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 Prince of Wales has spoken of his anxiety at the number of young British Muslims being radicalized by extremist preachers and the internet and the continued persecution of Christians in the Middle East 145 98 0 0 243 Email Prince Charles arrives at Marka Airport, Amman Photo: Sam Tarling By […]
The Calgary mayor with soaring rhetoric and 217,000 Twitter followers can now boast global dominance. On his 43rd birthday no less, Naheed Nenshi was named Monday as the winner of the 2014 World Mayor Prize, a somewhat obscure award but the loftiest accolade yet for a politician with much popularity […]
Two national Muslim organizations say they are troubled that Prime Minister Stephen Harper last week drew a link between radicalization and mosques. Harper made the remark last Friday when he was answering a question about the Canadian government’s new anti-terrorism legislation. The measures unveiled in Bill C-51 include criminalizing advocacy for or promotion […]
“I want to apologize. I said I was traveling in an aircraft that was hit by RPG [rocket-propelled grenade] fire. I was instead in a following aircraft.” for 12 years he did not say otherwise By Dr. Fred http://www.fortruthssake.com/2015/02/brian-williams-credibility-is-gone-with-the-wind/ Losing one’s credibility is not easy for most of us to […]
Awso Peshdary, Khadar Khalib ran ‘Syrian fundraisers’ By Keaton Robbins, Ottawa Sun First posted: Thursday, February 05, 2015 08:10 PM EST | Updated: Thursday, February 05, 2015 08:55 PM EST […]
Stay away from Anger. It hurts only You and nobody else. If you are right, then there is no need to get angry, and if you are wrong then you don’t have any right to get angry. Patience with family is love, Patience with others is respect, Patience with self […]
With the US and Pakistan both in Saudi Arabia’s figurative pocket, King Salman is set to likely rule much of the world. —AFP Rafia Zakaria is an author, attorney and human rights activist. She is a columnist for DAWN Pakistan and a regular contributor for Al Jazeera America, Dissent, Guernica […]
ڈاکٹر عبدالسلام مرتے دم تک پاکستانی رہے‘ Sara Hassan BBC Urdu.com January 30, 2015 Dr Abdus Salam was a true Pakistani till his last breadth. Says son Ahmad Salam پاکستانی طالبہ ملالہ یوسف زئی کو حال ہی میں نوبیل انعام ملا جو اگرچہ پاکستان کے نام ہونے والا امن کا […]
Rallies follow introduction of new anti-terrorism legislation Women hold placards reading “Je Suis Charlie” during a solidarity rally in Montreal. Canadian Muslims in four Ontario cities will hold peace rallies against extremism Saturday, Jan. 31. Photo: Marc Braibant/AFP/Getty Ishmael N. Daro Published: January 30, 2015, 1:05 pm Updated: 1 […]
Skull discovery suggests location where humans first had sex with Neanderthals Skull found in northern Israeli cave in western Galilee, thought to be female and 55,000 years old, connects interbreeding and move from Africa to Europe Human skull found western Galilee Views of the human skull, with missing jaw, found […]
Dr. Salam’s Vision for Popularization of Science & its benefit for society By Zakaria Virk, Toronto, Canada “I have spent my life working on two problems. First to discover the basic building blocks of matter. Of the two passions of my life the second has been to stress […]
29 January 1926 – 29th January 2015 Dr. Albert Einstein and Dr. Abdus Salam – A comparison Einstein was born on a Friday on 14th March 1879 in Ulm Germany. Dr Salam was born on Friday on January 29, 1926 in Jhang, India. Einstein belonged to a small community of […]
massive’ real-time spying program American Civil Liberties Union warns scanning of license plates by Drug Enforcement Agency is building a repository of all drivers’ movements The DEA database has the potential to track every driver’s movements, the American Civil Liberties Union has warned. Photograph: DA Barnes/Alamy The United States government […]
Source: The Independent By Ziauddin Sardar, who is editor of the quarterly journal ‘Critical Muslim’. His book, ‘Mecca: The Sacred City’, is published by Bloomsbury The West’s best hope of dealing […]
The Koran Does Not Forbid Images of the Prophet. (SAW) By Christiane Gruber 1/9/15 at 4:43 PM NEWSWEEK.COM http://www.newsweek.com/koran-does-not-forbid-images-prophet-298298 The Charlie Hebdo killers were operating under a misapprehension. Topkapı Palace Library Filed Under: Opinion, Islam, Religion, freedom of speech In the wake of the massacre that took place in the […]
صوصی رپورٹ : شازیہ عندلیب ۔ اوسلو ۔ ناروے میں لیبر پارٹی کی رکن، انتیس سالہ پاکستانی نژاد، ہادیہ تاجک کو ملک کی وزیر ثقافت ہونے کا عہدہ سونپ دیا گیا ہے ۔ ہادیہ نارویجیئن کابینہ میں وزارت سماجی امور سنبھالنے والی سب سے کم عمر اور تارک وطن پس […]
Egypt Warns of Muslim Brotherhood Organizations in U.S. An Egyptian government website features a warning that the Muslim Brotherhood has a lobby in the U.S. disguised as civil society organizations. By Ryan Mauro clarionproject.com Wed, January 14, 2015 Egypt warns of Brotherhood groups like CAIR. Nihad Awad (C), Executive Director […]
Are All Terrorists Muslims? It’s Not Even Close By Dean Obeidallah- is Arab American comedian January14, 2015 “Or what about the (dare I mention them) Jewish terrorists? Per the 2013 State Department’s report on terrorism, there were 399 acts of terror committed by Israeli settlers in what are known […]
British Muslim women’s helpline: Their voices won’t go unheard again 15 Jan, 2015 Today sees the launch of the first national helpline for Muslim women and girls, tackling problems such as sexual abuse, forced marriage and divorce – still taboo subjects in their communities. Alia Waheed speaks to the people […]
Antithesis of Radical Islam Is Not Moderate Islam, It Is Secularism By Murat Yetkin January/14/2015 For centuries, ideologues and politicians in the West have positioned themselves regarding Islam in […]