REPORT ADAPTED FROM THE ISMAILI With 40 days until the inauguration of the Diamond Jubilee of Mawlana Hazar Imam, His Highness the Aga Khan, The Ismaili, the official website of the worldwide Ismaili community, has released a musical tribute composed by duo brothers Salim - Sulaiman Merchant and performed by Ismaili artists from around the world. The video can be watched ...

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Barakah is pleased to present a special slide show highlighting the inauguration of the Global Centre for Pluralism in Ottawa, Canada, on Tuesday May 16, 2017. Date posted: May 26, 2017. _________________ Barakah welcomes your feedback. Please complete the LEAVE A REPLY form below or send your comment tosimerg@aol.com.Your letter may be edited for length and brevity, and is subject to ...

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PHOTOGRAPHS BY JEAN-MARC CARISSE AND OTHERS; TEXTUAL MATERIAL COMPILED BY ABDULMALIK MERCHANT. Summary: The International Headquarters of the Global Centre for Pluralism (GCP) was officially opened on May 16, 2017 at a ceremony with His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, and His Highness the Aga Khan. In this special post, we present photos captured at the ...

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BY NURIN AND ABDULMALIK MERCHANT Summary: The post highlights the arrival of His Highness the Aga Khan to Ottawa for the opening of the Global Centre for Pluralism and, through a pictorial presentation, situates the Global Centre within the overall picture of Sussex Drive as well as offers glimpses of some buildings and monuments close to it. His Highness the Aga ...

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EXCERPTS COMPILED AND SELECTED BY ZAHIDA RAHEMTULLA AND ABDULMALIK MERCHANT ...What we must seek and share is what I have called "a cosmopolitan ethic," a readiness to accept the complexity of human society. It is an ethic which balances rights and duties. It is an ethic for all peoples. Featuring His Highness the Aga Khan, the 10th LaFontaine-Baldwin Symposium held October ...

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BY ANDREW KOSOROK, UTAH (Artist, educator, bridge-builder and inter-faith chaplain) As Imam for the NizaRi Ismailis, his responsibility and sacred calling is to provide for the security of his people, guide them in interpretation of the Faith, and do everything possible to ensure for them a worthwhile quality of life. Although these facets of leadership can be applied exclusively to the ...

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Introduction Let us through this short post relive the 48th Imam's "incomparable" Diamond Jubilee, and make a commitment to ensure that each one of us today -- from the very youngest to the oldest -- is present and united behind the 49th Imam, Mawlana Shah Karim Hazar Imam, His Highness the Aga Khan, to make his Diamond Jubilee the happiest event ...

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