Sea The Stars, Siyouni and Sinndar take Group honours in Europe and USA. The Aga Khan Studs sires enjoyed a prolific weekend with three Group successes in France, Norway and the USA. Casual Smile provided the highlight of this treble, becoming her sire SEA THE STARS' first American Stakes winner when taking the Gr. 3 Matchmaker Stakes at Monmouth Park in ...
News story -- The Institute of Ismaili Studies is pleased to announce the publication of The Meaning of the Word: Lexicology and Qur'anic Exegesis, edited by Stephen R. Burge. This volume is the thirteenth in the Qur'anic Studies Series. It arises out of a larger research project that explored the ways in which interpreters of the Qur'an - in exegesis, as well ...
Islamabad, Pakistan, 4 August 2015 - Focus Humanitarian Assistance (FOCUS) has been providing relief to villages in the Chitral District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan, which have been affected by devastating floods resulting from monsoon rains and glacial outbursts. Flash flooding and debris flow have washed away over 100 villages while disrupting access to roads and bridges and causing damage to ...
Introduced by Abdulmalik Merchant Publisher-Editor, Simerg.com June 3, 2015: Mawlana Hazar Imam thanking the government for inviting the Ismaili Imamat to establish its permanent Seat in Portugal. TheIsmaili/Gary Otte On Thursday June 4, 2015, in a piece entitled History in the Making: Establishment of the Seat of the Ismaili Imamat in Portugal, we informed our readers about a landmark agreement that ...
Through his words, through his actions, and through the results obtained by the institutions that he has founded and encouraged and nourished, he has become a light in much of the world's conflicting darkness. The Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson Watch: Five Minute Video by Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson (Former Governor General of Canada) on the Aga Khan's Life and Work: His ...
How much are you guided by your faith? Is your faith everything? Yes. I wouldn't be guided by anything else. I wouldn't understand that. So every minute of every day, you're guided by your faith? Well, the faith has 1400 years of tradition. It has been exposed to so many different situations that there's practically no human situation unknown to it, ...
Canada -- Athletes and spectators from across Canada will be in Calgary over the August long weekend for the 2015 Canadian Ismaili Games. Organisers are expecting record numbers at the Canadian qualifier event for the 2016 Jubilee Games. Athletes and spectators from across Canada will be in Calgary over the August long weekend for the 2015 Canadian Ismaili Games (CIG). Organisers ...
Introduced by Abdulmalik J. Merchant (Publisher/Editor Simerg) 'The Magnificent Seven' In 2008, the same year that the Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat Building was opened by Canada's Prime Minister Harper in the presence of Mawlana Hazar Imam, His Highness the Aga Khan, a rediscovery of a spectacular medieval Islamic rock crystal ewer, forgotten since the mid-19th century, provided the catalyst for ...
Letter From Publisher Simerg's Merchant By Abdulmalik J. Merchant Simerg's new feature Short Historical Insights is intended to make history educational, interesting and stimulating for readers through anecdotes, facts, stories as well as images related to Ismailis and their Imams, in no more than 500 words. Information in the series will be unearthed from a maze of documents, including those that ...
Editor's note: I have immensely enjoyed the diverse range of songs in this magnificent album by Maher Zain, a Muslim Swedish Rythm and Blues (R&B) singer, songwriter and music producer of Lebanese origin. With more Facebook fans than any other Muslim artist, Zain has attained stardom status among Muslims around the world and has become an icon of modern Islamic music. ...
Global -- Thousands of visitors came out to see the Pan Am flame light up the Aga Khan Park at its inaugural event held on 5 July. Reflections -- Celebrating our Cultures and Communities united the spirit of the Pan Am Games with a Silk Road theme. ...
Dariyan and Tanaza shine in France and Ireland. The Aga Khan Studs recorded a European Group race double during the last week with two well-bred individuals. The first offspring of Group 1 winner Daryakana, DARIYAN ran out the comfortable winner of the Gr.2 Prix Eugène Adam at Maisons-Laffitte, and the exciting TANAZA, a daughter of Dalakhani's Listed winning daughter Tanoura, maintained ...
"...For all clear thinking individuals, wherever they may be, the world's drug problem must remain a matter of permanent concern. With the density of the Ismaili population in Gorno-Badakhshan, in Afghan Badakshan, in Chitral and Hunza and elsewhere in South West Asia and Africa, the leaders of the Ismaili Community, its institutions and I, as the Imam, must be particularly concerned ...
Global -- The Institute of Ismaili Studies recently launched a major redesign of its website -- www.iis.ac.uk. The updated site offers a complete new look and a smooth user experience that is compatible with desktop, tablet and mobile devices. Launched in 2000, the IIS website is a resource for anyone interested in the study of Ismaili history, heritage and thought, and ...
News story -- "Esoteric Traditions in Islam: Past and Present Manifestations," was the theme of the Annual General Meeting of the Asian Chapter Group of the IIS Alumni Association. The meeting was held from 28-30 March, 2015, in Konya, Turkey, the city where Mevlana Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi, the famous 13th century poet and Sufi mystic, is buried. The main purpose of ...
The University of Central Asia's (UCA) first undergraduate campus is taking shape in Naryn, Kyrgyz Republic. Construction is on schedule for the campus to open in 2016. UCA's centralised, phased strategy harnesses the talent of award-winning designers, a multi-national construction management team and specialised regional and local contractors. Phase I in Naryn includes an academic building, housing classrooms, laboratories, the library and dining ...
The recent Encounters showcase by Ismaili students of Ottawa generated great feedback from members of the Jamat. One visitor commented: "Congratulations to every single member of the BUI team. It is wonderful to conceptualize the brand of AKDN and other Imamat Institutions right at the youngest stage of Ismaili kids. Well done!" PLEASE CLICK: Sharing a journey through Encounters with the ...
Dushanbe, Tajikistan, 21 July 2015 - Intense heat in Tajikistan has led to an unusually rapid snowmelt this summer, causing floods that have destroyed schools, shops, crops, roads and power lines. To examine the effect of climactic changes on vulnerable Tajik populations, Focus Humanitarian Assistance (FOCUS), in collaboration with the Government of Tajikistan, will host a regional conference on Climate Change-Induced ...
Delhi, India, 21 July 2015 - A new documentary on the Aga Khan Trust for Culture's restoration of Humayun's Tomb in Delhi will be aired on the Discovery Channel in India starting on the 27th of July 2015. From Discovery: "Revealed: Humayun's Tomb is a documentary on the first monumental mausoleum of India. At the same time the narrative takes us ...
Ismaili Gnosis shares two testimonials from two Ismaili Muslims youth who are regular readers of the blog. Like many young people in the modern world, both readers had many questions about their faith and found answers to such questions through Ismaili Gnosis. "I finally came upon a website called Ismaili Gnosis and I began to read the various articles about topics ...
Editor’s note: In this third part of a special photo series, Muslim Harji of Montreal focuses on Uzbekistan, with some stunning photos of Islamic buildings in the Silk Road cities of Samarkand and Bukhara, as well as the region’s markets and foods. Following Harji’s photos, we have gone back to 2002, the year when the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C. ...
Eid ul Fitr is the culmination of the 30 days of fasting at the end of the sacred month of Ramadan, which is the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar. During this month, Muslims focus on devotional and spiritual practices to strengthen their connection with God and these rituals include reading the Holy Quran, prayers for fellow Muslims and for ...
"The poor are not mere inanimate, unmotivated, units of deprivation. They are living, thinking people like the rest of us." Mawlana Hazar Imam, His Highness the Aga Khan, 49th Ismaili Imam EID MUBARAK Historical photo: Muslims offering the Eid ul Fitr prayers at the Sheikhantaur Mosque in Tashkent. Photo created/published between 1865 and 1872. Credit: The US Library of Congress. The ...
Matriarch's descendants include Dalakhani, Daylami, Dolniya and Dalkala. The Aga Khan Studs are sorry to announce the loss of DALTAWA, dam of two Classic winners and a matriarch of the modern era. The grey daughter of Miswaki passed away recently at the age of 26 years old, at the Haras de Saint-Crespin in Normandy. DALTAWA incarnated the essence of the Aga ...
1. MAWLANA HAZAR IMAM HAD ADVOCATED THE PRINCIPLE OF "YES TO ENERGY, NO TO ARMS" SEVERAL YEARS AGO Mawlana Hazar Imam, His Highness the Aga Khan, 49th hereditary Imam of Shia Ismaili Muslims Photo: AKDN/Anya Campbell. Copyright. "We are a long way from the democratization of nuclear energy. Maybe I'm naïve but I advocate another approach, which I call "positive proliferation. ...
News story -- Over fifty IIS alumni from across North America came together in Toronto, Canada, for their Annual General Meeting to explore Celebrating Pluralism and Cultural Diversity: Art, Architecture and Music in the Muslim World from 19-21 June, 2015. Over the course of three days, the alumni engaged with scholars, as the newly opened Ismaili Centre, Aga Khan Park and Aga ...
Healthy Hints Consider reducing the amount of oil to one-third of what is used in the recipe to lower the calories. You can also substitute the type of oil to improve the quality of fat used in this recipe. Feeling adventurous? Why not try cold pressed canola oil or macadamia oil, which offer a better fat profile. If the flavor of ...
Listed successes for Astronereus and Candarliya. Gilltown sires Sea The Stars and Dalakhani registered their 17th and 44th Stakes winners respectively recently with victories at York and Longchamp. Sea The Stars, who is also sire of triple Gr 1 placed STORM THE STARS, celebrated his latest black-type success at York on Saturday 11th July. On his first attempt in Stakes company ...
Calligraphy by Karim Ismaili on the auspicious occasion of Mawlana Hazar Imam's 63rd Imamat Day Anniversary. Editor's note: This is a very condensed, yet comprehensive, post on the munajat, Ya Ali Khuba Mijalas. For the complete version, which offers much more in terms of the ginan's history, composition, style, and explanation with a glossary, please click Original article. By Sadrudin K. Hassam ...
Editor's note: This is a very condensed, yet comprehensive, post on the munajat, Ya Ali Khuba Mijalas. For the complete version, which offers much more in terms of the ginan's history, composition, style, and explanation with a glossary, please click Original article. By Sadrudin K. Hassam INTRODUCTION Popular tradition has it that the munajat,Ya Ali Khuba Mijalas, was first recited during ...
His Highness the Aga Khan: Ceremonial installation, Kampala, Uganda On July 11, 2015, which coincides with the 25th day of Ramadan, Ismailis around the world are celebrating the 58th Imamat Anniversary of Mawlana Hazar Imam, His Highness the Aga Khan. The poetry and thank you letter produced in this post are expressions of gratitude and love the Ismailis carry in their ...
Ismaili Gnosis presents the Story of Imamat Day through pictures and quotes from Imam Sultan Muhammad Shah and Mawlana Hazar Imam. On July 11, 1957, Imam Shah Karim al-Husayni Aga Khan IV succeeded his grandfather Imam Sultan Muhammad Shah Aga Khan III as the hereditary Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims. Shia Ismaili Muslims around the world commemorate July 11 every ...
"The Imam's true face is to be perceived with the eyes of the heart. He has thousands of physical habitations, but his true home is traceless; He has had a thousand names, but all of them refer to one reality." 33rd Ismaili Imam 'Abd al-Salam, 15th Century 1. SUCCESSION Sir Sultan Muhammad Shah, Aga Khan III. Photo Copyright National Portrait Gallery, ...
Abstract Shi'i Islam, with its rich and extensive history, has played a crucial role in the evolution of Islam as both a major world religion and civilisation. Yet the study of Shi'i Islam has long remained among the most-understudied branches of Islamic Studies in the West. This 15-minute interview with Dr Gurdofarid Miskinzoda provides an overview of the scholarly development on ...
Montreux, Switzerland, 10 July 2015 - The Aga Khan Music Initiative and the Montreux Jazz Festival are again joining forces - this time to present a musical collaboration between the San Francisco-based Kronos Quartet and Mali's Trio Da Kali. The Music Initiative and the musically adventurous Kronos Quartet have collaborated since 2008 on a project that brings the quartet together with ...
The NanoWisdoms Archive of Imamat Speeches, Interviews and Writings wishes all Imamat Day Mubarak (click on the image to view the card). In keeping with the theme of our card, we would like to share with you some of His Highness the Aga Khan's advices for leaders: . If this is your first visit to the Archive, we invite you to ...
Nutrition Centre -- NCDs are the leading cause of death in the global population, and a serious problem in the Ismaili community. Unhealthy diet is a key risk factor -- one that the Ismaili Nutrition Centre is helping to address. In September 2011, the United Nations launched an all out attack on non-communicable diseases -- the leading cause of death in ...
The Holy Quran was revealed on the 23rd night of Ramadan celebrated as Layla tul Qadr -- the Night of Power when Angel Gabriel descended to deliver God's message to Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him: For the last 1400 years, now over 1.5 billion Muslims throughout the world, the believers pay special attention to the esoteric (batin) matters by practicing ...
LETTER FROM PUBLISHER By Abdulmalik Merchant Cover page, Children of Time - the Aga Khan and the Ismailis. originally scheduled for publication during the Golden Jubilee of His Highness the Aga Khan, is 8 years overdue. For almost 8 years now, I have been awaiting the release of "Children of Time" which was scheduled to be published by I.B. Tauris, on ...
INTRODUCED BY ABDULMALIK MERCHANT A very happy moment in my life when I travelled to Brown University from Philadelphia in 1996. I snapped this picture of my beloved 49th Imam, His Highness the Aga Khan, and only realized that he was looking straight at my camera after I got the film processed in Philadelphia a couple of days later. Photo by ...
