This video was first screened at the inaugural Schools2030 Global Forum, held in Dar es Salaam in June 2022. It is composed of the voices and perspectives of students from across the Schools2030 programme, and was intended to remind all delegates why the shared goal of improving education access and quality across the world is so important. ...
NATIONALREVIEW.COM -- [ISMAILI DIGEST ED: Hazar Imam, 1999: "[One reason the Ummah may disappear is that they] adopt the modern world and forget their traditional values."] ARTICLE: These days children are being indoctrinated into everything that subverts traditional values, and in Canada that now includes introducing children aged 6-12 to euthansia. The children's book, "Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD)" teaches them how a person is killed during euthanasia and that, once a person asks to die, there is no changing their mind. The book even has children's activities: "Draw or write about your ideas and feelings about the person in your life who is choosing MAiD". Once we endorse killing as an acceptable answer to human suffering, we have to train the children that killing is okay. The whole euthanasia agenda is gut-wrenching, morally destructive, ...
EVOLUTIONNEWS.ORG -- Canada has gone all in for euthanasia. The statistics are startling and illustrate that once euthanasia consciousness infects a culture, it grows like a fungus. And it's just going to get worse because in 2022, Canada started allowing it for people with chronic and disabling conditions, and in 2023 it will be allowed for those with dementia and mental illnesses. The number of assisted deaths increased by 32.4% representing 3.3% of all deaths in 2021. One woman asked to die because of isolation from COVID lockdowns. Her family was allowed to attend her death, but not visit to relieve her isolation. Once a society falls into the cultural abyss, it is very difficult to climb back out. And here's a shocking truth ...
August 4, 2022, Ottawa, Canada The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today issued the following statement on the 50th anniversary of the Ugandan Asian resettlement: "Fifty years ago, Canada welcomed more than ...
This short video explains three core principles of Imamat in the Ismaili Tariqah: 'Ilm, Nass, and Bay'ah. Watch the full film by visiting . #AgaKhan #Ismaili #Muslim #Islam #WhatIsmailisBelieve #Imamat #ImamatDay #ImamatDay65 ...
Dual Derby winner to stand at Kilbarry Lodge Stud. The Aga Khan Studs' dual Derby winner HARZAND has been sold and will continue his career at Kilbarry Lodge Stud in County Waterford. HARZAND retired to Gilltown Stud in 2017 after having won the Epsom Derby and Irish Derby. He was among the leading European sires of three-year-olds by percentage of winners ...
ANZ -- A few years ago, I was clueless on how to even use an oven for baking. The journey from there to here has been nothing but invigorating. In late 2017, I felt the urge to do something new. I knew that as 'baking' was my weakness, I would have the chance to learn a lot if I challenged myself. ...
Global -- Education is the foundation of development. We never stop learning in life, and we never should. An important part of our learning experience is the teachers and schools that equip us for the future. However, teachers and schools often find themselves left out of the key conversations on how to support children and young people to access quality learning. ...
#Speech made by His Highness the #AgaKhan at the #MNCHSummit in Toronto, Canada on 29 May 2014. Read the full speech here: For more about the Aga Khan Development Network, visit ...
IFSTUDIES.ORG -- INSTITUTE FOR FAMILY STUDIES -- Pollsters asked kids in the USA, UK and China "What do you want to be when you grow up?" The #1 choice of American and British kids was YouTuber; astronaut their last choice. The #1 choice of Chinese kids was astronaut; YouTuber their last choice. Historically, culture sets the context for finding purpose and meaning but, by most measures, our culture now comes up short. Between the 1960s to 1990s, the most popular TV shows taught kids moral lessons. Now they focus on winning and fame. Consider music. The sexually-explicit, profanity-laced lyrics of the 2022 #1 song, "Jimmy Cooks," are too graphic for IFS to print, but the New York Times praised it. This means, we need to limit our kids' exposure to the worst of American culture ...
[H/T MOHIB EBRAHIM] -- HOOVER.ORG -- [ISMAILI DIGEST ED: Hazar Imam, 1989: "On the question of modernity the issue is essentially whether one is affecting the fundamental moral fabric of society..." ~~ Writing in 1997, the author felt the Internet would help bring the changes in morality needed. However, 25 years later, we now know that the opposite happened. Nevertheless, the article remains true and is essential reading.] ARTICLE: The mere absence of centralized state control does not mean there is freedom, and soulless forces operating freely is actually tyranny in another guise. So what is the moral basis of a free society? Today [1997], citizens and leaders world-wide are looking to America for answers. However, while others look to us, we Americans are seeking answers to painful and bitter questions. We are learning that capitalism and democracy are not enough for a healthy society and that a self-governing nation is made from self-governing individuals. For example, can a free society survive the collapse of the two-parent family? A breakdown in the moral fabric of society has dire consequences and the stakes are enormous. If America makes the necessary moral changes, the rest of the world has a chance. Otherwise ...
AMERICANEXPERIMENT.ORG -- [ISMAILI DIGEST ED: Hazar Imam, 2015: "Is that message clear? You listen to people you don't like!"] ARTICLE: Economist Paul Krugman wrote: "I know we're supposed to pretend that both sides always have a point; but the truth is that most of the time they don't." I think Krugman is fundamentally mistaken. After all, what is the best use of our limited time? The affirmation from reading what we already agree with? Each day I read an old Newsweek column by economists Milton Friedman and Paul Samuelson. I disagree most of what Samuelson writes. But by reading arguments you disagree with, you become better prepared to rebut them. And who knows, they might even convince you. Just as boxer Marvin Hagler got better by sparring with a good opponent, similarly, for your intellectual health, read someone who you disagree with. Try it. ...
July 29, 2022 Citizen Witness [Kenya] can report that despite being a cohort that started their International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme (DP) journey online, the Aga Khan Academy Mombasa's Class of ...
Pakistan -- This summer, more than 100 mountaineers set a record by conquering the world's second highest mountain, K2 in the early morning hours of July 22, 2022. Amongst them, nine brave Ismaili mountaineers completed their summit and set new records for Pakistan. 31-year-old Samina Baig, hailing from Shimshal Valley of Hunza, set a record of being the first female Pakistani ...
Daughter of Sea The Stars scores in Lillie Langtry. Sea La Rosa won her second Group race of the season on Saturday at Glorious Goodwood, bravely chasing down the long-time race leader Urban Artist to score by a length in the Gr.2 Lillie Langtry Stakes. The improving four-year-old daughter of SEA THE STARS, bred by G B Partnership together with Ecurie ...
A spotlight series on the innovations that have arisen from schools involved in the Schools2030 programme in Uganda. ...
A spotlight series on the innovations that have arisen from schools involved in the Schools2030 programme in Uganda. ...
RT.COM -- [ISMAILI DIGEST ED: While we normally do not post on political matters, we think it is important the Jamat be aware of long-term, tectonic shifts now unfolding on the global, geopolitical landscape. These have been noted by keen observers and Western leaders, however, their remarks are, by and large, going unreported in the Western press.] ARTICLE: "It is the first time in modern history that the East can be on equal terms with the West," former British prime minister Tony Blair said. "We are coming to the end of Western political and economic dominance. The world is going to be at least bi-polar and possibly multi-polar," he predicted. China is "already the world's second superpower" and Beijing "will not be alone. It will have allies. Russia now for sure. Possibly Iran." "Western politics is in turmoil - more partisan, ugly, unproductive; and fueled by social media." "For a large part of the Western population, living standards are stagnating ...
RT.COM -- [ISMAILI DIGEST ED: While we normally do not post on political matters, we think it is important the Jamat be aware of long-term, tectonic shifts now unfolding on the global, geopolitical landscape. These have been noted by keen observers and Western leaders, however, their remarks are, by and large, unreported in the Western press.] ARTICLE: A new epoch of world history is approaching and only "truly sovereign" states will succeed in the changed environment, Russian President Vladimir Putin said. By "sovereign" he means "freedom of national development, and thus of each person individually." Such a state, he said, will serve as an example for others when it comes to "standards and quality of people's life [and] protection of traditional values." The Western-dominated uni-polar world order, in Putin's opinion, is "becoming a brake on the development of our civilization" and said that despite attempts to preserve the existing world order, the changes are "irreversible." The new "multi-polar" world has been discussed in the West, too, most recently by German Chancellor ...
THE necessity for peaceful coexistence has never been so pressing in our history as it is today. Rivets Learning's recent book, "Pakistan Here and Now: Insights into Society, Culture, Identity, and ...
MISES.ORG -- [ISMAILI DIGEST ED: Hazar Imam, 2005: "The reality is that not all students are created equal intellectually." ~~ ED: "Diversity, equity and inclusion's" (DEI's) vision of a just and fair society is based on "equal outcomes," not excellence and merit, i.e. not an individual's drive/effort and talent/blessings. Equal outcomes means, for example, if one group doesn't get A grades as often as another, then no A grades be given to anyone. Why? Because DEI claims the system, and not the individual (i.e. their aptitude, effort, etc.), is always to blame for the unequal grades. So, by hijacking innocent words, DEI replaces a society based on excellence and individual merit with a homogenized collective, equalized at the lowest level (i.e. intellectual socialism).] ARTICLE: When everyone is equally competent, none is excellent. Therefore, a truly equal society is one where we are all similarly mediocre and living a life that's below humanity's potential. Now, since some people are more talented than others, markets invariably produce inequality. Inequality is beneficial to society, because ...
NATIONALPOST.COM -- [ISMAILI DIGEST ED: Hazar Imam, 1989: "Uncompromising excellence is also an ethical principle."] ARTICLE: The social justice crowd's unquestioning devotion to diversity, inclusion and equity (DIE) has turned it against classical liberal principles. Since the current culture holds certain opinions up as undeniable truths, just questioning DIE can get you cancelled. For exmaple, I was twice denied funding by Canada's federal science foundations just because I said I would hire assistants on merit and not their gender, ethnicity, culture. Last year, Dorian Abbot of University of Chicago and Ivan Marinovic of Stanford argued that DIE should be replaced with merit, fairness and equality (MFE). My experiences, as a Third World immigrant, also make me a defender of merit, fairness and equality. In my father's world, merit let him advance. Merit is also central to the immigrant dream, and ...
GOOGLE.COM -- In his own country today, Omar Khayyam is highly esteemed as a mathematician and astronomer, while as a poet he is overshadowed by his kinsmen Firdusi, Nizami, Hafiz and Jami. The reason that he was not recognised as a poet by his contemporaries is possibly because he did not write a divan, which was obligatory for those who wished to pass as true poets. He probably wrote a quatrain when the idea came into his mind, but we do not know whether he himself collected his quatrains or whether they were put together after his death. In the Rubaiyat many quite contradictory views are expressed which ...
Memories of a Ugandan Refugee: Encounters of Hope from Kampala to Vancouver By Jalal Jaffer, Q.C. 336 pp. FriesenPress, 2022 US$ 29.99 (Hardcover), US$ 19.99 (Paperback) and US$ 6.99 (eBook) as listed on the publisher's website FriesenPress; also available at Amazon.ca (Hardcover, C$ 33.70; Paperback, C$ 26.57; Kindle C$ 8.91); and at Indigo.ca (as a Kobo Ebook for C$ 8.99). ...
Gilgit-Baltistan is, perhaps, the most spectacular region of Pakistan in terms of its geography and scenic beauty. Moreover, it is strategically close to the heart of Central Asia and is the ...
July 28, 2022 David Eidelman, MDCM, Vice-Principal (Health Affairs),Dean of the Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences: I am pleased to announce the appointment of Farhan Bhanji, MD, MSc (Ed), as ...
Now I know that in some parts of the world, the words "Muslim" and "music" are not often linked together in the public mind. But they should be... The cultural heritage of Islam has long embraced musical language as an elemental expression of human spirituality. Listening to music, practising music, sharing music, performing music - have long been an intimate part ...
CLIMATECHANGEDISPATCH.COM -- The rich world's self-inflicted energy crisis over Ukraine has fully exposed their fossil fuel and climate hypocrisy. While wealthy countries lecture the poor to only use renewables, Europe and America beg Arab nations to expand oil production, Germany reopens coal plants and Spain and Italy ramp up African gas production. The poor are told to "leapfrog" from no energy to a sham green nirvana of solar panels and wind turbines, while the rich don't accept off-grid, renewable energy themselves. Consider Greenpeace promoted Dharnai, India's first solar-powered community. Fridges, TVs and electric cookstoves were prohibited so villagers were forced to continue burning wood and dung, whose indoor pollution kills millions every year and WHO says is like smoking two packs of cigarettes every day. A study found ...
"No one will feel secure on the Resurrection Day except those who feared God in this world." Hazrat Imam Husayn (a.s) By: Sadruddin Noorani, Chicago, USA The Secondary Teacher Education Program ...
WATTSUPWITHTHAT.COM -- [ISMAILI DIGEST ED: Hazar Imam, 2007: "Skyrocketing [electricity] costs work to reinforce the cycle of poverty for millions ... Continuing power shortfalls can be a downward spiral of disappointment and discouragement.... It is striking [that Africa], with fully one-sixth of the world's population, produces only four percent of the world's electricity."] ARTICLE: Now, with Europeans facing blackouts, their governments are turning on their coal-fired plants. It's like vegans running to steak houses over a vegetable shortage. But what about Africa? Africans are being forced by Western elites to a fossil fuel free future rife with poverty. Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò calls it climate colonialism. Globally, fossil fuels have been the predominant driver behind long-term economic development: North America and Europe during the industrial era and India and China, more recently. A British family boiling a kettle just twice a day uses 5x more electricity than Malian in a year. An American uses as much electricity in 1 month than a Tanzanian in 8 years. While a freezer uses 10x more electricity than a Liberian in 1 year. More and more African ...
Nairobi, Kenya, 27 July 2022 - Aga Khan University Hospital has been accredited by the Joint Commission International for the 4th time for providing the highest quality of patient care measured ...
Held in Dar Es Salaam in June 2022, the inaugural Schools2030 Global Forum brought together over 200 delegates from more than 30 countries. They convened under the guiding question - How might we collectively reimagine the role(s) of schools, systems and societies for the future of learning? We are pleased to share with you this short film capturing the diverse perspectives, voices and ...
At the inaugural Schools2030 Global Forum, we were pleased to bring the voices of children from across our programme to bear on the important discussions. ...
An introduction to the ten-year Schools2030 participatory learning improvement programme, led by the Aga Khan Foundation. Learn more: schools2030.org ...
001: A view of the forests and Rocky Mountains from a memorial bench off Hwy 40, Kananaskis Country. See corresponding tribute in photo 002, and another view of the mountains from the bench in photo 003 below; July 1, 2022. Photo: Malik Merchant/Simerg Photos. By MALIK MERCHANTPublisher/Editor Simergphotos, Barakah, and Simerg Over the past month, I have had the good fortune of ...
Understanding the importance of a business plan, and methods of preparing one keeping business ethics in mind in order to execute each step rightfully. ...
[H/T MOHIB EBRAHIM] --THEFEDERALIST.COM -- [ISMAILI DIGEST ED: Hazar Imam, 1965: "Left-wing attitudes tend not only to destroy the Faith of a man towards his religion but also the respect of one individual towards another. When the Faith is broken down everything goes with it: the family, society, the individual, the intelligence."] ARTICLE: Arguably, wokeism is defined by its rejection of Nature on gender, sexuality, the laws of economics, energy and rationality itself. But, Nature always has the final say, and we're seeing that in the slow retreat of leftists from wokeism. Hardly a day goes by when a writer confesses some variation of, "I'm a proud progressive, but these new leftists are crazy, and I'm done with the Democrats." The cognitive dissonance created from suspending reality has become too much. But do liberals realize their dissonance is due to leftism rejecting God? All forms of leftism are a house of cards that will collapse, like Nietzsche going insane after using words his whole life only to then say words are suspect. We can only handle so much cognitive dissonance before Nature ...
[H/T MOHIB EBRAHIM] -- AMERICANMIND.ORG -- [ISMAILI DIGEST ED: Hazar Imam, 2006: "How can we inspire people to reach beyond rampant materialism, self-indulgent individualism, and unprincipled relativism?" ~~ Hazar Imam, 1999: "It's clear that uncontrolled freedom becomes license.... It's probably the most challenging issue that I have to address today."] ARTICLE: To understand today's society, it is useful to look at Plato's four stages by which minds become progressively disordered and the corresponding four increasingly corrupt societies they create. For Plato, reason is that faculty by which we understand objective facts. He, therefore, rejects the relativist view that what a thing is, and what is good for it, are matters of human convention.... For Plato, democracy is characterized by the "diversity of its characters" and "treats all men as equal, whether they are equal or not." In particular, it treats all ways of life as equal, no matter how irrational or immoral. The young "throw off all inhibitions" and celebrate "insolence, license, extravagance, and shamelessness," becoming ever more extreme." All pleasures are equal and ...
#Speech made by Princess Zahra #AgaKhan at the foundation ceremony of the Aga Khan Hospital, Dar es Salaam's Cancer Care Centre in Tanzania on 10 April 2022. Read the full speech here: For more about the Aga Khan Development Network, visit ...
Samina Baig and Natasha Baig of Pakistan bring inspiration to the nation, as both make historical achievements. Samina Baig, who is an Ismaili mountaineer from Pakistan succeeds in climbing K2, the ...
