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Geometric patterns in Islamic art emphasised unity and order
Tilework in the Mexuar, Alhambra, Spain. Image: Yannick Genin/Archnet In Islamic art, geometric patterns were combined, interlaced, and arranged in intricate combinations, thus becoming one of the most distinguishing features of the art. Islamic artists appropriated key elements from the classical tradition, then elaborated upon them, resulting in a form of decoration that stressed the importance of unity and order. The complex ...
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NanoWisdoms - Extend. Quotes His Highness the Aga Khan on the state of the Ummah today
"One of the challenges that has concerned me over many years, and which I have discussed with leading Muslim thinkers, is how education for Muslims can reclaim the inherent strengths that, at the height of their civilisations, equipped Muslim societies to excel in diverse areas of human endeavour. Clearly the intellectual development of the Ummah, is, and should remain, a central ...
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A Short Documentary on the Ismailis
FACEBOOK.COM -- QIAM NOORI -- Are Ismailis a sect of Islam? Is H.H. Prince Karim Aga Khan the 49th son of Ali, the successor of Prophet Mohammad? In this documentary, we are trying to determine the position of the Ismaili sect within Islam, the thoughts, as well as the Imamat of H.H. Prince Karim Aga Khan based on Qur'anic verses, Hadith, historical sources, and logical reasons. Prophet Mohammad was living his final days ...
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Quotes about Creativity and Innovation
LEADERSHIPNOW.COM -- "When all think alike, then no one is thinking." (Walter Lippman) -- "The uncreative mind can spot wrong answers, but it takes a very creative mind to spot wrong questions." (Anthony Jay) -- "Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you'll have to ram them down people's throats." (Howard Aiken) -- "Once we rid ourselves of traditional thinking we can get on with creating the future." (James Bertrand) -- "The essential part of creativity is not being afraid to fail." (Edwin H. Land) -- "The things we fear most in organizations - fluctuations, disturbances, imbalances - are the primary sources of creativity." (Margaret J. Wheatley) ...
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News Flash for Digest + Ignition March 2021 -- Jamat's Choice: Most Popular Articles & Videos
Ismaili Digest Exclusive for March 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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Deep Inside, Rioters Are Angry That They Never Learned Anything But Lies
THEFEDERALIST.COM -- Our educational institutions have stolen critical knowledge from young people and replaced it with identity politics and political correctness. In 2016, Notre Dame professor of Constitutional Studies Patrick Deneen wrote "our students' ignorance is not a failing of our educational system -- it is its crowning achievement." He described his students as "know nothings," good test-takers and nice people. "Their brains are largely empty. If you ask them basic questions, be prepared for averted eyes and somewhat panicked looks. Who fought in the Peloponnesian War? ... Who was Saul of Tarsus? ... Why does the Magna Carta matter? ... At best, they possess accidental knowledge but are, otherwise, masters of systematic ignorance. Our educational system's goals are built on content-free processes and unexamined buzz-words like 'critical thinking,' 'ways of knowing' and 'social justice.'" On the surface ...
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Part 2: Cosmopolitan Ethics vs. Pluralism: Have the two been fundamentally misunderstood? Why are there limits to pluralism? | Ignition Question #4b
In Part 1, of this two-part Ignition Question, we suggested that although cosmopolitan ethics may sound very scholarly, arcane or enigmatic it might not be so we proposed a more practical and comprehensible perspective of cosmopolitan ethics based on Hazar Imam's clear explanations about them. Here, in Part 2, again relying on Hazar Imam's extensive remarks, we reconsider the relationship between cosmopolitan ethics and pluralism, suggesting the two have been conflated leading to a fundamental misunderstanding of pluralism, which Hazar Imam has also said is "sometimes misunderstood." We then consider how pluralism degenerates into license, or unfettered individual freedom, because of this misunderstanding.
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Eid ul Fitr -- July 2015
Eid ul Fitr is the culmination of the 30 days of fasting at the end of the sacred month of Ramadan, which is the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar. During this month, Muslims focus on devotional and spiritual practices to strengthen their connection with God and these rituals include reading the Holy Quran, prayers for fellow Muslims and for ...
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Think of Ismaili Digest as the Front Page of all the best Ismaili websites! Ismaili Digest automatically and continuously brings together all new articles, photos, videos, etc. from Ismaili websites -- like The Ismaili, Simerg, IIS, NanoWisdoms, AKDN, Ismailimail, etc. -- so you can see them all at once. Direct links to over 15,000 web-pages from the best Ismaili websites already available. Ismaili Digest saves you (and those who are not tech savvy, such as seniors) the effort of having to visit them one by one to keep up to date, or have your inbox cluttered with emails from each of them when they publish new content. In a busy world, our sense of belonging to our community sometimes tends to wither and fade (particularly for isolated Jamati members). We hope Ismaili Digest's simplicity and comprehensiveness will help you feel connected as well as feel the local and global pulse of the community. Like many other non-commercial, public-service thematic website aggregators, Ismaili Digest is just a thematic aggregator. We publish short 50-60 word digests of all their content and provide direct links to their original pages saving you time, extra page loads and clicks. For the website publishers, direct links ensure they'll get the maximum number of potential visitors reaching their content so their hard work gets the maximum exposure. Also featured are other important articles, research and opinions relevant to the community's well being, intellectual growth, best practises and administration. And all served with a drop of humour as well, because "we are a community that welcomes the smile!" Ismaili Digest is not associated with any private Ismaili website, whether aggregated by Ismaili Digest or not. All websites Ismaili Digest aggregates are independent websites run by their individual owners and we are not responsible for content they publish. |
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