Global -- You've heard it a hundred times: be careful what you forward on WhatsApp. But at the same time, be careful what you dismiss on WhatsApp -- a lesson Iman Vellani learned after receiving a message that changed her life. Iman is from Markham, Ontario, and attends Unionville Jamatkhana. On 8 June 2022 she catapulted to international fame by debuting ...
Global -- In the 1990s, the United Nations launched a financial literacy course to help families develop a budget and organise their savings. Word soon began to spread, and the course gained in popularity. Today, members of the Jamat across the world are both delivering the course content and benefiting from it alike. Today, two billion people worldwide lack access to ...
Global -- On 11 July 2022, the global Jamat will commemorate a rare milestone - Mawlana Hazar Imam's 65th Imamat Day. Here, we look back at his third decade as Imam. From 1977, the world began to experience great technological achievements: the birth of the first test tube baby, the sale of the first Apple Macintosh computer, and the first permanent ...
GOOGLE.COM -- Salman Farsi, probably the greatest saint of Ismailism, the devoted servant of the Prophet, and the ardent follower of Mawlana Ali and of the Imams, is a figure in the history of Islam which is familiar to all Ismailis, and is much revered by them. His name is also sacred to all Shi'ites, to Sufis. It, therefore, may be surprising that we have so remarkably little authentic information about Salman. There are many early hadiths which show that the legend of Salman was already well known at quite an early time. In view of the importance of the part which he played in the origin of Shi'ism, and thus of Ismailism, every intelligent Ismaili would be interested to hear ...
Portugal -- No próximo dia 11 de julho, o nosso amado Mawlana Hazar Imam celebra o seu 65º aniversário como líder e guia espiritual de todos os Muçulmanos Ismaili. Iremos celebrar esta data como "Um Jamat" no próximo dia 16 de Julho, no Centro de Congressos de Lisboa. Inscreva-se em iiportugal.org. As celebrações por ocasião do 65º aniversário do nosso amado ...
Mawlana Hazar Imam's fourth Takht Nashini ceremony was held in Karachi, Pakistan, on 22 January 1958.Mawlana Hazar Imam with his mother, Princess Joan Aly Khan, welcoming his father, Prince Aly Khan, on his arrival at Karachi airport. The family was gathered for the Takht Nashini. Photo: Depth of Field Ed. by Gary OtteMawlana Hazar Imam with his father Prince Aly Khan ...
GOOGLE.COM -- Hazar Imam, 1983: "Children need to be cared for from the time they are conceived until they reach maturity ..." ~~ Mawlana Sultan Muhammad Shah: "The immediate religious duty of all my spiritual children is to learn perfect infant care from conception till maturity. The unnecessary death rate must be reduced. It is not only saving of lives but if souls. Each child saved may be someday a missionary -- a teacher of faith and love of God, the Prophet, Aly and his successors." ...
QUILLETTE.COM -- [ISMAILI DIGEST ED: Hazar Imam, 1983: "Children need to be cared for from the time they are conceived until they reach maturity ..."; Mawlana Sultan Muhammad Shah: "The immediate religious duty of all my spiritual children is to learn perfect infant care from conception till maturity."] After receiving my Ph.D. this year, I found myself in a minor media whirlwind because of my finding that 96% of 5,577 biologists said human life begins at fertilization. 89% of them identified as liberal; 85% as pro-choice and 63% as non-religious. Originally, I surveyed Americans and 76% believed they deserve to know when a human's life begins in order to give informed consent to abortion procedures; 93% believe a human's life is worthy of legal protection once it begins; and 80% said biologists were "most qualified to answer the question, 'When does a human's life begin?'." So I surveyed professors in biology departments of over 1,000 institutions around the world and 96% of responding biologists affirmed that a human life begins at fertilization. ...
Contributed by Karim Jivraj World Refugee Day is an international day designated by the United Nations to honour refugees around the globe. It falls each year on June 20 and celebrates ...
SLATE.COM -- [ISMAILI DIGEST ED: Hazar Imam, 1983: "Children need to be cared for from the time they are conceived until they reach maturity ..." ~~ Mawlana Sultan Muhammad Shah: "The immediate religious duty of all my spiritual children is to learn perfect infant care from conception till maturity."] ARTICLE: Just when you thought the religious right couldn't get any "crazier," here comes the academic left with an even crazier idea: after-birth abortion. No, I didn't make this up. In the British Medical Journal's Journal of Medical Ethics, Alberto Giubilini and Francesca Minerva propose: "When circumstances occur after birth such that they would have justified abortion, what we call after-birth abortion should be permissible.... We propose to call this practice 'after-birth abortion', rather than 'infanticide.' ... We claim that killing a newborn could be ethically permissible in all the circumstances where abortion would be. Such circumstances ...
Chitral, Pakistan, 24 June 2022 -Three Aga Khan Schools in this remote, mountainous region are adding state-of-the-art buildings to their campuses. These expansions will not only increase educational access for students from surrounding towns and distant villages but also offer enhanced quality of learning to the young students, as is required for achieving excellence in different fields in the 21st century. ...
Mawlana Hazar Imam third Takht Nashini ceremony was held in Kampala, Uganda on 25 October 1957.Alijah Hassaanali Lalji Mangalji, President of Kampala Provincial Council accompanied by Rai Sherali Bandali Jaffer, the Secretary of the Council, presents the signet ring to Mawlana Hazar Imam at the Takht Nashini ceremony in Kampala. Image: Ismaili.net "...The Ismaili community in Uganda is closely knit. This ...
World Culinary Awards,™ a global initiative, serves to celebrate and reward excellence in the culinary industry through our annual awards programme. World Culinary Awards™ is the sister event of World Travel ...
On 18 June 2022, amid the majestic mountains of the Pamirs and Tien Shan, the #graduation ceremonies at the two #UCA campuses in Naryn, Kyrgyzstan and Khorog, Tajikistan brought together parents, faculty and distinguished guests to pay tribute to the class of 2022. On behalf of the Chancellor, His Highness the #AgaKhan, Princess Zahra Aga Khan conveyed a special message of congratulations ...
CONSERVATIVEWOMAN.CO.UK -- [ISMAILI DIGEST ED: Hazar Imam, 1976: "What was once wrong is now simply unconventional, and for the sake of individual freedom must be *tolerated*. What is *tolerated* soon becomes accepted. Contrarily, what was once right is now viewed as outdated, old fashioned and is often the target of ridicule."] ARTICLE: Tolerance, as practiced today, is utterly corrupting. Originally, it meant to endure, to forbear, to put up with bad things. But now it is an obligation, because that which must be endured is everywhere: there is no end to the putting up with things. Far from being a positive trait, it is a negative concept compelling us to submit to everything which offends common decency. To be tolerant these days is not merely to permit, but to celebrate that which we know to be wrong. What tolerance has wrought is the celebration of terrible ideas. Tolerance tells you to put up and shut up. Say no to tolerance. It is the gateway drug to every evil. Tolerance is the trojan horse underwriting the destruction of morality, of conscience ...
Central Asia, 22 June 2022 - Last Saturday, amid the majestic mountains of the Pamirs and Tien Shan, the graduation ceremonies at the two University of Central Asia (UCA) campuses in Naryn, Kyrgyzstan and Khorog, Tajikistan brought together parents, faculty and distinguished guests who came to congratulate the students for their academic achievements and prospects of success. The event began with ...
Portugal -- Este livro é a primeira coleção de biografias de todos os Imams Ismaili, desde os que viveram durante o período formativo do Islão, atravessando a época dos Imams ocultos do primeiro "período de ocultação", quando as suas identidades públicas permaneceram guardadas, até aos Imams-califas da ilustre dinastia Fatimida, e os Imams do período Alamut, até aos Aga Khans dos ...
Portugal -- This book is the first collection of biographies of all the Ismaili Imams, from those living during the formative period of Islam, through to the hidden Imams of the first 'period of concealment' when their public identities remained guarded, to the Imam-caliphs of the illustrious Fatimid dynasty, and those of the Alamut period, up to the Aga Khans of ...
"Music has always been an art of special importance to me: Its power of communication is special, enormous and universal; it binds people together and unites them....At a time when strengthening ...
USA -- A former IBM executive's new book encourages women to harness their power to propel them to success. In the self-help sections of bookstores, titles such as James Clear's "Atomic Habits" or Stephen Covey's, "The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People," often line the shelves. Seldom do we see publications written by women of color who are immigrants from East ...
By MALIK MERCHANTPublisher/Editor Simergphotos, Barakahand SimergAlternative entrance to the Aga Khan Garden via a pathway that leads to Jilau Khana; Aga Khan Garden, Edmonton, June 20, 2022. Photo: Malik Merchant/ Simerg Photos. My first thought, even before leaving Toronto in early January to settle in Calgary, was that I would make the 300 kilometre drive to the Aga Khan Garden in ...
Urban River Spaces, Jhenaidah, Bangladesh, by Co.Creation.Architects / Khondaker Hasibul Kabir: A community-driven project providing public spaces in a riverine city with 250,000 residents, offering walkways, gardens and cultural facilities, as well as environmental efforts to increase biodiversity along the river. Urban River Spaces is one of 20 shortlisted projects for the 2022 Cycle of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture. Read more about ...
ANZ -- Meet Saba Akbar an esteemed academic, multiple scholarship awardee, and professional nurse from Sydney Jamat. SABA AKBAR Originally from Karachi, Pakistan, Saba has had a progressive career starting her journey as a nursing student at the Aga Khan University, in 2011 and going on to various roles including Surgical Nurse and Nursing Instructor. Her passion for acquiring knowledge led ...
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To coincide with World Music Day, The Ismaili is pleased to present The Ismaili Sounds: Jam Sessions, a platform to showcase live and mellow performances. The first release, "Ya Ali Madad [Reprise]" by The Sufistics, expresses the belief that adversities can be overcome by keeping one's faith close by. ...
Global -- In May 2020, while the world was in lockdown, The Ismaili TV hosted a virtual Shukrana Concert to commemorate Eid ul-Fitr. To prepare, the organising team issued a call out for song submissions, hoping for a few hours worth of content. The response was overwhelming. A new platform was soon created to showcase the musical talent of the Jamat ...
Geneva, Switzerland, 21 June 2022 - On the occasion of World Music Day, the Aga Khan Music Awards today announced the seven members of the Master Jury for the 2020-2022 Awards cycle. The Awards, which come with US$ 500,000 in prizes, recognise and further develop exceptional creativity, promise and enterprise in music performance, creation, education, preservation and revitalisation in societies across ...
Mawlana Hazar Imam's second Takht Nashini ceremony was held in Nairobi, Kenya, on 22 October 1957.Takht Nashini in Nairobi. Image: 25 Years in Pictures, Islamic Publications Ltd, London "...Never before in the history of man has there been such an age of technological progress. Only thirty years ago it was an adventure to fly in an aeroplane. Today there are machines ...
Extensive choice of racing and breeding prospects on offer at Arqana. The Aga Khan Studs will consign another quality draft of 30 racing and breeding prospects at this year's Arqana Summer Sale. Already in 2022, the exploits of Gr.2 winner Irish Sequel (formerly Bashiyr), Stakes winners ZEYREK and DIAMIL and Gr.1 runner-up SHERAZ on the flat, and Gr.1 Irish Champion Hurdle ...
Blimbingsari Airport, Banyuwangi, Indonesia, by andramatin: Serving more than 1,100 domestic passengers per day, the airport's roofs indicate a clear division between departure and arrival halls. Blimbingsari Airport is one of 20 shortlisted projects for the 2022 Cycle of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture. Read more about the shortlisted projects for the #AgaKhan Award for #Architecture 2022: For more about @TheAgaKhanAward for Architecture, ...
#Speech made by His Highness the #AgaKhan at the @World Bank InfoDev Conference in Washington DC, USA on 10 November 1999. Read the full speech here: For more about the Aga Khan Development Network, visit ...
Zarak filly second by a short neck in Prix de Diane. ZARAK came within a short neck of a first crop Classic success in the Gr.1 Prix de Diane at Chantilly on Sunday, as his daughter La Parisienne narrowly lost out to the more experienced Nashwa. The filly's connections were in celebratory spirits after such an exciting finish. "I am overjoyed, ...
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. The classical history ...
Global -- Access to English language learning opportunities in Afghanistan has long been uneven and limited, especially in the most remote areas. Yet, proficiency in English is essentially important to compete for the highest quality education and the best employment opportunities. A new language programme, developed in Canada, is helping to increase high-quality access at an exponential rate. At the virtual ...
MEDIUM.COM -- [ISMAILI DIGEST ED: Hazar Imam, 2015: "Is that message clear? You listen to people you don't like!" ~~ Hazar Imam, 1965: " What does happen, and this is a danger, is that the left-wing attitudes tend [to destroy] the respect of one individual towards another."] ARTICLE: Time and again, research shows people with left-wing/liberal views are more likely to block or unfriend their ideological counterparts than those with right-wing/conservative views. 2012 and 2014 Pew Research polls found liberals were more likely to block, unfriend or hide someone they disagreed with on social networking sites than conservatives. A 2014 YouGov UK poll found that Labour and Liberal Democrat supporters were much more likely to find it harder to befriend a UKIP supporter than vice versa. 2017 and 2018 The Dartmouth's polls found that student Democrats were much more likely to feel uncomfortable having Republican roommates or friends than vice versa. A 2020 Pew Research poll found that Democrats were more likely to avoid committed relationships with Republicans than vice versa. In 2021 ...
THEFEDERALIST.COM -- [ISMAILI DIGEST ED: Hazar Imam, 2008: "The quest for identity can then become an exclusionary process -- so that we define ourselves less by what we are for and more by whom we are against. When this happens, diversity turns quickly from a source of beauty to a cause of discord."] ARTICLE: To understand what binds the coalition of conflicting groups on the left together, it is more useful to examine what they oppose rather than the policies they support. And the glue that holds them together is scapegoating: identifying a villain, the scapegoat, the victim to be targeted who is blamed for inciting conflict. As The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy explains: the targeted victim is a monstrous creature that deserves to be punished and eliminated for peace. Identifying the left's scapegoats isn't difficult: masculine men become scapegoats when dubbed toxic, sexist enforcers of patriarchy. Stable nuclear families are targets for perpetuating gender roles. The terms for the scapegoats -- the "deplorables," sexists and the racists, rednecks and retrogrades, bigots, different stripes of -phobes -- is what holds the fragile bloc together. Party operatives blame ...
Community Spaces in Rohingya Refugee Response, Teknaf, Bangladesh, by Rizvi Hassan, Khwaja Fatmi, Saad Ben Mostafa: Sustainably built structures in the world's largest refugee camps, which occurred collaboratively in the field without drawings or models. Community Spaces in Rohingya Refugee Response is one of 20 shortlisted projects for the 2022 Cycle of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture. Read more about the shortlisted projects ...
Mawlana Hazar Imam succeeded his grandfather to the Imamate on 11 July1957. To mark his accession, several Takht Nashini (Masnadnashini) ceremonies were held, the first in Dar es Salaam, Tanganyika (now Tanzania) on 19 October 1957.Mawlana Hazar Imam at the Takht Nashini ceremony in Dar es Salaam. Image: AKDN / Mohamed Lalji RamjiMawlana Hazar Imam addressing the audience at the Takht ...
USA -- A variety of Navroz celebrations offer renewed hope and entertainment The start of the Persian New Year started a flurry of celebrations in Jamats across the globe. After a temporary hiatus from in-person celebrations instilled by the pandemic, Navroz 2022 in the Southeast Region proved to be a joyous recommencing of festivities for the Jamat. Atlanta Children's Museum An ...
Lanka Learning Centre, Parangiyamadu, Sri Lanka, by feat.collective / Noemi Thiele, Felix Lupatsch, Valentin Ott and Felix Yaparsidi: A multifunctional cultural centre and adult school where locals learn craftsmanship creates a multi-ethnic meeting point. Lanka Learning Centre is one of 20 shortlisted projects for the 2022 Cycle of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture. Read more about the shortlisted projects for the #AgaKhan Award ...
GOOGLE.COM -- Islam is the religion of unity (tawhid) and all aspects of Islamic doctrine and practice reflect this central principle. Sufism, being the marrow of the bone or the inner dimension of the Islamic revelation, is the means par excellence whereby tawhid is achieved. All Muslims believe in Unity as expressed by the Shahadah, La ilaha ill'Allah. But only the Sufi, has realized the mysteries of tawhid, who knows what this assertion means. Only he sees God everywhere. The whole programme of Sufism, is to cure man from hypocrisy and to make him whole. Many today would like to be sophisticated at all costs, even preferring to be sophisticated and enter hell rather than be simple and go to paradise, for as Christ said ...
