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Rajapour impresses in Prix Isonomy at Deauville
Two-year-old Aga Khan homebred now unbeaten in three starts. RAJAPOUR maintained his unbeaten record and picked up his first piece of blacktype on Wednesday, with a two-length victory in the Listed Prix Isonomy at Deauville. The two-year-old son of Almanzor and Gr.2 winner RAYDARA, who is also a half-brother to Group-placed Ridenza, looks an exciting prospect for next season's Classics, having ...
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VIDEO: Shafique Virani -- The Clash of Ignorance | TEDx UTSC
With shocking evidence, hilarious anecdotes, heart-wrenching stories, and brilliant insights into world events, Dr. Shafique Virani urges us to confront the Clash of Ignorance between the West and the Muslim World, replacing walls of misinformation with bridges of understanding. Appealing to the best in human nature, Shafique presents a visionary path forward, and inspires hope for a better future. ...
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Part 7 -- Islam RoundUp: The Best of YouTube
Features a short clip on various personal stories of Muslims; a documentary of The Caliph (Al-Jazeera, Part 3); a lecture on the path of extreme love in Persian Islam by Omid Safi; a discussion on radicalism (UpFront); a talk on Islamic liberation theology by Farid Esack; a conversation on Distant Muslims by Akeel Bilgrami...and more. ...
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The Socio-Economic Aspects of the Fatimid Caliphate
By Sadru K. HassamUnder the Fatimids, Egypt became the center of an empire that included at its peak North Africa, Sicily, Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, the Red Sea coast of Africa, Yemen and the Hejaz. Egypt flourished, and the Fatimids developed an extensive trade and diplomatic network and ties which extended all the way to China and its Song Dynasty. Map Credit: ...
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AI Is Not (Yet) an Intelligent Cause
MINDMATTERS.AI -- So-called "white hat" hackers who test the security of AI have found it surprisingly easy to fool. Last week [2018] a group of researchers described a turtle they had 3D printed. Most people would say it looks just like a turtle, but an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm saw it differently. Most of the time, the AI thought the turtle looked like a rifle. In another test a computer scientist at UC Berkeley subtly altered a stop sign with stickers. It fooled an autonomous vehicle's image recognition system into "thinking" it was a 45 mph speed limit sign. Humans could immediately recognize the stop sign, but the car did not. It's no wonder that autonomous car makers shuddered at the results. ...
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Tashkent's Underground Masterpieces: Subway or Museum?
ARAMCOWORLD.COM -- [ISMAILI DIGEST ED: Be sure to go through the many slide shows in article. Recall, too, the video of Tehran's amazing subway we posted two months ago.] ARTICLE: In 1964, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Uzbekistan, Sharof Rashidov, envisioned more than a utilitarian transportation system for Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan: He wanted a metro that could reflect the history and culture of the Uzbek people. Each of the breathtaking 29 stations (with plans for 45 more by 2025) is a chapter in Uzbekistan's history, a story told in tileworks, murals and mosaics amid elegantly thematic lighting and architecture. "We wanted to make the Metro even better than the Moscow's, which was like a fairy tale," explains Vladimir Burmakin. Muhammad Ali likens Tashkent's subway stations, its art and architecture, to entering a museum where one can view history and culture exhibited on the walls. At Alisher Navoiy station, sculptor Ahmet Shaymuradov spent four years ...
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New Moon on Friday – Shukarwari Beej
By Mumtaz Ali Tajddin S.Ali Beej is one of the most important rites in the Indian tradition of the Ismailis.The Hindi word beej means crescent. When the new moon falls on Friday, the Ismailis keep a fast - a tradition that came down since the period of Pir Shams, known as shukarwari beej (Friday's crescent). Later, Pir Sadr al-Din and Pir ...
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'Guardian of Faith': The Spiritual Authority of the Imam in Shia Ismaili Islam
ISMAILIWELLSPRINGS.WORDPRESS.COM -- As Quran declares, appointment of the rightful Imam is not the function of ordinary human beings, but is prerogative only of Allah, as this verse categorically declares: "And We made them Imams guiding by Our command...." In Shia tradition, there is no room for Qyas (analogy) or Istishab (association) for murids to decide who can be their Imam. Only Imam has authority - that has been bestowed to him by God - to decide who will be the Imam next to him. In Shia Islam, Imamat is a hereditary office which is transferred from one Imam to the next through 'Nas'. ...
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NanoWisdoms - Extend. Quotes Wisdom: Hazrat Ali on giving and generosity
"Most noble actions are bearing the debts of others, and entertaining one's guests." "Do not be ashamed if the amount of charity is small because to return the needy empty-handed is an act of greater shame." "A man without faith lacks generosity." "One who will give nothing, loses praise." "The better part of generosity is speedy giving." "Give to a poor ...
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News Flash for Digest + Ignition April 2021 -- Jamat's Choice: Most Popular Articles & Videos
Ismaili Digest Exclusive for April 2021 -- Each month enjoy the most popular new articles and videos viewed by the Jamat from over 36 of the best Ismaili websites with just one click! 'Most popular' means most viewed post(s) on each website (excluding duplicate postings, Event Alerts and COVID-19 advice) without social media influence. NOTE: Posts are randomly ordered.
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News Flash for Digest + Ignition Editor's Choice: Simerg -- 3 randomly chosen articles
Click here to view in your web browser if this email does not display properly Editor's Choice Parable: For Hodja, Pretending to be Foolish has its Rewards... Hodja: A Fool or Intelligent? The Hodja had already become a sort of attraction at the main market in the town. Whenever he went there to beg, people would show him a large ...
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