter By Dr. Moin Qazi, Nagpur, India A mother is a school. Empower her and you empower a great nation. —Hafez Ibrahim, Egyptian […]
Besides pork, horse, donkey, other types of meat sold here http://www.express.pk/story/388366/ اہورریلوے اسٹیشن کے قریب سے کئی من سورکا گوشت برآمد، ملزم گرفتار ویب ڈیسک بدھ 2 ستمبر 2015 کارروائی کے دوران ایک شخص کو حراست میں بھی لے لیا گیا ہے۔ فوٹو: فائل لاہور: پنجاب فوڈ اتھارٹی نے ریلوے اسٹیشن کے قریب کارروائی […]
Tories dismiss Toronto candidates after urination incident, prank calls BY THE CANADIAN PRESS POSTED SEP 6, 2015 11:11 PM EDT LAST UPDATED SEP 7, 2015 AT 2:10 PM EDT Jerry Bance, former Conservative candidate for the Scarborough-Rouge Park riding in Toronto, is seen here reportedly urinating into a customer’s coffee […]
Sarfarosh to Phantom – Educating Indians About Pakistani Jihad By Tufail Ahmad, 03-09-2015 (A version of this article appeared in Hindi daily, Dainik Jagran on September 2, 2015.) It is in the nature of human beings to live in hope and rosy utopias, which was evident when Indians sat through […]
Here is the excerpt of the questions put up by students and how PM answered to their queries: Q: Your fashion sense is talked about a lot, how did the idea of promoting Indian clothes come to you? PM: I don’t know why people think I have a fashion designer […]
Canadian airstrike in Iraq may have killed up to 27 civilians: Kurdish militia soldier A Kurdish militia soldier reported that an airstrike by Canadian fighter jets in Iraq may have killed up to 27 civilians, U.S. documents say, but Canadian military denies claims. are on Facebook CANADIAN FORCES http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2015/09/03/canadian-airstrike-in-iraq-may-have-killed-up-to-27-civilians-kurdish-militia-solider.html […]
In 1980 Prof. Abdus Salam visited Madison, Wisconsin USA where he delivered a lecture at the University. Zakaria Virk was fortunate to meet him there with his family. subsequently Prof. Salam travelled to New York. Zakaria Virk approached the owner of Toronto Indian program Mr. Lali Vij to have Prof. […]
Source: Clarion Project By Tarek Fatah A proposed law in Quebec supported by Islamists makes criticism of Islam or Islamism an offesnse. What about their weekly prayers denigrating Jews, Christians […]
The situation is grim in India, where many face an instantaneous end to their marriage for very petty reasons through phone, social media or e-mail, or Whatsapp. Reasons for divorce: wearing sun-glasses or not adding enough salt to the food Published: 16:13 September 2, 2015 By Gagandeep Kaur, Special to […]
Young female fighter ‘Joelle’ brings fishnets and enthusiasm to a sport dominated by men Wall Street Journal, By RORY JONES, Updated Aug. 31, 2015 4:46 p.m. ET 9 COMMENTS DUBAI—A wrestler named the Vigilante picked up his tiny opponent and smashed her into the corner of the ring. Then he slammed […]