Ismaili Digest -- 1-Jul-2019 -- Ismaili Digest Celebrates Its 1st Anniversary: Accomplishments, Future Plans and Guide to Ismaili Websites

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Ismaili Digest Celebrates Its 1st Anniversary: Accomplishments, Future Plans and Guide to Ismaili Websites

Since our launch, a year ago this month, Ismaili Digest set new standards for the Ismaili presence on the Internet as well as creating a revolutionary, easy way for Ismailis (especially isolated members of the Jamat) to keep up with, and remain connected to, our community.

We wish to thank everyone for their unstinting support and the lavish praise we have received from across the community. And, as far as we have come in our first year, we want you help us by continuing to spread the word and sharing our e-mail newsletters or social media posts.

In this news flash, we've highlighted some of our accomplishments this year, some of our "community firsts" we're proud of and some of our plans for our second year.

And, below, is a guide to the institutional and private Ismaili websites Ismaili Digest automatically aggregates for you. Each has a different focus and the sheer variety of material published means everyone will be sure to find something that interests them. Click on any image to browse that website's content on Ismaili Digest.

Remember, all private Ismaili websites are true labours of love. Their publishers -- passionate individuals, usually working solo -- have selflessly volunteered thousands of hours of their personal time producing these world class websites for the community's benefit. Their websites are used, each year, by hundreds of thousands of Jamati members, around the world, to virtually unanimous praise and admiration.

Together with Ismaili Digest we also launched Ismaili Ignition, a unique project which publishes original, thought provoking, fresh new 21st Century perspectives and insights into our faith and community you won't find anywhere else. In our first year Ignition published four Ignition Interviews, four Ignition Questions and three Ignition Paradigm Proposals. We've listed some of our most popular pieces already published.

And finally, we wish everyone Imamat Day Mubarak and would be remiss if we did not mention our record breaking, June 2018 post, "A Collection of Hazar Imam's Jokes! And, early Imamat Day Mubarak" (click here), that immediately went viral! It's a must read if you've not seen it yet. Don't forget to also read part 2 (click here), with 21 more jokes.

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NanoWisdoms Archive of Imamat Speeches, Interviews and Writings (via Ismaili Digest)

Launched in 2011, upon receiving special permission from Aiglemont to publish Mawlana Hazar Imam's speeches, NanoWidsoms is a unique website dedicated solely to the Ismaili Imamat's speeches, interviews and writings. With over 700 of Hazar Imam's speeches, interviews and writings, NanoWidsoms is, by far, the largest and most comprehensive collection, online and has been cited as a reference in books published by IIS and in other academic publications.

Click to view » http://isma.li/Q5wgTx

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NanoWisdoms Extended Quotes (via Ismaili Digest)

Perhaps the best kept secret in the Ismaili community, and NanoWisdoms' Crown Jewels, the Extended Quote collection brings together most, if not all, of Mawlana Hazar Imam's remarks (and many from prior Imams) related to some 250 topics so we can better understand the full depth of his full insights and perspectives about each of them. Topics include Hazar Imam's successor, the Imam's gender, secularism, dogma, innovation and thinking independently, marriage and children, miracles, Ayat al-Nur, tradition and modernity, dasond and Imamat finances, the Left, cautionary notes on Western social values, alcohol, accountability, reincarnation, women, and much, much more you probably never knew Hazar Imam has talked about.

Click to view » http://isma.li/a7kQ0p

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RoundUp Video Series (via Ismaili Digest)

Another little-known hidden gem, RoundUp aggregates the best video content of interest to the Ismaili community into five collections: Ismaili RoundUp, Devotional Music RoundUp, Diamond Jubilee RoundUp, Islam RoundUp, Religion Roundup. The videos are organised in lists of 7, 70 of which have been created, featuring some 500 videos in total. If you're not a reader and are interested in these five areas, you won't do better than RoundUp.

Click to view » http://isma.li/Wgcna5

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Amanna (via Ismaili Digest)

Established almost 24 years ago, Amaana is tied with ismaili.net as the oldest public Ismaili website -- private or institutional -- and we're proud to say that a woman, Nina Jaffer, founder of Amaana, was one of these two pioneers, that led Ismailis on to the Internet. Their vision and resolute determination, in the Internet's early years, when many had doubts, fears and pressures, echoes the courageous spirit of earlier Ismaili pioneers. And just as they paved the way for others to follow, our Internet pioneers also paved the way for all the other Ismaili websites who followed them onto the Internet, a decade or more later, when it had become "safe" and "normal" to publish Ismaili websites. Amaana has published hundreds of articles about Ismailism and Islam, however, due to technical reasons, only a fraction are available on Ismaili Digest, so do spend time browsing Amaana itself. All their pieces are all as relevant today as when originally published.

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AKDN - YouTube (via Ismaili Digest)

To help you keep up with all the videos produced by the AKDN network, Ismaili Digest brings together the AKDN, AKF UK, AKF USA and AKRSP India YouTube channels. Combined they have published almost 400 videos ranging from Imamat events, award ceremonies, social events, project diaries and more. Videos are perhaps the best way to really see the impact AKDN has on people's lives.

Click to view » http://isma.li/YqUZwB

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Aga Khan Museum - YouTube (via Ismaili Digest)

Who is not moved by inspired architecture? Since it was established, in 1978, the AKAA has sifted through thousands of brilliant works of architecture to find the best of the best. Why not spend an hour every three years and see what inspired beauty and ingenuity feels like. The 14th award cycle is here, and the videos of the 21 shortlisted projects are available now.

Click to view » http://isma.li/A9n0v6

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Aga Khan Award for Architecture - YouTube (via Ismaili Digest)

Who is not moved by inspired architecture? Since it was established, in 1978, the AKAA has sifted through thousands of brilliant works of architecture to find the best of the best. Why not spend an hour every three years and see what inspired beauty and ingenuity feels like? The 14th award cycle is here, and videos of the 21 shortlisted projects are available now.

Click to view » http://isma.li/VKYY2C

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Nimira's Blog - On Faith (via Ismaili Digest)

During a visit to the Aga Khan Library, Nairobi, after reviewing some pamphlets on our faith, Mawlana Sultan Muhammad Shah remarked that people did not have time to read big books, but such pamphlets were quickly read and, therefore, more effective. Today, this is perhaps even more true, and we can't think of any Ismaili website, institutional or private, who has implemented the Imam's advice more brilliantly than Nimira's Blog. Nimira Dewji launched her blog just 18 months ago and since then has already written, by herself, over 160 articles on Ismaili history and Muslim civilisations. The short, but always interesting pieces, are routinely among the most popular pieces published in the community. If you read nothing else, you owe it to yourself to read Nimira's Blog.

Click to view » http://isma.li/FxVb6n

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Simerg and Simerg Photos (via Ismaili Digest)

Simerg and Simerg Photos have been publishing exceptional articles on a wide variety of subjects and topics, from history, to personal stories, to poetry, intellectual and philosophical material for a decade. But don't wait for new content, together, they have already published some 1,200 timeless articles and we're sure you'll find something that interests you.

Click to view » http://isma.li/GHPz2I

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Ismailimail (via Ismaili Digest)

Almost every day, since its launch in 2006, Ismailimail posts several excerpts to a potpourri of Ismaili news, events and personalities published on the Internet. If news about people and places are your thing, then Ismailimail is for you. Although it's archive now has over 23,000 articles, Ismaili Digest's collection only goes back to the start of the Diamond Jubilee, so be sure to browse Ismailimail for older news.

Click to view » http://isma.li/YtvufG

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Candid Insights (via Ismaili Digest)

Candid Insights was launched this year, by our very own Sahil Badruddin. Sahil interviews influencers, leaders, and intellectuals to draw out their candid insights and wisdom on important issues facing society today with thought-provoking questions that hit at the heart of a matter. His interviews have been published on the.ismaili, Boniuk Institute of Rice University and Sacred Matters Magazine of Emory University. Among others, guests he's interviewed include Hasan Minhaj, Karen Armstrong, Eboo Patel, John Esposito, Aasif Mandvi, Karim H. Karim and Ali Asani. If you crave intellectual and human depth, his interviews will not disappoint.

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Off The Beaten Track, Tuesday's Teachings (From Life), Wednesday Wisdom and Monday Madness (@ Ismaili Digest)

These departments of Ismaili Digest were inspired by Hazar Imam's advice to continuously re-examine and expand our viewpoints and perspectives. He said, "knowledge is constantly changing, must ever be challenged and extended" and that we must "constantly review and revise and renew what we think we know." If Hazar Imam's advice resonates with you, then OTBT, TT and WW are for you. In our first year we posted almost 300 videos, articles and quotes of little-known, unconventional, even controversial, knowledge, opinions, wisdom and insights, drawn from all of humanity, relevant to the community's well-being, intellectual growth, best practices and administration. As for Monday Madness, that's your Monday morning smile because "we are a community that welcomes the smile!"

Click to view » http://isma.li/wmepeG

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Aga Khan Studs (via Ismaili Digest)

Aga Khan Studs is the official website of Mawlana Hazar Imam's breeding and racing operations. Keep up with all the exciting news from the racetrack: the wins, the losses, the newborn foals, and the sad deaths. Be sure to also read their riveting 22-part history of the Noorani Family's passion for horses, going all the way back to Mawlana Sultan Muhammad Shah, which we also featured as our first Saturday Series.

Click to view » http://isma.li/TeO4sV

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