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.
ISIS Women Kill 17-Year Old for Looking at Clothes in Store A detachment of Russian ISIS women beat 12 women in a clothing store for lifting their niqab slightly to look a the merchandise, killing one. Sun, July 12, 2015 Print Email Illustrative picture. (Photo: © Reuters) Related Stories ISIS […]
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By day, at heart of counter-terror policing. And by night, preacher of extremism Government watchdog, which inspects police forces’ readiness for terrorism, employed preacher of extremism 5K 2K 2 4 7K Email Abdullah al Andalusi By Andrew Gilligan 6:00AM BST 12 Jul 2015 The Government watchdog which inspects police forces’ readiness […]
Security beefed up at Delhi Airport after bomb scare Updated: Saturday, July 11, 2015, 1:14 [IST] Share this on your social network: FacebookTwitterGoogle+ CommentsMail New Delhi, July 10: Security at the Indira Gandhi International Airport here was beefed up after its call centre in Gurgaon received a call from a […]
STEVEN CHASE OTTAWA — The Globe and Mail Published Wednesday, Jul. 08, 2015 11:58AM EDT, Last updated Wednesday, Jul. 08, 2015 11:47PM EDT A Senate committee is calling for Canada to go much further […]
Source: Telegraph By Steven Swinford, Deputy Political Editor 150 Comments Couples who are getting married should be forced to have a DNA test first to ensure they are not […]
Why Talaq Is Easy but Khula Is Almost Impossible In the Muslim Society? By Dr. Sayeed Haroon 15 May 2013 A seminar in Jeddah organized by the Socio-Reforms Society addressed by Advocate Osman Shaheed and Aleem Khan Falaki A successful seminar was held on “Why Talaq is easy, but Khula […]
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The Conflict is Not between East and West but between Islamic Faith (Religion) and Science By Dhirendra Sharma, courtesy New Age Islam 28 June, 2015 Neo-conservatives believe that modern science was known or at best rooted in the old Divine testaments. For 5,000 years, everything on Earth and in Heaven was […]
Source: The Tribune Express NEW DELHI: Indian Muslim pilot Muhammad Shah Nawaz Zaheer was appointed the guardian of two orphaned Hindu children in a ground-breaking decision by the Delhi High Court. Terming the move a ‘noble endeavour’, the Delhi High Court appointed Zaheer as the guardian of twins Ayush and Prarthana […]
Toronto. Jangcanada.com http://jangcanada.com/index.php?ordner=epaper%2F25+June+2015&one=single+pic&bild=12&plus=%3E%3E&page=#anchor The proprietor of Jamia Islamia in Mississauga contacted police when some of the members asked for the money spending at the Centre. During the last 10 years member gave large sums of money to the mosque. Maulana Asif Qasmi retorted that ‘hisab kitab’ is between Allah […]
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London, June 23, 2015 http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-13-19712-What-a-high-court-commission-wrote-about-Dr-Qadri Families fleeing the UK to join ISIS is no joke. But recruiting a rent-a-cleric to issue new fatwas shows the naivete of the UK establishment trying to deal with this crisis. The infamous Dr. Tahirul Qadri has been the go-to fatwa guy for some Whitehall […]
House of Saud Turn Birthplace of Wahhabism Ideology Into Tourist Spot By Ben Hubbard, 31 May, 2015 “Scores of tombs have been destroyed; a house associated with Muhammad’s first wife, Khadija, was replaced with a bank of public toilets; and a home believed to have belonged to his companion […]
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First they took his empire, then they took his Bonaparte. Two centuries after Waterloo, a small piece of Napoleon reportedly survives in a urologist’s house. thestar.com insight – June 20, 2015 thestShare on Facebook Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated at the Battle of Waterloo in June 1815. He died six years […]
Ramadan in Sweden with No Dusk, No Dawn Source: Al Jazeera By Cajsa Wikstrom 07 Jul, 2014 Kiruna, Sweden – During this year’s holy month of Ramadan, when consumption of food and water is prohibited between dawn and dusk, how do Muslims observing the fast manage in the far north of […]
Der Spiegel Saudi Arabia’s rulers don’t attach great importance to being called “king.” There are many kings in the world. The Saudi rulers prefer to call themselves the “Custodians of the Two Holy Mosques,” a reference to Mecca and Medina. It sounds modest, but it denotes a claim to power […]
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