By FARAH TEJANI Just summoning Your Beloved Name, All of my humble supplications are answered. Oh Ali. Ya Mawla, I beseech you, Hear me and draw near. My soul is thirsty, I long to be close to You, Draw near, I am waiting, Ours is a bond forged eternally. A moth driven by Your Radiant, Dazzling Flame, I dance ever closer ...
[H/T MOHIB EBRAHIM] -- OZANVAROL.COM -- There's a scene im Good Will Hunting where Will and his friends walk into a bar. Chuckie starts chatting up a girl, pretending to be a Harvard student, when a Harvard grad student, Clark, tries to make him look dumb. In one of the best moments of smackdown in film history, Will chimes in. "You're a first year grad student who's just finished reading some Marxian historian, Pete Garrison probably. That's until next year when you're gonna be here regurgitating ... Were you gonna plagiarize the whole thing or do you have any thoughts of your own?" We regurgitate what others say because it's much harder to form original thoughts so we don't bother. If you want to be less like Clark and more like Will, here are three things you can do ...
[H/T MOHIB EBRAHIM] -- FS.BLOG -- When I was young, I thought other people could give me wisdom. Now that I'm older, I know this isn't true. Wisdom is earned, not given. When other people give us the answer, it belongs to them and not us. While we might achieve the outcome we desire, it comes from dependence, not insight. Instead of thinking for ourselves, we're dependent on the insight of others. The abundant directives, rules, and simplicities offered by others may make us feel like we're getting smarter, but it's nothing more than the illusion of knowledge. Others help you but they can't do the work for you. Thinking is something you have to do by yourself. Owning wisdom for oneself requires ...
In this video brought to you by Aga Khan Health Board for India, Dr. Sulaiman Ladhani, Chest Specialist at Prince Aly Khan Hospital and Former Chairman of the Aga Khan Health Board for India explains the issues that we may face after recovering from COVID-19 and what measures we can take to effectively tackle the same. We hope you find this video ...
Global -- This week, Shia Muslims throughout the world, including Ismailis, mark Eid-e Ghadir. The festival commemorates the pivotal event at Ghadir Khumm when, by divine command, Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family) designated Hazrat Ali as the first in the continuing line of hereditary Imams. Eid-e Ghadir, also known as Eid al-Ghadir Khumm, is an anniversary of ...
In accordance with Shia doctrine, tradition, and interpretation of history, the Holy Prophet (s.a.s.) designated and appointed his cousin and son-in-law Hazrat Mawlana Ali Amiru-l-Mu'minin (a.s), to be the first Imam to continue the Ta'wīl and Ta'līm of Allah's final message and to guide the murids, and proclaimed that the Imamat should continue by heredity through Hazrat Mawlana Ali (a.s) and ...
AZQUOTES.COM -- "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics." -- Benjamin Disraeli, Prime Minister of UK, 1874-1880 ...
USA -- A young Ismaili woman with a passion works as a Legislative Assistant in Congress. Those involved in politics as a career are aware that it is still a male-dominated arena. However, the gender gap had been declining over the years. The first woman elected to Congress was Jeannette Rankin in 1917. Today there are 131 women in the body ...
AKMA/2019 concert with Basel Rajoub. Concert featuring Gulbenkian Orchestra, conductor Pedro Neves and Basel Rajoub, saxophone. Footage courtesy of Gulbenkian Foundation and RTP. ...
Portugal -- One of ITREB's objectives is to promote the religious education of the children and youth of our Jamat, through the Dar-at-Ta'lim school. If you like challenges and want to have a rewarding and enriching volunteering experience, we would like to invite you to contribute to the religious education of the younger generations of the Jamat. To make part of ...
The world's 1.1 billion girls are a source of power, energy and creativity. When they have access to the right institutions and environments to learn and grow, girls can unlock new opportunities for themselves and their communities. But gender barriers and social norms limit choices and rights - for boys and men, too - and stand in the way of growth ...
During this global pandemic, members of our community, from kids to seniors, have stepped up to give back and make a difference. ...
Nour Kaadan is a musician, percussionist and community arts facilitator, who started her music career in 2010, in Damascus, Syria. Nour specializes in classical middle eastern rhythm and percussions, as well as flamenco rhythms on cajon. Since 2014 she has performed in Lebanon and then in Toronto since 2017. In Toronto, her contributions to the Middle Easterna nd Flamenco music communities have ...
Performed by a group of high school students in Calgary, Canada, the song 'Close to You' shares messages of hope, unity, and faith. During these challenging times, it reminds us that we are never alone, and expresses gratitude for the support and guidance received from the Imam-of-the-Time. ...
What do battling beasts, strange birds, and flame-engulfed treetops have to tell us about how to be a successful leader? Aga Khan Museum Curator Dr. Michael Chagnon investigates in this short video exploration of a 17th-century manuscript of the Anvar-i Suhayli (Manuscript of the Lights of Canopus). To learn more about the object, please visit here: Accession Number: AKM289 Place: Iran Date: ...
Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Leadership and Diversity Conference, Gatineau, Canada, 19 May 2004. Read full speech: ...
Global -- According to the American Psychiatric Association, 36% of Americans say coronavirus is having a serious impact on their mental health. This means that in every group of three friends, at least one could be at risk of developing a mental health condition. It's true that the pandemic is causing most of us to adjust and make changes in our ...
The Master Musicians of the Aga Khan Music Initiative is a collective of musicians who create new music inspired by cultural heritage of the Middle East and Mediterranean Basin, South Asia, Central Asia, West Africa, and China. These master musicians link countries and continents, present and past and bring to life a new body of music that is seamless and exuberantly original. ...
TKN -- On 11 July 2007, our worldwide Jamat witnessed for the first time Mawlana Hazar Imam's live Golden Jubilee homage ceremony, when the Aiglemont media team telecasted this historic event globally. Karim Dossani was in Los Angeles at that time directing the local celebration event - a mere ensemble of five cameras and a skeletal crew of fifteen - his ...
Miss Yoda dominates German Oaks Gilltown Stud stallion SEA THE STARS celebrated more classic success at the weekend thanks to his daughter Miss Yoda who was the stylish winner of the Preis der Diana, the German Oaks. Miss Yoda is a fourth classic filly for her sire, who already boasts Epsom Oaks heroine Taghrooda and Irish Oaks scorers Sea of Class ...
Dushanbe, Tajikistan, 4 August 2020 - An emergency project aimed at reducing Tajikistan's vulnerability to COVID-19-related food insecurity will benefit an estimated 11,985 people (5,865 women and girls) directly and about 80,395 indirectly. The Aga Khan Foundation (AKF), with the support of the Government of Switzerland, has successfully launched the project in 12 districts of Khatlon region, Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast, ...
[H/T SAHIL BADRUDDIN] -- YOUTUBE.COM -- PHILOSOPHY INSIGHTS -- [ISMAILI DIGEST ED: Hazar Imam, 1987: "... if you are intelligent, if Allah has blessed you with intelligence ... " Hazar Imam, 2016: "Public wisdom is not dependent on education." Hazar Imam, 2007: "One of the great stumbling blocks to the advance of pluralism, in my view, is simple human arrogance. All of the world's great religions warn against self-righteousness ... rather than recognising their humility before the Divine."] ARTICLE: The arrogance of the intellect is what the Catholic Church had warned about for centuries. Because there is no relationship between being smart and being wise. They are not the same thing. There's no quick pathway from smart to wise. I've known people who were intellectually impaired and were still wise. And so if the intellectuals would drop their moral superiority, and fat chance there is of that, then that divide between the working class, say, and the elite would would resolve. And there's every reason to have respect for decent working class people. After all it's on their labor, as the left-wingers at least hypothetically agree, that the entire edifice of the culture is resting. There's this scene in ...
We are humbled and excited to share with you all our first "Father and Son" Jam session Saieen (Cover), originally performed by a famous Rock band Junoon from Pakistan, especially to ...
Evee Garbee Sa(m)purann Saar is a ginan garbi, a sub-genre within ginans (devotional hymns) where the lyrics are set to dance. In modern times they are recited in more religious settings ...
August 2020 marks the two-year anniversary of Ms. Rumina Velshi's appointment as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commision (CNSC). On Friday, July 17, 2020, Dr. Ron ...
Read the complete review at the source: Alyjan Daya graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in May 2018 with three bachelor's degrees in Islamic Studies (Departmental Honors), Computer ...
Chapter published in Deconstructing Islamic Studies edited by Majid Daneshgar and Aaron W. Hughes (Harvard University Press, ILEX Foundation, 2020):This chapter assesses the state of academic scholarship on the Ismāʿīlī (Ismaili) Muslims ...
Ginan bolore nit nure bharea; evo haide tamare harakh na maeji. Recite continually the Ginans which are filled with light; boundless will be the joy in your heart. (tr. Ali Asani). Listen Ginans are a vast collection comprising several hundred poetic compositions which have been a central part of the religious life of the Nizari Ismaili community of the Indian subcontinent ...
THEGUARDIAN.COM -- [ISMAILI DIGEST ED: We post this scathing criticism of the New Atheists to showcase their utter ignorance (or wilful misrepresentations) about Islam. It reflects their similar utter ignorance (or wilful misrepresentations) over arguments against God, per the scathing criticisms against them on that topic in our other posts today.] ARTICLE: Consider this ignorant remark by New Atheist Richard Dawkins: "Islam [is the] greatest force for evil today." Or this ignorant one by New Atheist Sam Harris that "we" -- the civilized peoples of the west -- are at war with "millions" of Muslims. Indeed, Harris repeatedly separates "civilized" people from Muslims: "All civilized nations must unite in condemnation of a theology that now threatens to destabilize much of the earth." Consider, too, another ignorant remark by Harris: "The outrage that Muslims feel over US and British foreign policy is primarily the product of theological concerns.... Because of what they believe about God and the afterlife, devout Muslims tend to reflexively side with other Muslims, no matter how sociopathic their behaviour." Can you believe those primitive, irrational Muslims get angry when ...
EVOLUTIONNEWS.ORG -- New Atheism is dead. It was conceptually dead from birth, but now it's stopped twitching. New Atheism never had a chance. It was intellectual vapor, and its practitioners were repellent fools. They were defeated by atheism's perennial Achilles' heal: they were forced to explain themselves. Atheism never reigns openly and explicitly for long; it cannot withstand even cursory scrutiny. In "New Atheism: An Autopsy," Ben Sixsmith wrote "To be sure, New Atheists could be very, very bad at arguing that God does not exist. There was, for example, Lawrence Krauss writing a book about how something can come from nothing while attributing material qualities to the latter. There was Richard Dawkins trying to refute the famous 'Five Ways' of Aquinas without even attempting to ...
DISCOVERY.ORG -- On this episode of ID the Future, Jerusalem-based guest host Ira Berkowitz talks with Rabbi Moshe Averick about his book "Nonsense of a High Order: The Confused World of Modern Atheism," a critique of the the new atheists' views on nature. Rabbi Averick shares his spirited takedown of the multiverse theory for the origin of life, dismantles the "God of the Gaps" objection to intelligent design, and wonders why people who criticize books like his think they can do so intelligently without taking the time to read them. ...
Welcome to the Eid Special Episode of Khaana Khazana! In this episode, we bring to you some recipes that are favorites among our community from around the world! We start off with a delicious dish of Mahamri Mbaazi from Kenya! We then find out how to make the perfect Lamb Hyderabadi Biryani from India. After this, we check out a scrumptious Thai dish ...
By MOHAMED HAMIR [This special piece for Simerg is a revised version of the original article published in Khojawiki in July 2020 -- Ed.] In 1933, in the midst of a global recession, a landmark building, a prayer house, arose in the center of a small provincial town in the interior highlands of Africa. The story of this remarkable building had ...
