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Rex Murphy: Cutting honours programs and keeping smart kids down proves the silliness of 'inclusivity'
NATIONALPOST.COM -- [ISMAILI DIGEST ED: Hazar Imam, 2006: "Our goal, then, is not to provide special education for a privileged elite -- but to provide an exceptional education for the truly exceptional."] ARTICLE: Most educators strive to further student excellence. Absurdly, the Vancouver School Board is doing the opposite. Under what has now become the idolatrous trinity of diversity, inclusion and equity, the school board has chopped classes for those who are gifted in mathematics and science. They chopped the honours English program five years ago. The children of other nations, particularly poorer nations, are not shunting their brightest and best off to some sidecar of mediocrity. They appreciate talent; they applaud excellence. The school board is also cutting all sports programs and competitions. They will also end all coaching for students who show special skills at hockey, track and field, wrestling and ping pong. "Sports competitions are ... deeply at variance with equity and inclusion goals." said one staff member. I wonder ...
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California Leftists Try to Cancel Math Class
INDEPENDENT.ORG -- [ISMAILI DIGEST ED: Hazar Imam, 2005: "The reality is that not all students are created equal intellectually."] ARTICLE: The proposed California Math Framework states "We reject ideas of natural gifts and talents." It repeatedly recommends teachers use the troubling document, "A Pathway to Equitable Math Instruction" which states that (a) forthrightly addressing students' mistakes, (b) a focus on "getting the right answer," (c) requiring students "show their work" and (d) grading them on demonstrated knowledge are all indicators of "white supremacy in the mathematics classroom." The manual also says that "the concept of mathematics being purely objective is unequivocally false" and that "upholding the idea that there are always right and wrong answers perpetuates 'objectivity.' " The framework rejects preparing students for Algebra I in 8th grade. Students in Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan master Algebra I in 8th grade or even ...
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Russia names alternative to Western 'amorality'
RT.COM -- [ISMAILI DIGEST ED: Hazar Imam, 1967: Western societies "face social and moral conflicts far more daunting than Asia or Africa.... It is my deepest conviction that if Islamic society is to avoid following blindly the course of Western society without taking the trouble to raise guards against the latter's weaknesses and deficiencies, a thorough rediscovery, revitalisation and reintegration of our traditional values must be achieved." ~~ Hazar Imam, 2001: "[In Islam, marriage] is a contract between a man and a woman."] ARTICLE: Russia's Ministry of Culture published a draft order setting out "traditional values" that must be protected from encroachment by foreign ideas amid a "global crisis" for public morality. The document provides "the foundations of government policy for protecting and strengthening traditional Russian spiritual and moral values" such as "a strong family and prioritizing the spiritual over the material." Last month, President Putin told journalists that he "sincerely hopes that our society has the moral armor to protect us against" progressive Western ideas infiltrating Russia. Following a nationwide vote, he signed a series of constitutional reforms including the stipulation that marriage is defined solely as a union between a man and a woman. In 2013 ...
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Cancelling Russia
THEEPOCHTIMES.COM -- [ISMAILI DIGEST ED: Hazar Imam, 2016: "Often, we find it easier to define our identity by what we are against, than by what we are for."] ARTICLE: Cancel culture penalises anyone with views not approved by the left. Now, it's targeting the whole of Russia and all things Russian. Besides America, Western countries are all getting into the game. One of the world's great chess players was banned because he supports the Russian president, people, and army. If India invaded Pakistan -- rightly or wrongly -- 99% of Indians will support the Indian prime minister, people and army. An international cat federation has banned Russian cats and a global tree festival has banned a tree planted almost two centuries ago by a great Russian writer. There is something comic in all this. Will all this virtue signalling really make Putin change his mind? Why should the Russian people ...
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Ontario students still struggling to make the grade in math, EQAO scores show
THESTAR.COM -- Following the 2019 [pre-pandemic] release of Ontario provincial test scores, the Toronto District School Board can't explain why most math results are dropping. Across Ontario only 58% (down from 63% and 71%, 4 and 9 years earlier) of 3rd graders are performing at or above provincial standards. And just 48% (down from 50% and 61%, 4 and 9 years earlier) of 6th graders are performing at or above provincial standards. In Toronto, the largest school board in Canada with 246,000 students, 3rd and 6th graders are doing worse than the provincial average. Only 61% of 3rd graders and 53% of 6th graders are meeting standards. At the Toronto Catholic District School Board, just 58% of 3rd graders and 44% of 6th graders met standards. In Peel District ...
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Who Benefits From Cancelling Achievement Standards?
ZEROHEDGE.COM -- [ISMAILI DIGEST ED: Hazar Imam, 2007: "The path to meritocracy in leadership is meritocracy in education."] ARTICLE: In 2021 there's an outright holy war against scholastic achievement. Oregon passed a bill that says high school students don't need be able to read, write, and do math to graduate, even though the latest Rasmussen survey finds that 81% of American adults oppose such laws and only 12% favor them. Mathematics, we are told, should be replaced by "social justice" mathematics, in which there are no correct answers and, in English, students should not be judged on the quality of their writing. Recruitment of future scientists and science teachers and researchers should no longer be based on achievement, merit, and potential, but on "diversity, equity, and inclusion." Opinion polling shows that a supermajority of Americans, including every racial minority group, oppose ...
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California State University Permanently Ends Standardized Test Requirements for Admissions
THEEPOCHTIMES.COM -- [ISMAILI DIGEST ED: Hazar Imam, 1978: "Some might say that our academic systems [in Aga Khan schools] are a little old-fashioned. Yes, we believe in examinations."] ARTICLE: California State University, the largest public university system in the United States, said it will no longer use entrance exams in undergraduate admissions. ACT criticized the move, arguing that it is more likely to harm than help students, especially those of underrepresented demographics who depend on standardized test scores to showcase their academic achievements. "Abandoning objective assessments, like the ACT test, introduces greater subjectivity and uncertainty into the admissions process," ACT said in a statement. "Solving the prevailing education inequities requires focus on root causes, rather than dismissing the tools that substantially improve our understanding of them," the company added. Both Cal State and UC administrators suspended ...
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Yasmin Aga Khan: A Princess with a Mission
Princess Yasmin Aga Khan. Photo: Alzheimer's Association. THE 34TH ANNUAL RITA HAYWORTH GALA, SATURDAY APRIL 23, 2022, HILTON CHICAGO (An in person event with Princess Yasmin in attendance) By SADRUDDIN NOORANI Member of the Rita Hayworth Gala Steering Committee "The fight to end Alzheimer's hasn't stopped, and neither have we" were the concluding words spoken by Princess Yasmin Aga Khan during the ...
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Religious Architecture: Chapel for Saint Mary's School, USA
ARCHDAILY.COM -- This intimate chapel for a religiously-oriented California high school is a restorative retreat; the rise of the sleekly articulated white concrete building is both icon and marker. Designed to serve the students, many of whom are low-income, the chapel, while belonging to a Catholic school, was considered as a spiritual space, one that invites the challenges and difficulties of young adulthood to be considered and processed in a sacred, silent, and light-filled space. An honesty of materials sets the tone for a space devoted to quiet for a community (high schoolers and their teachers) that can be otherwise bustling, noisy, and ...
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Religious Architecture: Mary Help of Christian Church, Thailand
ARCHDAILY.COM -- With the increasing Catholic community and tourists on Samui island, Suratthani, Bishop Joseph Prathan Sridarunsil decided build a new church and named it "Mary Help of Christian Church." The architect, inspired by the church's name, turned to the Holy Bible relating to holy Annunciation of Mary as inspiration for his design. From Luke 1:35 and 1:38, the appearance of the angel conveying the Holy message to Mary was humble, simple yet powerful. In designing the building, the architect conveys this message in a simple way with its internal space and light to create a feeling of security as in the mother womb. The building's exterior was designed in a combined form of praying hands, Angel wings and ...
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Religious Architecture: Tainan Tung-Men Holiness Church, Taiwan (ROC)
ARCHDAILY.COM -- The new church is surrounded by secular residential buildings and so, responding to this contextual city fabric as well as the pastor's vision, the lower floors of the church are used as socializing spaces including a coffee shop and family-friendly book store, inviting the community in and knitting the church closely with the life of the neighborhood. While the dematerializing, white staircase leading to the sanctuary above transforms the spatial characteristic from the mundane to sanctified space by guiding the act of rising and turning through spilled natural light. The spiritual sanctuary is a raised two-story cubical volume illuminated by soft and sacred light filtered through the aluminum perforated screens on ...
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Religious Education -- BoAI Vol #1
GOOGLE.COM -- I hope my frank remarks will not be taken too harshly. With this fear of offending others, we have failed to communicate our real feelings. In reviewing Mr. Amin Amershi's report, "The problems facing the Ismaili Youth in East Africa," I think he is not far wrong about the our youth's total ignorance of Ismailism and Islam. Has the Association [now ITREB] ever taken a survey to find out how much our young people know? Mr. Amershi states "The young people have isolated religion from life and now consider religion as useless. In this state of ignorance Western religious scepticism poses a serious threat." The youth is frustrated in no uncertain ...
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Aga Khan lines on offer at Inglis Easter
Three yearlings for sale in partnership with Arrowfield. Buyers at the Inglis Easter Yearling Sale will get the chance to buy into the bloodlines of the Aga Khan, as three yearlings will be up for auction in partnership with Arrowfield Stud. This partnership has most famously produced exciting young sire THE AUTUMN SUN, a five-time Group 1 winner and record breaker ...
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Erevann makings a winning start
Dubawi colt remains unbeaten. Beautifully bred three-year-old EREVANN made a winning start to 2022 in the hotly contested Prix Comrade at Saint-Cloud finishing ahead of Haya Zark, a son of ZARAK. His trainer Jean-Claude Rouget said after the race: "I've always liked this colt: he is a nice horse, easy-going and he finishes his races well. He's by Dubawi out of ...
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Standing with Afghans at a time of dire need
Global -- Afghanistan is at a critical point in its history. Since 1990, the country's Human Development Index score has increased by almost 70 per cent despite numerous political and security uncertainties. However, this progress faces an existential challenge following the collapse of the government on 15 August 2021. The resulting social, economic, and political shocks have had serious repercussions for ...
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Online learning at UCA: a story of adaptation
Global -- On 15 March 2020, during the spring semester, the University of Central Asia (UCA) campus in Naryn closed abruptly, to stop the spread of Covid-19. Students and teachers were faced with a challenging question: how to continue classes and learning, when everyone had been asked to stay at home? Like all other educational institutions, UCA had to find a ...
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Why do Ismailis seek help from Hazrat Ali and the Imams?
Global -- Many religious communities around the world, including both Sunni and Shia Muslims, believe in the concept of intercession, which means to plead or intervene on behalf of another. Believers ask those who are considered close to God to intercede with the Lord on their behalf. Many religious communities around the world, including both Sunni and Shia Muslims, believe in ...
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Dar sangue, dar vida
Portugal -- O Ismaili CIVIC Portugal dinamizou hoje uma campanha de dádiva de sangue no Centro Ismaili, em Lisboa. O Príncipe Hussain e a Ministra da Saúde estiveram presentes na campanha, organizada com o objetivo de aumentar as reservas de sangue no país. English O serviço voluntário há muito que faz parte da tradição Ismaili, assim como o reconhecimento da santidade ...
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Giving blood, gifting life
Global -- Ismaili CIVIC Portugal hosted a blood donation campaign today at the Ismaili Centre in Lisbon. The Portuguese Minister for Health and Prince Hussain attended the pop-up clinic, organised to boost blood reserves in the country. Em Português Service and volunteering have long been part of Ismaili tradition, as has the recognition of the sanctity of human life. In the ...
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Statement by Prince Rahim Aga Khan at the virtual Afghanistan Conference 2022
Bismillah-ir-Rahman-ir-Rahim Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, On behalf of His Highness the Aga Khan, I thank the Governments of Germany, Qatar, the United Kingdom, as well as the United Nations, for convening this meeting at a time when so many Afghans are in peril. Since August, despite huge challenges, in cooperation with UN agencies, the Aga Khan Development Network has maintained its life-saving work across Afghanistan: ...
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