"...In the Ismaili tradition, al-Qāḍī al-Nuʿmān is the most famous author...He debated this Ḥanafī jurist about ijtihād and thought that he'd won, and then he heard afterwards that the man had written a fascicle still arguing his point against al-Qāḍī al-Nuʿmān. So then he thought: I really need to write a serious refutation to put an end to this..." -- Professor ...

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Editor's note: We are indebted to the New York University Press for permitting us to reproduce from its website, , the complete and original interview on the Fatimid jurist al-Qāḍī al-Nu'mān' that was conducted by M. Lynx Qualey, an Egyptian based blogger of Arabic literature, with Professor Devin J. Stewart of Emory College in Atlanta, Georgia. al-Qāḍī al-Nu'mān wrote extensively on ...

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By Abdulmalek Merchant Publisher-Editor, A greeting and prayer for my parents from an Ismaili student in Vancouver. On auspicious occasions such as Navroz, Imamat Day and Salgirah a team of volunteers sets out to deliver trays of delicious food around the Greater Vancouver area to the aged and the sick who cannot attend the jamati functions due to ill-health and ...

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Equinox on a Spinning Earth. Image Credit: NASA, Meteosat, Robert Simmon. Please click to watch a 12 second time-lapse video (see explanation below). When does the line between day and night become vertical? In 2016, the spring equinox in the Northern hemisphere ( it is the start of autumn in the Southern hemisphere) comes on March 20 at 4:30 UTC (March ...

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His Highness the Aga Khan, Mawlana Hazar Imam signs the visitor's book upon his arrival in Nairobi, Kenya on March 16, 2016. Looking on are (l to r) Aga Khan Ismaili Council Vice-President Shamira Dostmohamed, AKDN Resident Representative Aziz Bhaloo, Aga Khan Ismaili Council President Nawaaz Gulam and Kenya's Chairman of the Defence and Foreign Relations Committee, Hon Ndung'u Gethenj. Photo ...

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Editor's note: On Sunday, March 6, 2016, Mrs. Nancy Reagan, who served at the White House as the First Lady during the term of her husband's Presidential reign from 1981 until 1989, died of congestive heart failure at the age of 94 at her home in Los Angeles. Newlyweds Ronald and Nancy Reagan, March 4, 1952. The Former First Lady, who ...

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In February 2015, divers off the coast of Caesarea spotted by chance a group of gold coins lying on the seabed. They immediately alerted marine archaeologists of the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA), who conducted a salvage excavation at the site and recovered more than 2,580 Fatimid coins of pure (24 karat) gold weighing a total of 7.5 kg. Please click on ...

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Editor's note: Shortly after the 9/11 attacks in the USA in 2001 which killed almost 3000 people in an instant, numerous articles began to appear in the media around the world that drew parallels between the actions of Al-Qaeda and the warfare activity of the Ismailis during the 12th and 13th centuries that over time grew into fantastic legendary tales. In ...

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Please click on the following image to zoom on an excellent PDF version of the photo Please click on image to view PDF file. Copyright Simerg/Abdul M. Ismaily Family Collection. Simerg was thrilled and privileged to recently publish on its sister photoblog never-before-seen photos of Mawlana Hazar Imam, His Highness the Aga Khan, which were captured by Abdul M. Ismaily (1926-1981) ...

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