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.
We have killed all of the children in the auditorium. What do we do now?’: Ismail Khan, The New York Times | December 18, 2014 10:31 AM ET More from The New York Times AP Photo/Muhammed MuheisenDamages inside the Army Public School attacked last Tuesday by Taliban gunmen, in Peshawar, […]
The protests are part of a burgeoning grassroots movement calling for an end to the spread of Islamic Sharia law in Germany. By Soeren Kern, Sun, December 14, 2014 Der […]
B-Town continues mourning for Peshawar attack victims Mumbai, Dec 17 A day after 132 children were brutally killed in a gruesome Taliban attack on a school in Pakistan’s Peshawar city, Bollywood celebrities like Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan are still in shock and feel “anger” and “disgust” for Wednesday, […]
Pakistani Army Chief Asks Afghans to Help Find Taliban Commanders Behind Massacre By ISMAIL KHAN DEC. 17, 2014 Photo A soldier stood guard amid the damage at the Army Public School in Peshawar on Wednesday, a day after the massacre by the Pakistani Taliban. Credit Zohra Bensemra/Reuters PESHAWAR, Pakistan […]
By Syed Zubair Ahmad, “Al Mamlikat Al Saudia Al Arabia”. It’s clear from the name itself that this empire has nothing to do with Islam or Muslims at all. It is a pure dynastic monarchical and dictatorial regime of an Arab family, ‘Al Saud’. Saudi Arabia is the only country […]
Misuse Of Mosques For Politics: Shahi Imam calls for Love Jihad in Friday Sermon; ‘convert them and marry them, this is the only reply to attempts at forcible conversion of Muslims to Hinduism’ 12 December 2014 Shahi Imam Ahmad Bukhari of Jama Masjid, Delhi […]
Ottawa quietly apologized to India after Canadian soldiers appeared with posters of Sikh radicals at temple Peter O’Neil, Postmedia News | December 15, 2014 3:13 PM ET More from Postmedia News HandoutLt. Arthur Halpenny (left) accepts a ceremonial sword from Gian Singh Gill of the Dasmesh Darbar temple, during a 2011 […]
Saudi Cleric Says Women Are not required to Wear Hijab, Can Put Makeup Around 5,000 Yazidi women and girls have been kidnapped by IS militants, who sell them as sex slaves ‘Saudi Cleric Says Women Are not required to Wear Hijab, Can Put Makeup Dec […]
NYTimes 2014/12/14 For Jihadists, Denmark Tries Rehabilitation By ANDREW HIGGINSDEC. 13, 2014 Photo Oussama el-Saadi, chairman of the Grimhojvej mosque, which critics say breeds radicalism. Credit Jan Grarup for The New York Times AARHUS, Denmark — In many parts of Europe, he would now be in jail. But here in […]
ISIS: Enslaving, having sex with ‘unbelieving’ women, girls is OK By Greg Botelho, CNN.com updated 11:20 AM EST, Sat December 13, 2014 source: CNN STORY HIGHLIGHTS ISIS produces a document, “Question and Answers on Female Slaves and their Freedom” It has been posted online, and armed men distributed it to […]
U of T researcher’s spray-on solar cells could transform our devices By Gilbert Ngabo Metro News.ca Share this Article David Van Dyke/Metro Illan Kramer, the researcher behind sprayLD, displaying an example of a film that would contain spray-on solar cells. A University of Toronto researcher is reinventing solar cell production […]
Russian billionaire pays $4.1M for James Watson’s Nobel Prize, so he can return it to the seller — James Watson Anemona Hartocollis, The New York Times | December 9, 2014 | Last Updated: Dec 9 10:37 PM ET More from The New York Times ODD ANDERSEN/AFP/Getty Images/FileJames Watson with two colleagues […]
De-Radicalising the Muslim Diaspora in the West By Taj Hashmi December 07, 2014 SEVERAL Bangladeshi-British youths have recently been indicted in Britain for their alleged links with the ISIS. Twenty-year-old Mahdi Hassan — whose parents had migrated from Bangladesh — was one of the six former students of […]
Disgruntled customer throws snake at Tim Hortons employee who refuses to dice his onions Postmedia News | December 8, 2014 2:40 PM ET More from Postmedia News Charles Hamilton / Postmedia NewsAfter a dispute over diced onions on a breakfast sandwich, two men threw a garter snake over a counter towards […]
Pakistan needs a Lincoln to abolish slavery By Hasnain Kazim, Der Spiegel Dec 8, 2014 Diego Ibarra Sanchez/ DER SPIEGEL For more than 16 years, Hanif Masih worked as an indentured servant in a brick factory in Pakistan. Then, an aid organization purchased his freedom. Though he remains extremely poor, […]
Nigeria: Commissioning of Jamia Ahmadiyya Library Courtesy: Kabir Adeseye Ade, Muallim Nigeria WELCOME SPEECH BY THE SADR MAJLIS ANSARULLAH NIGERIA, ALHAJI M. B. ODUKOYA DURING THE COMMISSIONING OF JAMIA LIBRARY ON SUNDAY, 23RD NOVEMBER 2015 Amir Sahib, Members of National Aamila here present, Distinguished Guests, Fellow Ansars, Assalamu Alaikum Warahmatullah […]
Book Review : The Inspiring Life of Abdus Salam Author Dr Mujahid Kamran , vice chancellor Punjab University, Department of Physics, Government College Lahore Publisher – University of the Punjab, Lahore 2013 ISBN 978-969-9325-11-3 The Inspiring Life of Abdus Salam by Dr. Mujahid Kamran I purchased a copy of […]
Courtesy New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2014 By THE NEW YORK TIMES DEC. 2, 2014 Photo Credit Illustrations by Jon McNaught Continue reading the main story Continue reading the main story Share This Page Email Share Tweet Pin Save more Continue reading the main story The year’s notable […]
Women inthe Islamic world Uzbekistan Jails Women for Teaching Qur’an Brits, Americans Among ISIS’s Feared Burqa Brigade Varanasi’s Muslim Women Want Ram Mandir at Ayodhya ————————– 5 December 2014 TASHKENT – A group of Muslim women has been jailed by Uzbek authorities in the capital city of Tashkent, in the […]
Preet Didbal (centre) sworn in Tuesday among family UPDATED 9:13 AM PST Dec 03, 2014 http://www.kcra.com/news/local-news/news-stockton/sikh-woman-makes-history-as-yuba-city-councilmember/30030992 YUBA CITY, Calif. (KCRA) —It’s history in the making as a woman of Sikh descent is the first one elected to City Council, likely not just in California, but in the nation. Preet Didbal, […]