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.
Homeopathy not effective for treating any condition, Australian report finds Report by top medical research body says ‘people who choose homeopathy may put their health at risk if they reject […]
Published Wednesday, March 11, 2015 11:09AM EDT Last Updated Wednesday, March 11, 2015 12:18PM EDT A Pakistani man has been arrested in connection with a suspected terror plot against the United States consulate in Toronto, CTV News has learned. The Canada Border Services Agency says Jhanzab Malik was arrested on […]
, CP | By Joan Bryden, The Canadian Press OTTAWA – Stephen Harper doubled down Tuesday on his aversion to face-covering veils worn by some Muslim women, calling them the product of a culture that is “anti-women.” The prime minister ratcheted up the rhetoric against the niqab even as Liberal […]
, CP | By Joan Bryden, The Canadian Press OTTAWA – Stephen Harper doubled down Tuesday on his aversion to face-covering veils worn by some Muslim women, calling them the product of a culture that is “anti-women.” The prime minister ratcheted up the rhetoric against the niqab even as Liberal […]
Public Safety minister cites Qur’an verse as example of hate speech By Brian Daly, QMI Agency, Tuesday, March 10, 2015 12:42:47 EDT PM Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney paraphrased a controversial verse from the Qur’an on Tuesday as an example of hate speech that “goes against Canadian values.” Blaney made […]
Places I have been I have been in many places, but I’ve never been in Cahoots. Apparently, you can’t go alone, you have to be in Cahoots with someone. I’ve also never been in Cognito , I hear no one recognizes you there. I have, however, been in Sane. […]
Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef gets some last-minute makeup done before appearing on his TV show as an ultra-conservative politician. Photograph: David Degner/David Degner/Getty Images http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2015/jan/12/laughing-in-face-of-danger-satire-in-muslim-world It’s a sweeping generalisation, of course, but Arabs and Muslims really don’t have much to laugh about these days: mayhem and death, war and repression, […]
Muslim Brotherhood under the microscope in Canada 10 By Brian Daly, QMI Agency,Saturday, March 7, 2015 6:00:00 EST A MONTREAL — The federal government is coming under increased pressure to declare the Muslim Brotherhood a terror outfit, as more evidence piles up that the group has tentacles in […]
Concordia Muslim Students’ Association removes controversial books University has offered the association help to go through more texts CBC News Posted: Mar 05, 2015 5:27 PM ETLast Updated: Mar 05, 2015 6:04 PM ET The Concordia University Muslim Students’ Association (MSA) has removed some controversial writings from its book collection […]
Concordia Muslim Students’ Association removes controversial books University has offered the association help to go through more texts CBC News Posted: Mar 05, 2015 5:27 PM ETLast Updated: Mar 05, 2015 6:04 PM ET The Concordia University Muslim Students’ Association (MSA) has removed some controversial writings from its book collection […]
Isis extremists bulldoze ancient Assyrian site near Mosul Iraq’s ministry of tourism and antiquities says militants ‘defy will of world and feelings of humanity’ but does not state extent of damage Nimrud is a 13th century BC Assyrian archaeological site close to Mosul, which is controlled by Isis militants. Reuters […]
Veiled threat? Tougher regulations against wearing Niqabs in court – UK judge Published time: December 12, 2014 18:20 Get short URL http://rt.com/uk/214015-ban-niqab-court-britain/ Britain’s most senior female judge has called […]
Former U.S. presidential candidate urges prime minister to rethink ‘paranoid’ anti-terror bill CBC News Posted: Feb 19, 2015 8:28 PM ETLast Updated: Feb 20, 2015 10:38 AM ET The Power Panel 10:45 Ralph Nader speaks with Evan Solomon 4:46 rmer candidate for the U.S. presidency has come down hard on […]
Donations pour in to GoFundMe campaign to help Rania El-Alloul buy a car after a judge refused to hear her case unless she removed her hijab. Graham Hughes / THE CANADIAN PRESS Rania Ell-Alloul plans to file a complaint against the Quebec judge who indefinitely suspended her case after she […]
Pakistani author Rafia Zakaria laments troubled state of her native country In her book The Upstairs Wife, lawyer, writer and human rights activist Rafia Zakaria bemoans lack of rights for women in her native Pakistan. Rafia Zakaria By: Jennifer Hunter The Reader, Published on Fri Feb 27 2015 thestar.com Since […]
Open letter to Parliament: Amend C-51 or kill it, demand 100 professors Republish Reprint National Post | February 27, 2015 | Last Updated: Feb 27 10:37 AM ET More from National Post Adrian Wyld/THE CANADIAN PRESS Nationalpost.com The following is an open letter addressed to all members of Parliament and signed […]
Rape and Terror on the streets of Pakistan By Rafia Zakaria 25 Feb, 2015 In the Lahore Children’s Hospital, a seven-year-old girl from Sargodha who was raped lies in critical condition. According to the doctors, the injuries sustained by the child on the lower part of her body […]
Mohammed Emwazi, who became ‘Jihadi John’, pictured grinning left, aged 11, and in another class photo, right, a world away from the ‘evil killer’ he would become. THIS is Islamic State monster Jihadi John as a baby-faced primary school pupil Mohammad Emwazi with a cheeky grin.
Experts trying to piece together identity and role of female jihadi By Nazim Baksh, Adrienne Arsenault, CBC News Posted: Feb 25, 2015 1:13 PM ETLast Updated: Feb 26, 2015 12:57 AM ET Canadian woman recruited to join ISIS 4:40 A Toronto women who left Toronto last year to join ISIS has […]