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VIDEO: Why does Mawlana Hazar Imam insist we make value judgements? | Ignition Proposal

In our previous presentation on cosmopolitan ethics and pluralism, we cited extensive guidance from Mawlana Hazar Imam to explain why, on the one hand, he insists we embrace pluralism, and on the other, insists on firm moral boundaries which reject values not aligned with ours.

In this two-part series we ask, "Are your values aligned with Hazar Imam's?" by looking at what are and are not our values. In Part 1, using a First Principles approach, we look at a fatal misunderstanding about value judgments that prevents us from setting boundaries Hazar Imam insists we set to delineate what are and what are not our values.

In Part 2 (coming Sunday, November 28, details below), we will look at why just one notion, relativism, triggers most questions about values today, and why Hazar Imam rejects relativism in one word.

Both of these presentations will be of particular interest to parents, young adults and youth.

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Attend Part 2 this Sunday, November 28 (times below)

Title: Relativism. Hazar Imam rejects this one idea creating most of the confusion about values today.

Contact: zeemadhany@yahoo.com for Zoom link; open to Ismailis only.

Hosts: Zeenat and Faiza Spiritual Journey Platform
When: Sunday, November 28, 2021

11:00am - 2:00pm -- Vancouver/Los Angeles/Seattle
11:59am - 3:00pm -- Calgary/Denver
1:00pm - 4:00pm -- Winnipeg/Chicago/Houston
2:00pm - 5:00pm -- Toronto/New York/Miami
3:30pm - 6:00pm -- St. John's
7:00pm - 10:00pm -- Lisbon/London
8:00pm - 11:00pm -- Paris/Madrid/Kinshasa/Luanda
9:00pm - 11:59pm -- South Africa/Bujumbura/Maputo/Kigali
10:00pm - 1:00am -- Nairobi/Kampala/Dar es Salaam/Antananarivo
11:00pm - 2:00am -- Dubai
11:59pm - 3:00am -- Karachi/Dushanbe

About the Zeenat and Faiza Spiritual Journey Platform

In keeping with Mawlana Hazar Imam's guidance to "live your faith through acquiring knowledge with which to help others", the "Zeenat and Faiza Spiritual Journey Platform" was launched last year to help keep the global jamat engaged with our faith during COVID and hosts speakers from around the world.

Past speakers include Dr Hussein Rashid, Farouk Noormohamed, Dr Amyn Dahya and Nimira Dewji.

The Platform strives to offer a wide variety of perspectives about our faith with topics ranging from metaphysics and meditation, to Qur'anic teachings, to live readings of various books such as The Memoirs of Aga Khan III and Where Hope Takes Root.

 

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Ismaili Ignition

VIDEO: Presentation on Cosmopolitan Ethics and Pluralism: Why does Hazar Imam say both have been misunderstood? | Ignition Proposal

While cosmopolitan ethics sounds very complicated or arcane, in this presentation, we offer a practical, comprehensible, highly praised perspective about it, based on Hazar Imam's clear explanations. Then, building on that, we reconsider the relationship between cosmopolitan ethics and pluralism, suggesting why, as Hazar Imam himself has also had to point out, the two have been fundamentally misunderstood. Due to these misunderstandings, we discuss why pluralism degenerates into license, or unrestricted individual freedom, and undermines morality. And, finally, we conclude with a comprehensive collection of Hazar Imam's quotes highlighting his explicit judgments against morals and values which are inconsistent with our Ismaili Muslim value system.

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