Mawlana Hazar Imam, His Highness the Aga Khan, arrived in Dubai on Monday January 22, 2018 for a 4-day visit during which he will conduct religious work as well as bless the Jamat falling under the jurisdiction of the Aga Khan Council for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with a Diamond Jubilee Darbar. Mawlana Hazar Imam is welcomed by His Excellency ...
Service is good Ummah By ANDREW KOSOROK Ummah -- community -- helps define us as human beings. Family, neighbourhood, the corporate-speak "tribe" -- all are words we use referring to different conceptions of "community". And I think the Prophet was aware of these differing concepts, too; there are hadiths obviously relating separately to families, neighbourhoods, and collections of like-minded people. However, ...
Compiled and prepared by ABDULMALIK MERCHANT (Editor Barakah.com, Simerg.com and Simergphotos.com) Dubai (left) Al Ras District, mid 1960s, and modern skyline with Burj Khalifa. Photos: Wikipedia "The transformation of the small trading port that was once Dubai into a vibrant metropolis has paralleled its demographic growth and cosmopolitan evolution. The intermingling of cultures that so enlivens this thriving city is one ...
By SHELLYZA MOLEDINA SAJWANI Gulu (pop. 152,276 according to 2014 census) is the commercial and administrative centre of Gulu District in Northern Uganda. It is served by an airport and a railway line, and is 340 kms from Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city. Map: Wikipedia. I found out about the Eastern Canada didar announcement on a Whatsapp group at a ...
Prepared by ABDULMALIK MERCHANT (Editor Barakah.com, Simerg.com and Simergphotos.com) Introduction Welcome banner in Aliabad, Hunza. Photo: Barakah/Faqir Ullah Khan. The Canadian Jamat was informed about the Diamond Jubilee visit of Mawlana Hazar Imam, His Highness the Aga Khan, to Pakistan on Sunday, November 12, 2017. At that time we were in the midst of getting ready for Mawlana Hazar Imam's didars ...
"Given the state of world affairs today, his [the Aga Khan's] rational, specific, historically based, and ultimately inspiration address is one of the most important of all speeches delivered to the audience of Canadian parliamentarians over the last hundred years. The Aga Khan spirit reflects what I call "optimistic realism." By publishing his full speech I'm trying to ensure that readers ...
The purpose of this post is to provide external links to media coverage of Mawlana Hazar Imam's Diamond Jubilee visit to Karachi, Pakistan's largest city and its commercial capital. We we will make every effort to ensure that we skip on links that contain repetitive information - often the same news agency report is shared by different media. COVERAGE OF AGA ...
By FAQIR ULLAH KHAN-GHULAM QADIR (Special contribution for Barakah) First of all, I wish to greet my Ismaili brothers and sisters around the world mubaraki on the auspicious occasion of the magnificent Diamond Jubilee Darbar held in Aliabad, Hunza, on Sunday, December 10th, 2017. I was present at the Darbar and I am delighted to share with you my experiences at ...
By ABDULMALIK MERCHANT (Publisher-Editor, Barakah) There were two occasions during Mawlana Hazar Imam's arrival at Nur Khan Airbase in Islamabad on Thursday evening, December 7, 2017 when he was presented with bouquets. The first shortly after he had descended from the steps of his plane, and the second time inside the terminal building, just before he had brief discussions with Pakistan's ...
Latest updates were applied at 01:05 AM, on Thursday, December 14, 2017. The purpose of this post is to provide links to media coverage of Mawlana Hazar Imam's Diamond Jubilee visit to Pakistan. We will make an effort to ensure that we skip on links that have repetitive information, as the same news agency report is often used by several different ...
By FAQIR ULLAH KHAN-GHULAM QADIR (reporting from Aliabad, Hunza, Gilgit-Baltistan Region) At the invitation of Pakistan's Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, our beloved Mawlana Hazar Imam, His Highness the Aga Khan, accompanied by his daughter, Princess Zahra Aga Khan, landed in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Thursday December 7, 2017, to commence his 12 day Diamond Jubilee visit to Pakistan. He was received ...
PHOTOS AND TEXT BY FAQIR ULLAH KHAN-GHULAM QADIR IN HUNZA (with additional notes by Abdulmalik Merchant) Map of Pakistan's Gilgit-Baltistan territory (formerly known as Northern Areas) and surrounding regions. The Diamond Jubilee darbars of His Highness the Aga Khan will take place in Booni, in Chitral district which is in the North West Frontier Province; Yasin in the Ghizer District of ...
Preparations are underway in Chitral, which is located in the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan, to host the forthcoming Diamond Jubilee visit and Darbar(s) of Mawlana Hazar Imam, His Highness the Aga Khan. This piece is compiled from respectable newspapers in Chitral having an on-line presence. Barakah will in the coming days endeavour to provide stories of similar efforts that ...
INTRODUCTION: On February 18, 1976, His Highness the Aga Khan, Mawlana Hazar Imam, accompanied by Begum Salimah Aga Khan arrived in Pakistan for a month long visit that included several mulaqats with Ismailis around the country. During the visit they both attended numerous public and private events and engagements and Mawlana Hazar Imam announced the creation of the Aga Khan Award ...
Mubaraki to the Ontario jamat, mubaraki to the volunteers and mubaraki to the leadership; and Mawlana Hazar Imam "Amen" for your immense love, care and blessings, as well as for assuring us that you are always with us! By ABDULMALIK J. MERCHANT Qur'anic ayat inside front page of Mulaqat Canada 2017 information booklet. I arrived in Montreal yesterday evening! The Palais ...
2017 Global Pluralism Award Winners: Leyner Asprilla (Colombia), Alice Nderitu (Kenya) and Daniel Webb (Australia) By JEAN-MARC CARISSE (special to Barakah and Simerg) Having photographed His Highness the Aga Khan several times over the past decades, among the many icons and heroes of our world, the Ismaili spiritual leader always struck me as an affable gentleman with his charismatically warm demeanour. ...
Ottawa Arrival Mawlana Hazar Imam is received at Ottawa International Airport by the Aga Khan Development Network Representative for Canada, Mahmood Eboo (left), the President of the Aga Khan Council for Canada, Malik Talib, centre with Hazar Imam, and Karima Karmali, the Council's Vice President. Photo: Moez Visram/The Ismaili. By ABDULMALIK MERCHANT His Highness the Aga Khan arrived in Ottawa Tuesday, ...
By MUSLIM HARJI In my previous photo essay, I focused on the work of the Montreal Ismaili volunteers when they dutifully conducted the registration of thousands of members of the community residing in Montreal for the forthcoming visit of His Highness the Aga Khan, Mawlana Shah Karim al Hussaini Hazar Imam, to Eastern Canada. The band. Photo: Muslim Harji. Yesterday, I ...
The magnificent work of Ismaili volunteers Conscious volunteers. Photo: Muslim Harji By MUSLIM HARJI The Ismaili community of the Quebec and Maritime Time Provinces, with the Ottawa Jamat joining them, will gather in Montreal on November 21 for religious meetings with their beloved 49th Imam, Mawlana Shah Karim al Hussaini Hazar Imam, His Highness the Aga Khan. Mawlana Hazar Imam will ...
"The esoteric (batini) vision, realized through pious works and the constant remembrance of God during the nightly vigil, as well as the exoteric (zaheri) vision, and beholding the gateway of God's mercy, becomes the ultimate purpose of human life....Piety should be for the purpose of recognizing and beholding God, which is achieved through the recognition and vision of the Imam of ...
LETTER FROM PUBLISHER Eastern Canada shown in green on map on left consists of the provinces of New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, and Quebec. The total population is 23,946,177 (2016), and approximately 40-45,000 Ismailis live in these provinces. Map (left) Connormah - Wikipedia, CC BY 1.0, , and (right) Natural Resources, Canada. Lets us make ...
"Any leader of any global community hopes and prays for one thing - peace; peace in every community, in every country of the world, so that men and women can live in safety, build their futures with strength, courage, hope and wisdom. These are the values that the leaders of my community, my institutions and myself, are intimately linked with and ...
Compiled by MALIK MERCHANT Publisher/editor, Barakah I. 1877- 85: Birth and Enthronement of the Aga Khan at Age Seven as 48th Ismaili Imam November 2, 2017, marks the 140th birth anniversary of the 48th Ismaili Imam, His Highness the Aga Khan, Sir Sultan Mahomed Shah. Born in Karachi in 1877, he succeded his father, Imam Shah Aly Shah (a.s.), Aga Khan ...
As the New York Asia Society prepares to honour His Highness the Aga Khan on Wednesday November 1 with the 2017 Lifetime Achievement Award, we present below a short introductory video prepared for the event as well as a condensed version of the Aga Khan's fascinating speech that he delivered to the Society 38 years ago, on September 25, 1979. In ...
October 28, 2017. Raas in Ottawa to celebrate Mawlana Hazar Imam's forthcoming visit to Eastern Canada . Raas is a hand clapping dance that is performed in circles - it can be slow or fast paced, depending on the beat of the music. Photo: Safiq Devji. By ABDULMALIK J. MERCHANT (Editor/Publisher of Barakah, Simerg and Simergphotos) Sherbet and cake along with ...
His Highness the Aga Khan, Mawlana Hazar Imam, shares a light moment with his followers at the Diamond Jubilee Darbar in Kampala, Uganda on October 10, 2017. Photo: The Ismaili/Zahur Ramji. Ismailis gasp in delight at announcement of Mawlana Hazar Imam's visit to Canada in November 2017 By MALIK MERCHANT (Editor) Note: Pertinent and meaningful material to prepare for Mawlana Hazar ...
"The Aga Khan is a wise practitioner of this brand of diplomacy [of sharing knowledge across borders and disciplines]. He appreciates that the success of our increasingly interdependent world is based on people of many faiths, cultures and values expressing tolerance, openness and understanding towards others. The depth of His Highness' commitment to diplomacy and pluralism is profound. I know this ...
"The fireworks went up into the sky, the images of the green and red flag, popularly known for many years as 'My Flag' appeared. The crest of the Imam appeared. Then archangels sent down diamonds as Mawlana Sultan Mahomed Shah appeared in the scales being weighed in diamonds. It was most spectacular and awe inspiring. At age 90, Kulsumbai says, "I ...
By ANDREW KOSOROK In Western media there is a consistently badgering narrative reminding us that Islam is a vast monolith of secret, closely knit terrorist cells, just aching for the go-ahead to make their dastardly move. Except for the serious subject matter, this absurdity is almost comically profound -- but when mere moments are given to news consumption in social media, ...
(The material on this page will be updated at regular intervals, as more information is made available - ed.) The United Nations Association of the United States of America (UNA-USA) and the United Nations Foundation presented His Highness the Aga Khan with the "Champion for Global Change" Award at the annual Global Leadership Dinner held on October 18, 2017 at Gotham ...
By AUSTIN BUKENYA The Most Excellent Order of the Pearl of Africa was on Monday, October 9, conferred upon the Aga Khan. This was at Uganda's 55th Independence Day festivities in the Western region of the country, close to the world-famous Queen Elizabeth National Park. The Order of the Pearl of Africa is the country's highest possible award and it derives ...
We are pleased to provide a comprehensive coverage of His Highness the Aga Khan's recent Diamond Jubilee visits to Uganda and Tanzania. The photos and reports are compiled from the official Ismaili community website. We also have links to important articles and videos that appeared on websites across East Africa. We invite our Ismaili readers to share their personal accounts of ...
AUDIO RECORDING OF REMARKS BY HIS HIGHNESS THE AGA KHAN UPON RECEIVING UGANDA'S HIGHEST HONOUR ON OCTOBER 9, 2017 ~~~~~~~~~~~ COVERAGE FROM BUSHENYI, OCTOBER 9, 2017 ~~~~~~~~~~~ ARRIVAL ON SATURDAY OCTOBER 8, 2017 October 8, 2017: His Excellency President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and His Highness the Aga Khan in conversation at Entebbe State House. Photo: AKDN/Zahur Ramji. Mawlana Hazar Imam, His ...
COMPILED BY SALIM AND ZAHIDA RAHEMTULLA Recently my father and I read through over 140 of the speeches of Mawlana Hazar Imam, His Highness the Aga Khan, from the years 2000-2017. Immersing ourselves within his history of insights over the last two decades, we were charged with the difficult task of selecting a few quotes under categories ranging from education, ethics ...
By ANDREW KOSOROK "Acquire knowledge. It enableth its possessor to distinguish right from wrong; it lighteth the way to Heaven; it is our friend in the desert, our society in solitude, our companion when friendless; it guideth us to happiness; it sustaineth us in misery; it is an ornament among friends, and an armor against enemies." -- Prophet Muhammad Populist media ...
A thank you letter to Prince Amyn for a life of service and dedication to Mawlana Hazar Imam, His Highness the Aga Khan Editor's note: Though discreet and always working behind the scenes, Prince Amyn's contribution to the Imamat institutions have always been influential and impactful. On the occasion of Prince Amyn's 80th birthday on September 12, 2017, Azeem Maherali offers ...
"The [AKDN] network's unique merger of commercial business and philanthropy has allowed it to reach more people by reinvesting profits into development work. [The Aga Khan] has a very fine mind for investing -- and he does a bloody good job balancing the task of increasing his capital with that of advancing the needs of his followers. At the end of ...
By HIS HIGHNESS THE AGA KHAN (Excerpts from an address delivered by Prince Karim Aga Khan to the 30th General Assembly of the International Press Institute in Nairobi, Kenya, on March 2, 1981. The excerpts are compiled and selected from the text of the speech available at AKDN and the April 3, 1981 edition of The Christian Science Monitor - ed. ...
BY ANDREW KOSOROK "And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse." -- Malachi 4:6 Yes, I'm quoting the Old Testament in a conversation about the Aga Khan. Many Christian traditions take this passage to be a reference to ...
BY BRUNO FRESCHI, OC "The Aga Khan's inspired vision of architecture as "The Earthly Paradise" is both a conceptual paradigm and an obligation. It invokes a sustainable, transcultural language of architecture that contributes to making this world a better place...My first encounter with his passionate mission was as architect for the Burnaby Jamatkhana and Centre. This was, at first, a search ...
