As part of The Ismaili Sounds Jam Sessions series, this week we present "Allah Tu Hazir," performed by the ZIKR Band. Originally released during the Diamond Jubilee year, this Hamd -- composed and written by Kamal Haji -- highlights the beautiful names of Allah and promotes the message of one humanity. #AgaKhan #Ismaili #IsmailiMuslim #IsmailiSounds #IsmailiCommunity #Islam #Muslim #Music #Musicians #Hamd #Talent #TalentSpotlight ...
FOXNEWS.COM -- In a letter to President Biden, Jim Banks and 14 House Republicans are demanding answers regarding the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor's (DRL) new grant program. The letter states that the DRL's Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) announced it "would award grants of up to $500,000 to organizations committed to the practice and spread of atheism and humanism, namely in South/Central Asia and in the Middle East/North Africa.... In the NOFO, the State Department characterizes atheists as a unique religious group while then encouraging the building of 'networks and advocacy groups' for atheists ... This would be analogous to official State Department promotion of religious freedom 'particularly for Christians' in China, with the express goal being to build a corresponding missionary network." "Any such program ...
VICE.COM -- Banana. Bapple. Para tú. Poulet tikka masala. Minionese is largely a gibberish language, but it also contains the odd English, French, Spanish, Japanese, Italian, Chinese, French, Russian, Filipino and Korean word. "The magic of understanding what they're feeling or saying isn't the words, but more the music. Just by the melody of a sentence, you could understand if they were angry, if they were pissed, if one was telling a joke and the other wasn't finding it funny," says director Pierre Coffin. In hindsight, Minionese's mix of languages paved the way for global domination. But, crucially, the fact that Minions largely spoke in gibberish meant that people could easily put words into their mouths. For the better part ...
On 8 July 2022, the #AgaKhan Master Musicians together with artists from Portugal performed at the São Jorge Castle in Lisbon, Portugal. President of the Portuguese Republic Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, Mayor of Lisbon Carlos Moedas, and Minister of Justice Catarina Sarmento e Castro, together with Prince Amyn Aga Khan, Prince Hussain Aga Khan, and Prince Aly Muhammad Aga Khan were in ...
HARVARD.EDU -- At night, light throws the body's biological clock -- the circadian rhythm -- out of whack. Sleep suffers. Even a mere eight lux -- a level of brightness about twice that of a night light -- affects the circadian rhythm, notes Stephen Lockley, a Harvard sleep researcher. Worse, research shows that disrupting the circadian rhythm may contribute to the causation of cancer, diabetes, heart disease, and obesity. Blue wavelengths seem to be the most disruptive at night and the proliferation of electronics with screens, as well as energy-efficient lighting, is increasing our exposure to blue wavelengths. Protect yourself from blue light at night: Avoid looking at screens (TV, computers, tablets, mobile devices, etc.) beginning two to three hours before bed. If ...
BUSTLE.COM -- Stay away from your phone two hours before bedtime. Swap out your evening Instagram scroll for a book, and you might feel a world of difference in the morning. Use software and apps that reduce blue light levels. For example, F.lux automatically adjusts your computer's display as it gets darker outside, so that the display doesn't feel as bright and emits less blue light. Similarly use the night shift setting on your iPhone to adjust the color temperature of your phone display to reduce the blue light at night. Go to "Settings," then "Display and Brightness." You should see the option for Night Shift there. Set screen time hours and ...
THEEPOCHTIMES.COM -- Although we may not like to admit it, many of the sleep problems we experience are the result of bad habits and behaviors. We stay up late or sleep in late. We eat foods that disagree with us or enjoy a drink late at night, oblivious to their disruptive impact on our sleep rhythms. Over time, we teach our body not to sleep and for relief we often turn to sleeping pills, which mask rather than solve the problem, and can lead to addiction. Ultimately for real success, with insomnia as with any chronic problem, one must look for the underlying imbalances and root causes and address those. Here are the common sleep "mistakes" I see in my practice and their solutions. Mistake #1: Not ...
GOOGLE.COM -- Omar Khayyam's whole being was his craving and yearning for the vision of Unity, for he full well saw that the end of Sufism was total absorption in God. He was a humble devotee of "The Existing One", i.e. God and that he was Sufi of the highest order, a Sufi of Sufis. Out of several meanings attached to the word "Sufi," I favour the following: Sufis themselves connect this word with the Arabic root "Safi" -- Saf which signifies what is pure. Now were we to judge rightly, the most wonderful fact about the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam is that it contains something more than mere pessimism because beneath it lies a positive doctrine of life as well. It is only when we approach its ...
"We are extremely proud to announce that Samina Baig, with her strong Pakistani team, successfully summited the world's most fascinating and dangerous mountain known as the savage mountain" -- Statement by Samina Baig's Team Introduced by MALIK MERCHANT Publisher/Editor Barakah, Simerg and SimergphotosMountaineer-siblings Samina and Mirza Ali Baig present a memento to Princess Zahra and Prince Rahim at an institutional dinner ...
Prince Amyn, Prince Hussain, and Prince Aly Muhammad were in attendance for the special performance of the acclaimed Aga Khan Master Musicians on the evening of 8 July 2022 at the spectacular São Jorge Castle, Lisbon, Portugal. They also welcomed distinguished guests to the live event, including President of the Portuguese Republic Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, Mayor of Lisbon Carlos Moedas, and ...
Global -- As the evening sun shone brightly above the Lisbon sky, a chorus of birds were the supporting act as guests arrived at the spectacular São Jorge Castle for an open-air concert by the Aga Khan Master Musicians on the evening of 8 July. Prince Amyn, Prince Hussain, and Prince Aly Muhammad were in attendance for the special performance of ...
No passado dia 16 de julho, celebrámos os 65 anos de Imamat do nosso amado Mawlana Hazar Imam. Reveja os momentos de união e alegria que marcaram este dia. ...
"The beauty of writing is the tongue of the hand and the elegance of thought." Ali ibn Abi TalibBifolium from the Blue Qur'an (North Africa), 9th-10th century. Aga Khan Museum From the Greek kallos (beauty) and graphein (to write), calligraphy is the art of beautiful writing. Although the development of sophisticated calligraphy as an art form is not unique to Islamic ...
By MALIK MERCHANT Publisher/Editor Barakah, Simerg and Simergphotos Over the past week, the media around the world has taken note of an important worldwide study published in the July 14, 2022 issue of The Lancet (see News Release) which says that the consumption of alcohol in any amount carried significant health risks and no benefits to young people. The Lancet is ...
Contributed by Munaza Kazmi Munaza Kazmi holds MPhil in Management Sciences, is a travel writer, an author, and a co-author of scientific contributions in national and international publications.Photo: Munaza Kazmi Joined ...
THEFEDERALIST.COM -- [ISMAILI DIGEST ED: Hazar Imam, 2002: "I mean, we're talking about very basic issues. Think of the food, the food rebellions that you had when the IMF amongst others said you've got to correct your economy. People couldn't buy their food. You know, how can you expect young people not to react? That is so basic to human rights."] ARTICLE: In Sri Lanka, the 2021 inflation surge became a full-scale economic crisis thanks to climate radicalism. Fooled by European Green Deal propaganda to reduce nitrogen emissions, the government implemented a ban on chemical fertilizers, even though 15 of its 22 million people rely on farming, and over 90% them use chemical fertilizers. After the ban, one-third of farmland lay dormant, and 85% of farmers faced crop losses of 50% to 60%. Rice production fell by 20% and prices jumped 50% in just six months. Worst yet, the fertilizer ban hit the tea industry, Sri Lanka's second-highest export. These exports paid for 71% of the country's food imports. After the ban, the tea industry crashed to a 23-year low. Even the European Union, is noticing the Green Deal isn't a good one. Earlier ...
THEEPOCHTIMES.COM -- The Netherlands is world's 5th largest food exporter. However, its government has proposed slashing livestock numbers by 30% to meet Climate Change nitrogen emissions targets. Some parts of the country would have to slash emissions by 70% or even 95%. New Zealand reported "The [Dutch] Minister of Nature and Nitrogen Policy expects about a third of the 50,000 Dutch farms to 'disappear' by 2030." While the United States openly acknowledges that "there is not a future for all [Dutch] farmers within [this] approach." Sri Lanka's ban on chemical fertilizers, to also reduce nitrogen emissions, contributed to an economic crisis that has now destabilized the government. The UN Secretary-General warned on June 24 that "there is a real risk that multiple famines will be declared in 2022," adding that ...
This challenging question serves as an excellent framework for introducing the concept of "Cancer stem cells" in this article. It broadly echoes some of the many crucial questions surrounding the havoc ...
This book, comprising 100+ recipes to spice up your baby's life, was years in the making. I am very thankful to a whole community of people who saw this project through. ...
TKN -- In July 2021, Roxana Sultan, Chief Data Officer and Vice President, Health with the Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Toronto, Canada, had the opportunity to serve on a remote TKN assignment with the Aga Khan University (AKU). The primary objective was to support the AKU's Cancer Center and Brain and Mind Institute to develop its strategic plans ...
Global -- In this talk, Dr Hussein Rashid discusses the moral leadership of Imam Ali and his significance to all Muslims, both Shia and Sunni. ...
Faculty of Education, York University, July 18, 2022 The Robert Tiffin Student Leadership Awards recognize students whose leadership has contributed to the growth, development, and vitality of York University. Both undergraduate ...
"Stories lie deep in our souls. Stories lie so deep at the bottom of our hearts that they can bring people together on the deepest level. When I write a novel, ...
Throughout May 2022, the Aga Khan Foundation in Uganda raised awareness of menstrual health management amongst girls and boys in Kampala District. Young people, parents/caregivers and other community members learnt how to make reusable sanitary towels and had the opportunity to learn more about menstrual health and hygiene. The activities were aimed at breaking the stigma, changing negative social norms around menstrual hygiene ...
ANZ -- Originally from Ahmedabad, India, Noorin started her journey with an Engineering degree (Electrical) and later completed MBA from The University of Queensland in 2015. Noorin is currently working as a Project Manager with the Australian Department of Defence, where she is leading multi-million-dollar Air Force projects. In the last 16 years, she has worked in various industries including aviation, ...
#Speech made by His Highness the #AgaKhan at the Global Centre for Pluralism's Annual Lecture in Toronto, Canada on 19 May 2016. Read the full speech here: For more about the Aga Khan Development Network, visit ...
In this talk, Dr Hussein Rashid discusses the moral leadership of Imam Ali and his significance to all Muslims, both Shia and Sunni. #AgaKhan #Ismaili #Islam #Muslim #OneJamat #OneHumanity #WhatIsmailisBelieve ...
Throughout May 2022, the Aga Khan Foundation in Uganda raised awareness of menstrual health management amongst girls and boys in Kampala District. Both girls and boys were taught how to make reusable sanitary towels and were educated on menstrual health. The activities were aimed at breaking the stigma and changing negative social norms around menstrual hygiene and engaging decision-makers to catalyse action. ...
The Living Sea presents the gaze of two friends: Hussain Aga Khan and Simone Piccoli in the extraordinary diversity of the underwater world of three countries: Tonga, Mexico and Egypt. Both ...
Gilltown Stud sire edges closer to 100 milestone and achieves first Gr.1 win as broodmare sire. SEA THE STARS is having an excellent season both as a sire and as an emerging broodmare sire. The Gilltown Stud resident started this year on 86 lifetime Stakes winners. His tally now stands at 95 as he edges ever closer to the milestone of ...
[We are pleased to present excerpts from a tribute to Mawlana Hazar Imam penned 50 years ago by renowned Pakistani scholar, A. K. Brohi, that appeared in the July 11, 1972 issue of Ismaili Mirror of Pakistan. Hazar Imam was then 35 years old, and had been married to Begum Salimah for close to 3 years. Mawlana Hazar Imam had two ...
RT.COM -- [ISMAILI DIGEST ED: While we normally do not post on political matters, we are posting on the situation in Ukraine because it is an invaluable case study about Big Tech and Western media. Hazar Imam, 2006: "Journalists transmit superficial rhetoric and slight underlying realities."] ARTICLE: America's sudden love affair with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky is reminiscent of the West's 1940s campaign to beautify Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin's image. Just 5 years after the Great Purge, when Stalin killed about a million people, Collier's magazine claimed the USSR was evolving "toward something resembling our own and Great Britain's democracy." The New York Times agreed. Similarly today, Zelensky and his army are portrayed as heroic, freedom fighters. However, in 2018, before Russia's military offensive, Reuters pointed out that Ukrainian volunteer militias use Nazi symbolism and recruit Hitler acolytes. Today Ukraine's fascist elements are whitewashed. The fact is Ukraine incorporated neo-nazi militias, including the Azov Battalion, into its National Guard after the country's democratically elected leadership was overthrown in a US-backed coup in 2014. And, once World War II ended, ...
USA -- Interfaith group tours Atlanta Headquarters Jamatkhana and helps prepare Care packages In Atlanta Headquarters Jamatkhana on a Sunday afternoon, a group of Ismail CIVIC volunteers stands huddled in the entryway to the anteroom. A splay of chairs sits clustered together over the ochre-pink carpet with its repetition of patterns. Seated in rapt attention is a medley of people hailing ...
On the occasion of Eid-e Ghadir, the Ismaili is pleased to present Allahumma Salli Ala, performed by Jishan Ali Thobani. This song is written in praise of the many qualities of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) and his progeny. ...
GOOGLE.COM -- Persian mystical poetry may be described as a harmony of religion, philosophy, and art constituting the deepest and finest expression of the Persian spirit in its outlook upon life or, in other words, as a synthesis of thought, feeling, and imagination which appeals to the entirety of human nature. That is why, though seen only in the dim glass of translation, it casts a spell over men like Hegel, Goethe, and Emerson. Pioneering Sufi poets turned to a native and familiar form of verse -- the "rub'ai" or quatrain. Unlike the "ghazals" and , "qasidas" of contemporary court poetry, which imitate Arabic models and are seldom free from artificiality, the "ruba'i" made no pretensions to learning and could readily be adapted to express mystical thought ...
Steel Processional Standard ('Alam) on stand presented to Mawlana Hazar Imam, His Highness the Aga Khan, on the occasion of his 65th anniversary of accession to the Imamat of the Ismaili Muslims. Photograph: © Steve Wakeham. By MALIK MERCHANT Publisher/Editor Barakah, Simerg and Simergphotos In the space of seven days, Ismaili Muslims around the world have come together in their respective Jamatkhana ...
According to Shia belief, by declaring Hazrat Ali as Mawla after him, the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family) transferred his own spiritual authority bestowed upon him by Allah to Hazrat Ali, making him -- and all the Imams that follow -- the Amirul Mu'minin, or Master of the Believers. #AgaKhan #Ismaili #Islam #Muslim #OneJamat #OneHumanity #WhatIsmailisBelieve #Eid ...
Global -- The Ismaili is pleased to share exclusive photographs of Mawlana Hazar Imam and his family taken on 11 July 2022, to mark the 65th Imamat Day of our beloved Imam-of-the-Time. Mawlana Hazar Imam with Prince Amyn, Princess Zahra, Prince Rahim, Prince Hussain, and Prince Aly Muhammad on Imamat Day, 11 July 2022. Mawlana Hazar Imam at his Lisbon residence ...
CAITLINJOHNSTONE.COM -- [ISMAILI DIGEST ED: While we normally do not post on political matters, we are posting on the situation in Ukraine because it is an invaluable case study about Big Tech and Western media. ~~ Hazar Imam, 1996: "For centuries, the press has cast itself as the champion of understanding and enlightenment. And yet, even as the press has become more international, it has often left a trail of misunderstanding in its wake."] ARTICLE: "I've spent my career working in the mainstream, and I've covered probably seven, eight, nine shooting wars; I've never seen coverage so utterly consumed by a tsunami of jingoism, and of manipulative jingoism as this one." (John Pilger) ~~ "It's quite interesting that in American discourse, it is almost obligatory to refer to the invasion as the 'unprovoked invasion of Ukraine'. Look it up on Google, you will find hundreds of thousands of hits. Of course, it was provoked. Otherwise they wouldn't refer to it all the time as an unprovoked invasion." (Noam Chomsky) If your neighbor always referred to his wife as "my wife who I definitely never beat," you'd immediately become suspicious because ...
A short and powerful poetry chapbook written by Saher Lalani in remembrance of her mother, Dr. Fatima Hashamali, a pediatrician who dedicated her life to caring for vulnerable children in Kenya, ...
