By Almas Meherally for The Province Almas works as Social Media and Digital Editor with The Province and Vancouver Sun. Almas worked as a journalist in India and moved to Canada ...
Canada -- Mawlana Hazar Imam completed the first leg of his Diamond Jubilee visit to Canada, departing from Ottawa on 4 May after having completed several days of proceedings related to the work of the Aga Khan Development Network and Global Centre for Pluralism. On his departure, Hazar Imam expressed his appreciation for the work of the institutions and highlighted the ...
Hundreds of Ismaili volunteers are preparing for His Highness Shah Karim Al Hussaini, the Aga Khan IV's visit to Vancouver from May 5-7. Source: Volunteers prepare for the Aga Khan's visit ...
"We're happy to be here this morning as people of faith coming together united. I think that's what God desires -- people of different backgrounds, races, cultures and ethnicities sitting together. ...
On Sunday, May 27, more than 1,000 community members, staff, faculty and students will be on campus to take part in Victoria's annual Work Partnership Walk (WPW)--a walk that raises funds ...
By Jim Dinning. He is a former Alberta finance minister and chancellor emeritus of the University of Calgary. After a winter we thought would never end, we're eager to enjoy the ...
Written by the Rt. Hon. Jean Chrétien, Prime Minister of Canada from 1993 to 2003. His Highness the Aga Khan is visiting Canada this month as part of an international celebration ...
North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth and Council Member Anna Kaplan hosted the Ismaili Council for a community clean-up event on April 22 at Whitney Pond Park in Manhasset. The event ...
Jubilee Arts -- Amil Shivji, a filmmaker from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, feels that "art is not an ideology; rather it is a method of communication. What you want to say through your art can be at odds with the status quo in an effort to create an impact; it would be negligent [of] us to not use this beautiful means ...
Canada -- With Mawlana Hazar Imam's visit to Vancouver quickly approaching, thousands of volunteers are working day and night to prepare. Seventy-five-year-old Ismail Nanji has volunteered with the building team each time Mawlana Hazar Imam has granted Deedar in Vancouver for the last 40 years. He still remembers building the stage for Hazar Imam's first visit to Vancouver in 1978. "Now ...
The Aga Khan Education Board for Pakistan in collaboration with The Aga Khan Economic Planning Board for Pakistan recently held the "Ra'id Leadership Conference", a Diamond Jubilee Initiative of the National Council for Pakistan. The conference brought together outstanding young members of the Jamat, providing them with exceptional resources to develop their leadership skills while providing an opportunity for this next ...
The Government of Canada is pleased to announce that H.E. Marc-André Blanchard, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Canada to the @UN, has been appointed as Canada's Representative to the Ismaili Imamat ...
Dr Mahmoud Eboo, the Ismaili Imamat's Representative to Canada and @blanchardCanada welcomed His Highness the #AgaKhan to Canada earlier this week for his #DiamondJubilee visit. -- AKDN (@akdn) May 3, ...
On behalf of the Conservative Opposition I paid tribute to the #AgaKhan on the occasion of his Diamond Jubilee and thanked him for his compassion & global leadership. -- Erin ...
Ismaili Muslims from all over British Columbia are getting ready celebrate the arrival of the Aga Khan in Canada, to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of him being Imam. He will be ...
Far-right nationalism has emerged as a major force to contend with in European politics and debate. Political parties have found success by appealing to entrenched fears over increased migration and religious difference. The result has been a political climate that is being shaped by a suspicion of migrants and refugees, and even xenophobia. Watch leading member of Germany's Green Party, federal Member of ...
United Kingdom -- Jubilee 2018: An Intercultural Concert was held on 29 April 2018 in Stockholm, Sweden, in celebration of Mawlana Hazar Imam's Diamond Jubilee. The concert featured a dazzling array of Master Musicians of the Aga Khan Music Initiative and Guests and was webcast live on the.ismaili. This live event has now concluded. The evening featured a performance of newly-created ...
The Governor General hosted a dinner at Rideau Hall to mark the Diamond Jubilee of His Royal Highness the Aga Khan.Date: May 2, 2018 Photographer: Sgt Johanie Maheu, Rideau Hall Photographs at ...
Governor General Julie Payette hosted a dinner at Rideau Hall to mark the diamond jubilee of the Aga Khan Source: CBC News - MSN News - The GazettePrime Minister Justin Trudeau ...
By Adrienne Clarkson for Globe & Mail There are two living world leaders who have celebrated their Diamond Jubilee - 60 years in office. One is Her Majesty The Queen and ...
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will dine with the Aga Khan on Wednesday -- part of the spiritual leader's tour through Canada to mark his diamond jubilee. The Prime Minister's Office confirmed ...
In the Ismaili tradition, the Imam has a central and indispensable role in helping the believer mediate the outer and inner aspects of life By KARIM H. KARIM (This is an abridged and revised version of the article "A Semiotics of Infinite Translucence: The Exoteric and Esoteric in Ismaili Muslim Hermeneutics," which was published in the special issue on "Visible/Invisible: Religion, ...
Ottawa, Canada, 2 May 2018 - This evening, Her Excellency the Right Honourable Julie Payette, the Governor General of Canada, hosted an official dinner at Rideau Hall to mark the Diamond Jubilee of His Highness the Aga Khan - celebrating six decades of leadership as Imam (Spiritual leader) of the Shia Ismaili Muslim community. Guests included Princess Zahra Aga Khan, past ...
The daughter of Kalandara remains unbeaten in the Gr.3 Prix Pénélope. LUMINATE, the brave and classy winner of the Gr.3 Prix Pénélope at Saint-Cloud today, is a fine example of the quality of the Aga Khan bloodlines and of their potential to produce top class horses even once they have left the green pastures of the Aga Khan Studs. The three-year-old ...
Ottawa, Canada, 2 May 2018 - This evening, Her Excellency the Right Honourable Julie Payette, the Governor General of Canada, hosted an official dinner at Rideau Hall to mark the Diamond Jubilee of His Highness the Aga Khan - celebrating six decades of leadership as Imam (Spiritual leader) of the Shia Ismaili Muslim community. ...
Canada -- Earlier this evening, Her Excellency the Right Honourable Julie Payette, Governor General of Canada, hosted a dinner at Rideau Hall in honour of Mawlana Hazar Imam's Diamond Jubilee. Guests included Princess Zahra Aga Khan, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, past Prime Ministers Jean Chrétien and Joe Clark, and past Governors General David Johnston and Adrienne Clarkson, as well as Jamati ...
Portugal -- O Registo oficial para as diversas atividades e eventos que ocorrerão na semana de 5 a 11 de Julho de 2018 em Lisboa já está a decorrer. Por ocasião da celebração dos 60 anos de Jubileu do nosso amado Mawlana Hazar Imam, o National Council de Portugal tem o prazer de anunciar que já abriu o registo oficial para ...
His Highness the Aga Khan is visiting Canada this month as part of an international celebration of his 60th, or "Diamond Jubilee," anniversary as spiritual leader of the world's Ismaili Muslims. ...
CBC Vancouver News Sunday with Tanya Fletcher. Zahra Premji reports: Watch at the source, starts at 7:39 to 10:03 ...
Prince Aly Aga Khan travelled to Northern Pakistan to meet with the resilient and brave communities who have withstood natural disasters for centuries. Inspired by their stories, he wrote and directed ...
When you browse through the Kamloops Art Gallery's past exhibitions on its website, South Asian experiences and creativities have been nearly invisible until now. This despite the fact that South Asians ...
Maldon rally driver Nabila Tejpar will take on one of the most competitive single-make rally series in Europe in 2018 after securing a deal to contest the Iberican Peugeot Sport Cup ...
A trailblazing racing champion is revving up the pressure ahead of Britain's first ever closed-roads rally - by challenging herself to beat an unusual rival. British Ladies title-holder Nabila Tejpar is ...
Dhaka Tribune Editor-in-Chief Zafar Sobhan, second from left, along with others at the World Speech Day program at the Ismaili Jamatkhana and Center in Dhaka's Bashundhara on April 28, 2018 Dhaka Tribune ...
Spiritual leader visits Vancouver on May 5 as part of diamond jubilee tour Thousands of Ismaili Muslims in Metro Vancouver are preparing for the arrival of their spiritual leader, the Aga ...
With illness often comes depression and despondency but some doctors believe the best way to heal is through love, compassion and laughter. One such medical practitioner is Dr Patch Adams (), ...
A delegation of five high-ranking members of the Bangladesh government, led by Munir Merali, Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) Ambassador to Bangladesh, visited the Aga Khan Academy near Shamshabad on Friday. ...
Canada -- Mawlana Hazar Imam arrived in Ottawa on 1 May, marking the first stop of his Diamond Jubilee visit to Canada. He was received at the airport by Government of Canada representatives the Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of International Development and La Francophonie; Ambassador Marc-André Blanchard, Canada's Permanent Representative to the United Nations; as well as Senator Mobina Jaffer and ...
