Canada -- When Vladimir Djurovic received the commission to design the Aga Khan Park in Toronto, he travelled to gardens in different parts of the Muslim world. In an interview he gave to TheIsmaili.org, the landscape architect describes the essence of this new greenspace, which will be formally inaugurated on Monday. "He asked me to go on a big, almost worldwide ...
PHOTOS CAPTURE THE 5 YEAR EVOLUTION OF THE SITE April 2010: Preparation A photo from April 2010 of the site of the Aga Khan Museum, the Ismaili Centre and their Park as the trees were being removed to make room for the construction. "No need to worry...the trees will be replaced," wrote Jim Bowie for a photo essay for Simerg. Photo: ...
LETTER FROM PUBLISHER"Despair not of the Spirit of Allah. Lo! None despaireth of the Spirit of Allah save disbelieving folk." (Holy Qur'an, Chapter 12, Verse 87). The recent tragedy in Karachi, where dozens of innocent Ismailis were the subject of wanton violence is extremely disquieting. Besides questioning the humanity of our fellow citizens, it may serve to bring to the fore the ...
His unbeaten son Quasillo lifts the Bavarian Classic A year after the exploits of Derby winner Sea The Moon, SEA THE STARS has another leading contender for the German Classic in QUASILLO, winner of an important trial at Hannover on Sunday. Making just his second career start, the powerful chestnut bided his time under Eduardo Pedroza in the Gr. 3 Bavarian ...
"....Life is utterly sacred in all Faiths, and in Islam it has a special sanctity that outweighs the holiness of all sacred spaces, so much so that for the Ka'bah to crumble into dust is less a concern than that for one drop of innocent blood to be spilled! I am saddened by the senseless loss of life around the world, ...
India -- "The future is really bright, if you know where to shine the light," says Alisha Sonawalla, a self-acclaimed culture enthusiast. She is one of many Ismaili youth in India, who see a bright future for their country -- one they are keen to shape with their optimism and confidence. For centuries, the Ismaili community in India has been woven ...
Healthy Hints This sugar-free version of a classic kadhi gives you less than 100 Calories per serving. The added bonus of a yogurt-based curry is that you get a healthy dose of calcium too. This recipe uses less salt than a standard kadhi recipe -- ½ teaspoon of salt for four people; you could try using just a pinch of salt ...
Of the Holy Prophet took place on Rajab 27, (anniversary this year, May 15, 2015) where he was brought to the Throne of God and received spiritual graces and insight. This closeness to God Almighty is possible for all of us if we merit His Grace and for which we should ever pray! This is a highly spiritual encounter and many ...
In honour of the Aga Khan's upcoming Jodidi Lecture at Harvard University, Ismaili Gnosis presents the following primer on the Aga Khan and the Shia Ismaili Muslims. We encourage our readers to share this article widely. I have the great privilege of representing the Ismaili Imamat -- this institution which has stretched beyond borders for more than 1400 years and which ...
KARACHI, PAKISTAN - MAY 13: Relatives of injured and killed cry and wait outside a hospital following a gun attack on a bus carrying members of Ismaili Shia community, in Karachi, Pakistan, 13 May 2015 that killed at least 45 people including over a dozen women and injuring more than 14 people. (Photo by Sabir Mazhar/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) A genuine outpouring ...
News story -- Colleagues, students, alumni and staff of the IIS remember with great fondness Dr Karim Janmohamed, who passed away in Toronto on 24th April 2015 at the age of 71. A historian and respected scholar in Kenya and the USA, Dr Janmohamed became the first Head of the IIS-ITREB Liaison Department (fore-runner to the Department of Community Relations at the ...
AGONY AND GRIEF IN KARACHI Click for enlargement KARACHI, PAKISTAN - MAY 13: Relatives of injured and killed cry and wait outside a hospital following a gun attack on a bus carrying members of Ismaili Shia community, in Karachi, Pakistan, 13 May 2015 that killed at least 45 people including over a dozen women and injuring more than 14 people. (Photo ...
Pakistan -- Gouvieux, France, 13 May 2015 -- Mawlana Hazar Imam has expressed shock and sadness in the wake of an attack on a bus carrying members of the Ismaili community on their way to work in Karachi, Pakistan, that left 43 people dead. "This attack represents a senseless act of violence against a peaceful community," said Mawlana Hazar Imam. "My ...
Gouvieux, France, 13 May 2015 - His Highness the Aga Khan, Spiritual Leader of the Shia Ismaili Muslims has expressed shock and sadness in the wake of an attack on a bus carrying members of the Ismaili community on their way to work in Karachi, Pakistan, that left 43 people dead. "This attack represents a senseless act of violence against a ...
Australia & New Zealand -- 13 April 2015, New Delhi, India; The Hon. Julie Bishop, Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs walks through Nizamuddin Basti with staff and beneficiaries from the Aga Khan Foundation to announce funding initiatives for Urban Renewal programs run by women's groups in New Delhi during her visit to India to promote trade and investment opportunities for Australia. ...
Nutrition Centre -- Limbu can be used to describe both limes and lemons, which are sour and acidic citrus fruits. Both are an excellent source of vitamin C. Limbu can be used to describe both limes and lemons, which are sour and acidic citrus fruits. Lemons are commonly yellow, while limes have a green outer peel. Both are an excellent source ...
By Abdulmalik J. Merchant Publisher-Editor, Simergphotos and Simerg Development is ultimately about people, about enabling them to participate fully in the process and to make informed choices and decisions on their futures. – His Highness the Aga Khan, 49th Ismaili Imam speaking in 2013, excerpt on a panel display at the exhibition. Stephanie in front of the exhibition bus. Please ...
Siyouni and Makfi enjoy French Guineas glory. Haras de Bonneval second-season sires Siyouni and Makfi shared the Classic honours at Longchamp on Sunday, during a weekend rich in success on all fronts for the Aga Khan Studs. ERVEDYA provided the highlight of the weekend for H.H. the Aga Khan, when storming home up the centre of the track in the Gr.1 ...
News story -- The IIS is pleased to announce the publication of Words of Power - Hurufi Teachings Between Shi'ism and Sufism in Medieval Islam by Dr. Orkhan Mir-Kasimov. Words of Power, which is the third publication in the new Shi'i Heritage Series, brings together in one volume, the biography of the founder of the Hurufi movement, Fadl Allah Astarabadi (d. 796 ...
BY ABDULMALIK J. MERCHANT Publisher-Editor, Simerg "Development is ultimately about people, about enabling them to participate fully in the process and to make informed choices and decisions on their futures." - His Highness the Aga Khan, 49th Ismaili Imam speaking in 2013, excerpt on a panel display at the exhibition. Stephanie in front of the exhibition bus. Please watch her interview ...
Photo: The Trustees of the British Museum. Copyright. Click on image for article, I Have a Time with God "While ascent (al-ma'arij) in its simple meaning gives a clue to the upward direction of the Prophet's journey, it proclaims very emphatically that if God has placed man on this earth, He has also set up a ladder for man to climb ...
Nutrition Centre -- Healthy Hints The split pigeon peas provide protein, while you get carbohyrdate from rice - make this into a more balanced meal by serving it with a crisp salad or lightly cooked vegetable curry. Although ghee is added during cooking, the finished dish is low in fat and saturated fat. Adding small amounts of seemingly unhealthy ingredients can ...
Tall Ship sails to Warrnambool glory in Australia while Night Of Light wins a Listed at Chantilly. SEA THE STARS opened his Stakes account in the Southern Hemisphere thanks to progressive stayer TALL SHIP, winner of the Listed Warrnambool Cup. TALL SHIP overcame a wide draw to pass the post three and a quarter lengths ahead of his nearest rival in ...
Speech by the late H. H. Sir Sultan Mahomed Shah Aga Khan III at a session of Motamer al-Alam-al-Islamiyya Karachi, Pakistan February 9, 1951 Mr. President Brother Muslims I can assure you that it is not with a light heart that I address you this evening. I fully realise that what I am going to say will make me most unpopular ...
Group double for Gilltown sire. The first Classic weekend of the season was marked by a pair of stylish victories for Aga Khan Studs sire DALAKHANI. SECOND STEP at Newmarket, and ALEX MY BOY at Longchamp, picked up Group 2 and Group 3 successes respectively with performances which bode well for the future. 40 minutes before Saturday's 2000 Guineas at Newmarket, ...
Global -- Cairo, 2 May 2015 -- Mawlana Hazar Imam was in Egypt to attend an event marking the restoration of the 14th century Aqsunqur Mosque. Work on Cairo's "Blue Mosque" was completed by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture as part of its Al-Darb al-Ahmar Urban Regeneration Programme. "Through revitalisation of the sort we celebrate today," said Mawlana Hazar Imam ...
By Abdulmalik J. Merchant Publisher-Editor, Simerg.com I was among the thousands of Ismailis across Canada who received this tiny object of sublime grace and beauty on the occasion of the 78th Salgirah (birthday) of Mawlana Hazar Imam, His Highness the Aga Khan, on December 13, 2014. The octagonal pin commemorates last September's opening of the magnificent Toronto Ismaili Centre. As a ...
THE IMAMS We are the tree of Prophethood, the place of descent of Divine revelation, the place of frequenting of the angels, and the mainsprings of knowledge. Those who help us and love us await (God's) mercy.....Hazrat Ali ~~~ Introduction: The birthday anniversary of Hazrat Imam Ali (a.s.) is commemorated on the 13th Rajab (corresponding to May 2, in the year ...
Cairo, Egypt, 2 May 2015 - Restoration of the 14th century Amir Aqsunqur "Blue Mosque" in Al-Darb al-Ahmar has been completed by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC) as part of the larger Al-Darb al-Ahmar Urban Regeneration Programme. The Minister of Antiquities, Mamdouh El Damaty, and the Governor of Cairo, Galal Said, joined His Highness the Aga Khan in marking ...
Cairo, Egypt, 2 May 2015 - Restoration of the 14th century Amir Aqsunqur "Blue Mosque" in Cairo's Al-Darb al-Ahmar district has been completed by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC) as part of the larger Al-Darb al-Ahmar Urban Regeneration Programme. ...
Through revitalisation of the sort we celebrate today, we hope to preserve an extraordinary panorama of Islamic history, from the Fatimid Caliphs to the present. At a time when fractures in the unity of the Ummah are so highly visible, I see such projects as particularly hopeful. They are important symbols for the identity of all Muslims, sources of pride for ...
"Ali, the son of Abu Talib and the cousin of the Prophet was born on Friday, the 13th Rajab in the 28th year of A'am al-fil (the year of elephants) or 600 A.D. inside Kaba in Mecca. He was brought up under the subtle care and affection of the Prophet. Ali himself cherished the memory of his childhood by saying: "The ...
The 2010 Yawm-e Ali Lecture at the Ismaili Centre, London was delivered on 14 July, 2010 by Dr Reza Shah-Kazemi, Research Fellow at The Institute of Ismaili Studies in London. In his lecture titled Imam Ali and the Power of Compassion, Dr. Shah-Kazemi explored the role played by Rahma -- divine compassion -- in the teachings of Hazrat Ali. He stressed ...
Young sire tops first European Breeze Up sales. Haras de Bonneval's SIYOUNI has been in high demand at the breeze-up sales this month and was responsible for two top prices. His two-year-old son out of Alfaguara, lot 4, recorded the fastest breeze at the first sale of the year, the Ascot Brightwells Breeze Up Sale. He subsequently topped the sale when ...
This 28-minute lecture by Professor Angelika Neuwirth (Freie Universitat Berlin), a leading scholar in Qur'anic studies, invites viewers to acontextual reading ofthe Qur'an, in the light of the milieu of the revelation and the subsequent development of the Muslim community. Based on her thirty-years of engagement with the topic, Professor Neuwirth suggests that scholarly endeavours of understanding the Qur'an essentially as ...
Born inside the Holy Kaaba in Mecca on Friday the 13th Rajab, 30 Amulfeel, (year of the Elephant) 11th October 599 A.D. His father was Hazrat Abu Talib, his mother was Bibi Fatima Binte Asad, his wife was Bibi Fatima Binte Muhammad az-Zahra (SA) and he was the father of Imam Hassan (AS), Imam Hussein (AS), Bibi Zaynab (AS), Bibi Kulthum ...
India -- During his visit to India earlier this month, Mawlana Hazar Imam and his family visited the Qutb Shahi Heritage Park, where conservation work is being carried out by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture. Days earlier, Hazar Imam and and his family had toured Humayun's Tomb in Delhi. Accompanied by Prince Aly Muhammad, Princess Zahra, and her children Sara ...
From 2012-2015, the Aga Khan Foundation in India and its partners have worked with 400,000 mothers from marginalised communities in rural Bihar, significantly improving infant and young child feeding practices. ...
From 2012-2015, the Aga Khan Foundation in India and its partners have worked with 400,000 mothers from marginalised communities in rural Bihar, significantly improving infant and young child feeding practices. ...
United Kingdom -- Members of the British Parliament invited the Ismaili Muslim community to mark the festival of Navroz at the Houses of Parliament last month. The fourth annual Navroz reception took place on 17 March in the Terrace Pavilion at the House of Commons. Members of the British Parliament invited the Ismaili Muslim community to mark the festival of Navroz ...
