Kindly share with your friends, family members, relatives and all your other contacts around the world via email, the social media and by word of mouth! Thank you - ed. A marvellous end to 2016! Mawlana Hazar Imam is applauded by members of his family as a cake is presented to him for his landmark 80th birthday, making him the ...
INTRODUCED BY ABDULMALIK MERCHANT (with material from The Ismaili website) A mosaic of colourful Salgirah cards prepared by children of Burnaby Lake jamatkhana on the occasion of Mawlana Hazar Imam's 80th birthday. Photo: Malik Merchant/Simerg "No ocean, no mountain, and no desert can keep the Imam from his murids," was the caring message that Mawlana Shah Karim al-Hussaini Hazar Imam, His ...
Malik Talib Mr. Malik Talib, the President of His Highness the Aga Khan Shia Imami Ismaili Council for Canada, along with the Chairmen of the Ismaili Tariqah and Religious Education Board (Dr. Kabir Jivraj), Grants and Review Board (Mr. Amir Lakhani), and Conciliation and Arbitration Board (Mr. Karim Sunderji), and the Mukhi of Darkhana Jamatkhana (Mr. Zahir Bhatia) issued the following ...
SALGIRAH MUBARAK TO ISMAILIS AROUND THE WORLD A portrait of His Highness the Aga Khan. Photo: Jean-Marc Carisse. Copyright. Introduced by Abdulmalik Merchant (Editor: Simerg, Simergphotos and barakah) Spread in various countries around the world, the Shia Imami Ismailis have their own innumerable ways for celebrating important religious occasions according to their various cultural, social and religious traditions and backgrounds. One ...
Editor's note: The following piece on Prophet Muhammad (s.a.s.) has been adapted from Dr. Amir Gulamhussein's article, "Significance of the Celebration of the Birthday of Prophet Muhammad," which appeared in Ilm, volume 12, Number 2, December 1989, on pages 15-21. The flagship Ismaili magazine was published by the Ismaili Tariqah and Religious Education Board (ITREB) for the United Kingdom from 1975 ...
The Jamat of Hunza accept the gracious deedar (glimpse) of Mawlana Hazar Imam, His Highness the Aga Khan, as he visits the Princely State in the Northern Areas of Pakistan in 1960. Hunza was then governed by the Mir of Hunza, who is seen following Hazar Imam. Photo: Abdul M. Ismaily. Copyright. INTRODUCED BY ABDULMALIK MERCHANT Editor/Publisher, For the first ...
This Interesting and Well Presented PBS Program is Worth Watching [and Rewatching] Click on image or on any text below for link to interview/transcript. INTRODUCED BY ABDULMALIK MERCHANT With an Advisory Aboard consisting of distinguished educators and scholars representing different faiths, the Religion & Ethic Newsweekly of PBS has set itself apart by providing distinctive, cutting-edge news coverage and analysis of ...
By Abdulmalik Merchant (Editor ) John Nuraney (October 31, 1937 - November 21, 2016) by the Centennial Flame at the Lawn of the Parliament Building in Ottawa. Photo: Facebook page. I first met Mr. John Nuraney on the opening day of the Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat Building in Ottawa on Saturday, December 6, 2008, just a week before the Golden ...
We are very sad to report that Mr. John Nuraney passed away on November 21, 2016 at the age of 79. We convey our deepest condolences to his family. The BC Premier, Christy Clark, said in a statement that Mr. Nuraney was a mentor and a friend, and the Ismaili community has lost one of its most respected leaders. Please click ...
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BY SARA BADRUDDIN The word on the street The words through upstate roads read; 'Trump & Pence -- make America great again'. Broken parts and broken starts looking for a change. A shake up! a break up! A nuclear-headed rake up. Of wall-making, fear-shaking, yet history has shown, the best way to make ahead, use the pen not the sword. 'No ...
"Alvi, dressed in low-hanging shorts and a Yankees cap, is far from a fundamentalist: He's Wakhi, part of an ethnic group with Persian origins. And like everyone else here, he is Ismaili--a follower of a moderate branch of Islam whose imam is the Aga Khan, currently residing in France. There are 15 million Ismailis around the world, and 20,000 live here ...
"I wish you all success, good health, happiness, everything you wish, everything you wish for, Best Blessings." - Mawlana Hazar Imam, His Highness the Aga Khan. Please see one minute video footage from October 19, 2016, below. LETTER FROM PUBLISHER By Abdulmalik Merchant Mawlana Hazar Imam, His Highness the Aga Khan, pictured at the Olympia Hall, London, during his weeklong visit ...
PIR SADARDIN SAYS: The True Guide is the Sustainer of the Universe Channel your devotion to this (True) Guide And you shall attain to the Eternal Station....translation, verse 8 PLEASE CLICK: Supreme Knowledge: A Sublime Gift of Ismaili Ginans Gujarati text of ginan Karsanaji Bhanare Arjun Sambharo composed by Pir Sadardin. Image: Ginan Central, University of Saskatchewan, Canada. Please click on ...
A COMMENTARY ON PIR SADARDIN'S KARSANAJI BHANARE ARJUN SAMBHARO [1] By Shiraz Pradhan In the Katha Upanishad there is a story of Nachiketas. [2] He was an honest, innocent boy. One time his father was making sacrifices to the gods to secure his afterlife. Nachiketas observed that his father was sacrificing those cows and animals that were old or sick and ...
His Excellency Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, President of Afghanistan (right) with His Highness the Aga Khan, Founder and Chairman of the Aga Khan Development Network and 49th Imam of Ismaili Muslims. Photo: European Union. Copyright. Mawlana Hazar Imam, His Highness the Aga Khan, the 49th Imam of Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims, is attending the Brussels Conference on Afghanistan on Wednesday, 5 October, ...
Happy children at the Dushanbe Ismaili Centre. For a collection of remarkable photos of Tajikistan at Simergphotos, please click on links provided below. BBC Travel has just published a gallery of photos on the Pamirs of Gorno-Badakhshan, a vast region mainly inhabited by Ismaili Muslims. To view the gallery, please click on Living on the Roof of the World. We invite ...
By Abdulmalik Merchant (Publisher-Editor, , and ) Photo: The Ismaili/Lisa Sakulensky. Copyright. Note: Superimposition of text on photo by Simerg. There were many cherishable and memorable moments on Wednesday, September 21, 2016, at Koerner Hall in Toronto when the inaugural Adrienne Clarkson Prize for Global Citizenship was presented to His Highness the Aga Khan. World renowned vocalist and songwriter Rufus ...
"He is the 49th hereditary Imam of the Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims. He is a direct descendant of the Prophet Mohammed, peace be upon him, through the Prophet's cousin and son-in-law Ali, the first Imam and his wife Fatima, the Prophet's daughter...Through his words, through his actions, and through the results obtained by the institutions that he has pioneered, he is ...
"As you have seen from recent days, here in Karachi, but also in other parts of Pakistan, the Jamat that has been here comes from many different countries, speaks many different languages, comes from different backgrounds, cultural backgrounds, but remember, please remember, that you are one Jamat; that you recognise the same Imam of the Time." Mawlana Hazar Imam, His Highness ...
Note from the Publisher/Editor (August 28, 2016): Lately, it has not been possible for Simerg to publish new articles that have been submitted by numerous authors, and for this we offer our sincerest apologies to our contributors and readers around the world. Normal publication on this website and Simerg's two sister websites, simergphotos.com and barakah.com authors will resume during the latter ...
Frederik van Oudenhoven happily displaying the 688 page book "With Our Own Hands" that he co-authored with Jamila Haider. Photo: Facebook page, PamirFoodandLife "Those of us reading this book several thousand miles away from the Pamir Mountains cannot fail to be moved by the celebration of human diversity and dignity. I hope this book will act as a spur to other ...
Please click on photo or www.Barakah.com © Ulstein Bild, Getty Images, 1960. Please click on photo for Barakah. SIMERG LAUNCHES BARAKAH TO CELEBRATE INSPIRING LIFE OF 49TH ISMAILI IMAM In fifty-two weeks, on 11th July, 2017, Ismailis around the world, along with the wider societies within which they live, will celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of the accession to the Imamat of ...
A portrait of Prince Karim Aga Khan IV during his enthronement in Geneva, Switzerland after his grandfather, His Highness the Aga Khan III, passed away on July 11, 1957. Photo by Philippe Le Tellier/Paris Match via Getty Images. The doctrine of Imamat has been central in Shia Islam since the designation by the Prophet Muhammad (s.a.s.) of Hazrat Ali (a.s.) as ...
BY SHARIFFA KESHAVJEE This Imamat Day O Mawla Is a promise for a thirsty heart Innumerable will be the facets of the Diamond Jubilee As we in anticipation await humble of heart Make us worthy of this blessing O Mawla a prayer rises from my heart At the feet of Shah Sultan Mahomed Shah An innocent babe in naive anticipation Your ...
INTRODUCED BY SULTAN JESSA From some of the densest urban areas to the remotest corners of this earth, the fanous or lantern of the second Ismaili Jubilee Games has been welcomed worldwide by hundreds of thousands of Ismailis with deep joy, and has generated an immense amount of interest for the games that will commence in Dubai on July 22, 2016. ...
"Recite: In the Name of thy Lord who created, created Man of a blood-clot. Recite: And thy Lord is the Most Generous, who taught by the Pen, taught Man that he knew not." -- Holy Qur'an, Sura al-Alaq, 96:1-5, translation by A.J. Arberry. An Egyptian calligraphy of the first lines of Sura Al-Alaq (The Clot) - the 96th sura of the ...
Note from the editor: "A New Leaf Everyday" is a compilation by Simerg of verses from the Holy Qur'an, the traditions of the Prophet Muhammad (may peace be upon him) and excerpts from speeches and farmans of Ismaili Imams (or their family members) that are pertinent to the message on a different leaf which has been presented (almost) everyday on this ...
"A great school will educate its students not merely to be personally successful but also to use their gifts to build their communities and enhance the common good to levels beyond our dreams." - His Highness the Aga Khan, Mombasa Aga Khan Academy Inauguration, December 20, 2003. PLEASE CLICK:A Civil Society Endeavour: Ismaili Educators Helping Educate Marginalised Children in Nairobi Please ...
Editor's note: Naren Varambhia, an avid reader of Simerg residing in London, England, recently brought to our attention a piece on cricket which Premji Vaghela had contributed for a "Dar-es-Salaam Jambo Reunion" that took place in Toronto, Canada, on August 9-10, 1997. Mr. Premji Vaghela is now a hundred years old and lives in Toronto, Canada: Photo: Premji Vaghela Collection. Copyright. ...
"A part of me has gone...he was the greatest human being I have ever met...Muhammad Ali was beautiful...He was a brave American...A brave man of the world...He was real...Boxing was too small for him...He is a part of mankind...God bless Muhammad Ali's family" -- George Foreman in an interview with BBC upon hearing of Muhammad Ali's death. ~~~~~ Ali's daughter, Hana, ...
BY ABDULMALIK MERCHANT Editor, Simerg Together-Ensemble Truck at the parking lot across from the Ismaili Centre, Burnaby, where over 300 visitors got a glimpse of the work of the Aga Khan Foundation Canada. Photo: Malik Merchant, Simerg. It was my mother's fond wish to view the large 53 foot truck hosting the Aga Khan Foundation's mobile Together-Ensemble exhibition at the Ismaili ...
BY ABDULMALIK J. MERCHANT Publisher-Editor, Simerg The bus is travelling across Canada and offers perspectives of Global Development to thousands of Canadians. Photo: Aga Khan Foundation. Editors' note: After being on the road for the past 12 months, the "Together-Ensemble" is now in Vancouver. The mobile exhibition, which has covered a distance of 19,000 kms, is housed in a 53-foot truck ...
WATCH LIVE: The world is witnessing the highest level of human suffering since the Second World War. This is why, for the first time in the 70-year history of the United Nations, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has convened the World Humanitarian Summit (WHS) in Istanbul on 23 -24 May. The Summit will be held at the highest political level possible. ...
Photographs: Jean-Marc Carisse, Text compilation: Abdulmalik Merchant, Editor, Simerg Please click on photos for enlargement WITH PRIME MINISTER His Highness the Aga Khan looks straight at the camera as he greets Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday, May 17, 2016, at the Office of the Prime Minister located at the Centre Block of Parliament Hill in Ottawa. Photo: Jean-Marc Carisee. ...
Lisbon's Palácio Henrique de Mendonçae is a historical building located in an extremely exclusive neighbourhood, and is part of a panoramic green area of three hectares in the heart of the city. The turn-of-the-century palace combines stunning architecture and traditional Portuguese interiors. It was designed between 1900 and 1902 by Ventura Terra and completed in 1909, when it was awarded the ...
"It doesn't often happen that one needs to find superlatives to describe a book. For 'With Our Own Hands', an entirely unique book about the hard life and beautiful culture in the Pamir Mountains, it is inevitable. In size, rigor and thoughtfulness [this book] has become a touching piece of art." -- Geerdt Magiels, Vrije Universiteit Brussel. PLEASE CLICK The Story ...
Introduced and compiled by Abdulmalik Merchant Publisher-Editor, Simerg and Simergphotos Frederik van Oudenhoven happily displaying "With Our Own Hands" that he co-authored with Jamila Haider. Photo: Facebook page, PamirFoodandLife "This...may be one of the most beautiful books I have ever read..!" noted award winning Dutch journalist Frénk van der Linden in an interview on Dutch national radio, while Bouillon Magazine called ...
While ascent (al-ma'arij) in its simple meaning gives a clue to the upward direction of the Prophet's journey, it proclaims very emphatically that if God has placed man on this earth, He has also set up a ladder for man to climb up to Him. No wonder Allah calls Himself the Lord of the Ways of Ascent (Dhu 'l-ma'arij)." -- Read ...
An important note to our readers: The website is undergoing maintenance and format changes over the next few days. The pages may look different each time you visit Simerg, and we ask you to bear with us during this temporary phase. Chandra's image of SN 1006 shows X-rays from multimillion degree gas (red/green) and high-energy electrons (blue). In the year 1006 ...
