VIDEO: Quote of the week
Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Graduation ceremony of the University of Alberta, Canada, 9 June 2009. Read more: ...
Ismaili Jamatkhanas in Greater Atlanta Host Elected Officials
United States -- Ismaili Jamatkhanas foster an appreciation of pluralism and serve as a perfect venue for sharing the Ismaili Muslim identity and community values with the greater community. Events hosted at the Jamatkhana stimulate the intellect, encourage dialogue, and celebrate cultural diversity in the Greater Atlanta Area. They are often also used to host government and community leaders to enhance ...
Coral Springs Commissioner Candidates Meet and Greet at Fort Lauderdale Jamatkhana
United States -- In a Meet and Greet event hosted in the Ft. Lauderdale Jamatkhana, attendees had an opportunity to have their voices heard by the six candidates running for the position of Coral Springs Commissioner Seat 2. The event included an audience of Jamati and other community members. "This is the second successful event," said Sameer Chagani, Project Manager for ...
Celebrating and Showing Gratitude
United States -- "It gives you a feeling that nothing else can really give you, it gives you a different type of joy. You see what you're doing and how that is helping the community," says Maha Jalia, a university student and member of the Atlanta I-CERV team. During the winter holidays, over 200 I-CERV (Ismaili Community Engaged in Responsible Volunteering) ...
Professor Amir-Moezzi Receives Prize for the History of Religions
News story -- Professor Amir-Moezzi, Director of Islamic Studies at École Pratique des Hautes Études, Sorbonne University and IIS Research Fellow, was honored with the Prize for the History of Religions by the Pierre-Antoine Bernheim's Friends Foundation for his book The Proof of God: Shi'ite Mysticism through Kulaynî's work (La Preuve de Dieu: La Mystique Shi'ite à travers l'oeuvre de Kulaynî) at ...
Volunteers in Uganda: Serving others for a brighter future
Global -- In Islamic belief, caring for the poor and the needy is a long established tradition. Serving orphaned children is especially commended, as quoted in the Qur'an and sayings of the Prophet (peace be upon him and his family). With this in mind, young members of the Ismaili Volunteers Corps and the Aga Khan Scouts and Guides in Uganda gathered ...
Civil society in India: Building a future that works for all
Global -- Civil Society has the potential to play a fundamental role in bringing about change for a brighter future. This article features stories of individuals who have brought about change and bettered the lives of others, illustrating that each of us, in our own special way, can can help one another to build a better future. In an interview with ...
Zainub Verjee Appointed Member of Board of Directors at Work In Culture (WIC)
Work In Culture is a 20 year old province wide organization that envisions to have Ontario cultural sector that is globally competitive, innovative and recognized as an important contributor to the ...
The Beginner Investor: A Beginner's Guide to Stock Market Investing by Danial Jiwani
When I started investing in the stock market, at 16 years old, it was overwhelming. There were many technical terms that I did not understand. I did not know how to ...
"Zero emissons" electric digger
TWITTER.COM -- POLEMIC PAINE -- Love the commentary to this video. Sorry I don't know who to credit. ...
We, the Servants and Tenants of EARTH
To meet the challenge that the global ecological crisis presents today, there is an urgent need to draw on humanity's philosophical and spiritual repertoire - because it teaches us valuable lessons on the importance of taking care of life in all its forms. Senegalese philosopher Souleymane Bachir Diagne draws on this source here, by blending the philosophical novel of a twelfth-century ...
SR Media Group: Mowla E Kainaat - Hazrat Ali A.S Episode 8 Part 5 (Dostar E Ali - Mittam Al Thamaar)
SR Media Group presents: "Mowla E Kainaat" Series of episodes highlighting the life history of Hazrat Ali A.S. Episode 8 part 5- Dostar E Ali (friend of Imam Ali) Mittam Al ...
The heart of the world: The Silk Road
AEON.CO -- The Silk Road is once again the centre of the world. For more than two millennia, news and information, goods and products, ideas and beliefs have flowed through networks, known as the Silk Roads, linking the Pacific coast of China with the Atlantic coasts of North Africa. To understand the world, the best place to look is not in the centre of the West nor in the heart of the East, but on the old Silk Road where the two come together. The world's great religions burst into life in Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, as well as Iran, Iraq, southern Russia and the countries of the Levant and the Caucasus. Here Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism and Hinduism jostled, borrowed and competed with each other. ...
Faith and Marriage: Better Together?
IFSTUDIES.ORG -- My research indicates that couples are substantially more likely to report being happy in their relationship when both partners attend church regularly than when neither partner does. Couples in which both members attend church are more likely to say that they often pray together. We [also] found that shared prayer is the most powerful religious predictor of relationship. More powerful than denomination, religious attendance, or shared religious friendships. In simple terms the couple that prays together, flourishes together. And new research from Harvard, tracking thousands of middle-aged women, found that women who regularly attended church were 47% less likely to divorce than women who did not regularly attend church. ...
University of Central Asia: Silk Road University Serves Nomadic Mountain Communities
The University of Central Asia, a unique university on the New Silk Road being developed by China to link Asia to Europe, hopes to tag onto the new infrastructure to educate ...
Shelina Shariff Zia: MOMBASA
Mombasa. I dreamt of Mombasa again last night. Mombasa, just saying the name makes me remember the salty smell of the ocean. Mombasa watching the blue green Indian Ocean that stretches ...
Ancient Hindu Temple in Pakistan Opens to Worshippers
SIALKOT, Pakistan: In April this year, Pakistani Hindu community leader Surinder Kumar got the phone call he had been waiting almost two decades to receive. On the line, an official from ...
Centro Ismaili de Lisboa participa no Festival Jardins Abertos
Portugal -- Num fim de semana de sol no início deste verão, os jardins do Centro Ismaili de Lisboa, juntamente com outros espaços verdes da cidade, participaram na terceira edição do Festival Jardins Abertos, recebendo visitantes e partilhando a sua diversa flora com o público. Durante o fim de semana, os visitantes tiveram a oportunidade de explorar os grandes espaços abertos ...
2nd Imam - Husayn ibn Ali - by Mumtaz Ali Tajddin
GOOGLE.COM -- While Imam Hussain made preparations to depart Mecca, things took a reverse turn for him in Kufa. While he was heading towards Iraq, Ibn Ziyad made Kufa a scene of terror and horror, and imposed strict martial law. He made a declaration that anyone suspected of supporting Imam Hussain, would be hanged without trial, his house would be set on fire and his property would be confiscated. Ibn Ziyad also blockaded all the roads leading from Mecca to Kufa and gave strict orders forbidding anyone from entering or leaving the territory of Kufa. The Imam knew all these measures, but continued his journey undeterred. ...
Investment Opportunities in Uganda
Canada -- In May 2019, Her Excellency Joy Acheng, High Commissioner of Uganda to Canada, visited the Ismaili Centre, Toronto and the Ismaili Centre, Vancouver to discuss potential investment ...
A must watch presentation: Prince Hussain Aga Khan's clarion call for the preservation of environment and conservation of biodiversity
Introduced by MALIK MERCHANT(Publisher-Editor, Simerg,Barakah and Simergphotos) Prince Hussain Aga Khan speaking at EAT Food Forum held on June 12-13, 2019, in Stockholm, Sweden. Photo: EAT Forum (Extracted from video). Prince Hussain Aga Khan, son of His Highness the Aga Khan and Princess Salimah Aga Khan, and brother to Princess Zahra, Prince Rahim and Prince Aly Muhammad, was born on April ...
Event: Film Talks Series - Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet at Plano, TX JamatKhana
Date And Time: Sun, July 28, 2019 3:15 PM - 6:00 PM CDT Location: Plano Jamatkhana 6704 Alma Drive, Plano, TX You are cordially invited to the following event as part ...
Book Launch Event in Toronto: Ayaz Pirani's "Kabir's Jacket Has a Thousand Pockets"
Book Lunch Event: Saturday, July 27, 2019 from 3 PM at knife | fork | book 244 Augusta Ave, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ...
Book Launch Event in Calgary: Mansoor Ladha's Memoirs of a Muhindi @LadhaMansoor
Book Lunch Event: Saturday, July 27, 2019 from 11 AM to 4 PM at 5570 Signal Hill Centre SW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. ...
24 Faith-Based Organizations Promoting Food Security Worldwide @AKDN @AKF_Global
Source: FoodTank Sharing food is a fundamental part of many religions. In the book of Luke in the Christian Bible, for example, Christians are urged to share food: "He who has ...
The best stats you've ever seen (2006)
TED.COM -- [ISMAILI DIGEST ED: While we don't agree with the statement "the gap between rich and poor is a myth", the new perspectives presented are outstanding and funny.] ARTICLE: About 10 years ago, I took on the task to teach global development to Swedish undergraduate students. That was after having spent about 20 years, together with African institutions, studying hunger in Africa. So I was sort of expected to know a little about the world. I thought, these students coming to us actually have the highest grade you can get in the Swedish college system, so I thought, maybe they know everything I'm going to teach them about. So I did a pretest ...
Ismaili Centre Lisbon participates in Open Gardens Festival
Global -- On a sunny weekend earlier this summer, the gardens at the Ismaili Centre in Lisbon, along with other flourishing green spaces in the surrounding area, participated in the 3rd edition of the Open Gardens Festival, welcoming visitors, and sharing its diverse flora with the public. During the weekend, visitors had the opportunity to explore the large open spaces that ...
A close relative to Gr. 1 winner Mourayan at Goffs UK
Winners feature in Aga Khan Studs draft. The Aga Khan Studs consignment of seven colts and geldings for the forthcoming Goffs UK August Sale holds great appeal with promising individuals for a future on the flat or over jumps. Among the attractions, the sole four-year-old of the draft, HASANABAD (lot 196), recorded a win over a mile and a half in ...
Punchbowl Mosque: Modern Architectural Masterpiece
In the south-west Sydney suburb of Punchbowl, the ritualistic and formal traditions of the Islamic faith find contemporary expression in a monumental ode to prayer. Buildings are simple: a budget, a ...
The Aga Khan University Hospital Nairobi to Establish Children's Specialty Hospital and Cancer Research Centre
The Aga Khan University Hospital in Nairobi has announced plans to establish a Children's Specialty Hospital to offer the most advanced care for children in the region and a Cancer Research ...
Why Women Still Can't Have It All
THEATLANTIC.COM -- It's time to stop fooling ourselves, says a woman who left a position of power: the first woman director of policy planning at the [Obama] State Department. If we truly believe in equal opportunity for all women, here's what has to change. When I found myself in a job working long hours on someone else's schedule, I could no longer be both the parent and the professional I wanted to be. I am hardly alone in this realization. Michèle Flournoy stepped down as undersecretary of defense for policy to spend more time with her children. Karen Hughes left as counselor to President George W. Bush for the sake of her family. Mary Matalin, assistant to Bush and the counselor to Vice President Dick Cheney, stepped down to spend more time with her daughters. She wrote: "Having control over your schedule is the only way that women who want to have a career and a family can make it work." ...
Moms Who Cut Back at Work Are Happier
THEATLANTIC.COM -- Two facts are often obscured in the public conversation devoted to women, work, and family. First, research shows the vast majority of married mothers don't want to work full-time. A Pew Research Center study found that married mothers are especially likely to prefer part-time work. Similarly a New York Times/CBS News survey found 49% of mothers wished to work part-time, compared to 27% who wished to work full-time. Second, married mothers who ...
Zainub Verjee Appointed to the Board of the Cultural Human Resources Council
At its recently held 25th Annual General Meeting in Toronto, Zainub Verjee was appointed to the Board Directors of the Cultural Human Resources Council (CHRC). In Canada, the Cultural Human Resources ...
Dr. Henna Budhwani Awarded Mentored Research Scientist Development Grant to Study HIV Prevention
Dr. Henna Budhwani, assistant professor in the department of health care organization and policy, has been awarded a Mentored Research Scientist Development Grant (K01) of $900,000 from the National Institutes of ...
Mountaineer Sirbaz Khan Climbs Broad Peak, World's 12th Highest Mountain
Mountaineer Sirbaz Khan has successfully climbed the summit of the world's 12th highest mountain Broad Peak (8,047 m) without using supplementary oxygen. He completed his summit on the July 12 at ...
Improving Stability and Better Natural Resources Management in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan
AKIPRESS.COM - The seasonal shortage of irrigation water in the Aiyl Aymak of Birlik, Kadamjay district of Batken oblast, was solved with the help of the Aga Khan Foundation's project "Improving ...
Charlie and I are not big fans of ...
AZQUOTES.COM -- "Charlie [Munger] and I are not big fans of resumes. Instead, we focus on brains, passion and integrity." -- Warren Buffett ...
Back to the future - L'intelligence artificielle et la blockchain expliquées au jamat français
France -- À l'initiative des Boards, Aga Khan Education Board, Economic and Planning Board et Youth & Sports Committee, une cinquantaine de personnes de tout âge ont eu l'opportunité d'apprendre sur 2 technologies émergentes clés de notre société numérique actuelle, à savoir l'intelligence artificielle et la blockchain, grâce à l'intervention de deux experts ismailis en technologie : Aiaze Mitha et Hamza ...
France Jamat looks to key technologies of the future
Global -- Two emerging technologies we often hear about include Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Blockchain, which have the potential to revolutionise everyday life. Recently, the Aga Khan Education Board, Economic Planning Board, and Youth & Sports Committee of the Ismail Council for France, invited members of the Jamat to learn about these key technologies from experts in the field. Our daily ...
