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.
Young Canadian woman recruited by ISIS 2:42 Nancy Clancy Natalie Clancy Investigative Reporter | CBC News Vancouver Natalie Clancy is an award-winning journalist with a 20+ year track record for breaking stories from coast to coast. Recently, she won several awards for breaking the story about sexual harassment in […]
Source: Edmonton Journal BY MARTY KLINKENBERG AND ANDREA ROSS, EDMONTON JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 22, 2015 EDMONTON – Five young children were taken to the hospital in Fort McMurray on Sunday after possibly being poisoned. Officers from Wood Buffalo RCMP received a call shortly after 3 p.m. from firefighters who requested help […]
Islamic ‘radicals’ at the heart of Whitehall Baroness Warsi gave official roles to people with links to Islamist groups 5K 2K 2 32 6K Email Lady Warsi arrives in Downing Street on July 6, 2010 Photo: Getty Images By Andrew Gilligan,8:30AM GMT 22 Feb 2015, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/11427370/Islamic-radicals-at-the-heart-of-Whitehall.html Entryism, the favourite tactic of […]
A Danish Answer to Radical Jihad By Manfred Ertel and Ralf Hoppe Der Spiegel If you ask Allan Aarslev, the friendly blond police commissioner from Aarhus, about his almost globally famous program, he answers with numbers. He mentions, for example, 31, 16 and one. In 2013, he says, 31 Muslim […]
Muslim charities look to give back locally Toronto’s Muslim Welfare Centre has led the trend, but other Islamic charities are now following suit, after years of focusing on international aid. Share on Facebook !http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2015/01/05/muslim_charities_look_to_give_back_locally.html# From left, coordinator Tahmina Begum and administrator Sherri Sieh of the Highcastle school snack program for […]
WHAT IS A GRANDPARENT? Taken from papers written by a class of 8-year-olds. Grandparents are a lady and a man who have no little children of their own. They like other peoples. A grandfather is a man & a grandmother is a lady! Grandparents don’t have to do anything […]
Bill O’Reilly Also Lied About His War Experience, Mother Jones Claims Posted: 02/19/2015 8:41 pm EST Updated: 02/21/2015 12:00 pm EST http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/19/bill-oreilly-war_n_6717260.html Perhaps Fox News host Bill O’Reilly feels even more sympathy for NBC’s Brian Williams now that O’Reilly, too, has been accused of overplaying his battleground experience. On Thursday, […]
UK: Mohammed Umar Ashrafi – Spiritual Healer convicted of Fruad http://www.thestar.com 2015/02/20 By: Rachel Mendleson News reporter, Published on Fri Feb 20 2015 When British police arrested a purported spiritual healer wanted in a series of peculiar frauds last year, word travelled quickly to Paramjit Bhullar in Woodbridge. British Prosecuter […]
3 Toronto police officers charged with sex assault and gang sex assault Avery Haines and Tammie Sutherland Feb 19, 2015 12:14:25 PM http://www.680news.com/2015/02/19/3-toronto-police-officers-charged-with-sex-assault-and-gang-sex-assault/ Three suspended Toronto police officers have been charged with sexual assault, following a story that CityNews broke first two weeks ago. The officers, Sameer Kara, Leslie Nyznik […]
The battle for Pakistan’s survival is being fought right here, on these very catwalks, reports Tim Bale. —AFP London Extra reports from Pakistan By Tim Bale (reporting from Karachi and Lahore for the London Extra) http://www.dawn.com/news/1164428/the-bookstalls-and-catwalks-of-defiance-in-pakistan I boarded an Emirates Airline plane from Dubai to fly to the Pakistani city […]
Houston Islamic center fire was deliberately set rawstory.com Arson investigators have found evidence that some form of accelerant was used in the suspicious fire at a Houston, Texas Islamic center on Friday. ABC News reported that the Council on American-Islamic Relations is asking law enforcement to investigate the fire as […]
Six Banned Middle Eastern Books You Should Read September 23, 2014, By Alexia Underwood, From the column ‘The VICE Reader’ Photo via Wikimedia Since the dawn of the written word, governments and leaders across the world have worked both openly and subversively to keep the views and opinions of writers […]
Afghan Driver in crash that killed Bob Simon reportedly had ‘dead’ left arm and 9 license suspensions Published February 13, 2015 FoxNews.com, Facebook177 Twitter152 livefyre965 Email Print BobSimon1.jpg In this April 7, 2014 file photo, Bob Simon of “60 Minutes” attends the New York premiere of “The Railway Man” in […]
Indonesia: Female Students Barred From Graduating If They Fail Virginity Test The Indonesian city of Jember is introducing compulsory virginity tests for high school girls Indonesia: Female Students Barred From Graduating If They Fail Virginity Test Ludovica Iaccino By Ludovica Iaccino February 10, 2015 The Indonesian […]
How Scholars View All-Women Mosque (In-depth) By Shari`ah Staff, Thursday, 05 February 2015 00:00 onislam.net 29051 The recent opening of an all-women mosque in Los Angeles, USA, raised debate among Muslim communities and scholars especially in the US.The Women’s Mosque of America is the first in the US to be […]
Hashtag #MuslimLivesMatter trends as man, 46, charged with murder after killing at housing complex near University of North Carolina campus Deah Barakat with his wife Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha and her sister Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha. All three were shot dead. Photograph: Supplied Lauren Gambino in New York @LGamGam Wednesday 11 February […]
Calgary How did Bob Dhillon become a multi-millionaire? February 5, 2015 · 0 Comments · 493 Total Views · http://www.canindia.com/1g4lk CALGARY Bob Dhillon is one of Canada’s richest South Asian businessmen, his company Mainstreet Equity, has assets in excess of $1.2 billion consisting of 3,725 residential apartment units in Edmonton […]
Amit Choudhary, Feb 10, 2015, for Times of India NEW DELHI: Although their personal law permits men to have four wives, the Supreme Court on Monday ruled that a Muslim’s […]
Toronto.ctvnews.ca Oakville man charged after probe into $500K fraud scheme Mohamed “Moe” Tahir, 41, is charged with Fraud over $5,000. (Police) Jesse Noseworthy, Special to CTVNews.ca Published Monday, February 9, 2015 2:27PM EST Police have charged an Oakville man after an investigation into a $500,000 fraud scheme in Vaughan. Police […]
Indian Urdu Daily Advocates Murdering Apostates: ‘The First Interpreter of the Quran, Prophet Muhammad, Has Clearly Ordered the Killing of a Person Becoming Apostate’ Provided by The Middle East Media Research Institute, January 4, 2015 In recent months, and especially after the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi came […]