by 'Allamah Nasir al-din "Nasir" Hunza'i Nawruz literally means the new day. This day means the day of the festival which is celebrated at the beginning of spring and the arrival of the new year, in which Aries faces the sun and from this day is counted the new solar year of the Egyptians and the Iranians. The Nawruz festival is ...
"Cultural conflict in the past was often mitigated by the fact that sharp cultural distinctions were muffled by geographic distance. But geography as a cushion between cultures has been diminishing in recent years. The communications revolution has meant 'the death of distance'. More than that, cultures are now mixing physically to an extent that would once have seemed impossible." His Highness ...
IC EVENT ON 18 March 2014 -- Ismaili Centre Dubai -- 18 March 2014 -- An outreach event titled A Preview of the Aga Khan Museum was held at the Ismaili Centre, Dubai. The Minister of Culture, Youth and Community Development, Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al-Nahayan, was the guest of honour and keynote speaker at the event, which was attended by more ...
Simerg's new downloadable publication is filled with informative readings and inspiring poems including an explanation of the ginan "Eji Navroz na din sohamna". Please click on A Rich Collection of Readings and Poetry on Navroz or one of the following two NASA images showing a cylindrical projection of the earth and the earth as seen from the sun at noon on ...
The Aga Khan's love for Canada is the sort of love shared by two friends who always know what the other is thinking. Canada is a place that shares wholeheartedly the Aga Khan's vision for a global community built on the values of pluralism, education, and social action. As the first religious leader to address Canada's Parliament, it was perhaps ...
Lidari makes his mark in Australia on successful weekend for Aga Khan Studs. The weekend was a successful one at opposing sides of the globe for the Aga Khan Studs with the Group 2 success of Australian export LIDARI and also a Group 3 win over hurdles in England for Brave Vic, out of homebred mare BALIYA. A three-time Listed winner ...
Compiled and presented by Abdulmalik J. Merchant Publisher-Editor, www.simerg.com I. Excerpts from President Christina Paxson's Introduction to His Highness the Aga Khan A collection of thumbnails from His Highness the Aga Khan's visit to Brown University where delivered the Ogden lecture on the occasion of the University's 250th anniversary. Photo: The Ismaili Today we welcome His Highness the Aga Khan to ...
March 10, 2014 11:20 PMKris Craig/The Providence JournalThe Aga Khan answers questions from Brown University President Christina Paxson after addressing a full house at the Salomon Center at Brown as part of the Stephen A. Ogden Jr., Memorial Lecture on International Affairs program.3of8 By PHILIP MARCELOJOURNAL STATE HOUSE BUREAU pmarcelo@providencejournal.comRelated PROVIDENCE -- Speaking at Brown University on Monday, the Aga ...
News story -- The Institute of Ismaili Studies is pleased to announce the publication of the next volume in the Epistles of the Brethren of Purity (Rasa'il Ikhwan al-Safa' Series), entitled On Natural Sciences: An Arabic Critical Edition and English Translation of Epistles 15 & 21, edited and translated by Carmela Baffioni with a foreword by Dr Nader El-Bizri. The Ikhwan al-Safaʾ ...
Today, 10 March, 2014, His Highness the Aga Khan delivered the 88th Stephen A. Ogden, Jr. '60 Memorial Lecture at Brown University, Rhode Island. In this remarkable and broad speech, the Aga Khan delivered his most detailed observations about technology to date. In particular, the impacts it is having, and can have, on individuals, on human relations, on society and on world affairs. ...
On 10 March, 2014, His Highness the Aga Khan delivered the 88th Stephen A. Ogden, Jr. '60 Memorial Lecture at Brown University, Rhode Island. We are pleased to bring you the video of the full event, which includes Christina Paxson's, President, Brown University, introductory remarks and her apres-lecture conversation with the Aga Khan. Read His Highness the Aga Khan's full speech and a transcript ...
Aga Khan emphasizes collective responsibility, cracks jokes in talk on tradition and technologyBy Caroline Kelly Photo - Brittany Comunale / Herald There was room for both social media jokes and a thoughtful discussion of modern communication in Prince Karim Aga Khan IV's lecture yesterday. Prince Karim Aga Khan IV '96 hon. P'95 said during a lecture Monday that the hardest part ...
"A very elegant colt that is correct and strong." Champion mare ZARKAVA (Zamindar) gave birth on Monday morning to a handsome colt by Haras de Bonneval resident Redoute's Choice. The foal is described by Georges Rimaud, manager of the Aga Khan Studs in France, as "a very elegant colt that is correct and strong". ZARKAVA is now due to visit Frankel. ...
Providence, USA, 11 March 2014 -- The Aga Khan yesterday warned that the growing power of social media does not always mean more connection between people. He cautioned that the shallowness of new media, intellectual isolation and mutual ignorance are adversely affecting relations between Islam and the West despite the highly interconnected world of today. "More information at our fingertips can ...
It's easy to imagine Redoute's Choice and Snitzel chatting over the fence, needling each other in the friendly-but-competitive way that fathers and sons do. They've had plenty of news to work with this season. After neatly taking turns in the spotlight over the last five weeks, Snitzel has cracked the $7 million mark at the head of the Australian General Sires' ...
Providence, Rhode Island, USA, 10 March 2014 - His Highness the Aga Khan visited Brown at the invitation of University President Christina Paxson. His Ogden Lecture was part of the school's 250th anniversary celebrations. ...
Today, 10 March, 2014, His Highness the Aga Khan delivered the 88th Stephen A. Ogden, Jr. '60 Memorial Lecture at Brown University, Rhode Island. We are pleased to bring you the video of the full event, which includes Christina Paxson's, President, Brown University, introductory remarks and her apres-lecture conversation with the Aga Khan. Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or ...
[T]he key to human cooperation and concord has not depended on advances in the technologies of communication, but rather on how human beings go about using -- or abusing -- their technological tools. Among the risks of our new communications world is its potential contribution to what I would call the growing "centrifugal forces" in our time -- the forces of ...
Stephen A. Ogden Jr. INTRODUCTION: Founded in 1764, Brown University, the seventh-oldest college in the United States, is celebrating the 250th anniversary of its founding this year. As part of this anniversary, His Highness the Aga Khan, the 49th Imam of Ismaili Muslims, will deliver a Stephen A. Ogden Jr. '60 Memorial Lecture on International Affairs at Brown University on Monday, ...
A QUANTUM LEAP Mawlana Hazar Imam, His Highness the Aga Khan, the direct descendant of the Prophet Muhammad (s.a.s) and 49th hereditary Imam at the Canadian Parliament on Thursday, February 27, 2014. Simerg Exclusive Photo: Copyright Jean-Marc Carisse. Please click on photo for enlargement. By Farouk B.K.S. Verjee Parliament Hill 27th February, 2014 will be etched as a momentous day in ...
Global -- Mawlana Hazar Imam will deliver the Ogden Memorial Lecture on International Affairs at Brown University on 10 March 2014 at 5:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time (GMT-4) and will be broadcast live at TheIsmaili/org/go/Brown. ...
Eighteen years ago, His Highness the Aga Khan delivered Brown University's (Providence, USA) 1996 Commencement Ceremony, becoming the first Muslim to deliver the address in the university's then 232 year history. Next week, on 10 March 2014, as part of Brown's 250th anniversary celebrations, the Aga Khan will return to Brown to deliver the 88th Stephen A. Ogden, Jr. '60 Memorial ...
Providence, Rhode Island, USA, 6 March 2014 -- His Highness the Aga Khan will visit Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, on March 10, 2014 to deliver the 88th Stephen A. Ogden '60 Memorial Lecture on International Affairs at the invitation of Brown University President Dr. Christina Paxson. Established in 1965, the Ogden Lectureship has presented the University and its neighboring ...
Son of Sinndar voted leader of generation. The Aga Khan Studs-bred DIAKALI received one of the top honours in French racing on Sunday as he was elected champion four-year-old hurdler for the last season at the "Courses Et Elevage" awards ceremony. The son of Haras de Bonneval sire SINNDAR earned this honour thanks to his impressive victory in the Gr 1 ...
Next week, on 10 March 2014, His Highness the Aga Khan will deliver the 88th Stephen A. Ogden, Jr. '60 Memorial Lecture at Brown University, Rhode Island. However, this is not the first time he has spoken at Brown University. Eighteen years ago, the Aga Khan delivered Brown University's 1996 Commencement Ceremony address, becoming the first Muslim to deliver it in ...
Just a week after a treble of Group success for Redoute's Choice, his son Snitzel was represented by the Australian Guineas winner Shamus Award, as well as a 20th Stakes winner. The names of Snitzel's best progeny sum up his current status among Australian sires: he's sizzling, he's flying and he is most definitely hot. The temperature rose again when his ...
News story -- The IIS in association with I.B. Tauris is pleased to announce the publication of A History Of Shiʿi Islamby Dr Farhad Daftary, the inaugural book in the newly launched Shi'i Heritage Series. In the context of conflicts and crises afflicting the Middle East, global exposure has accentuated how little is known outside the Muslim communities about the history and ...
News story -- Dr Esots received his Ph.D. in Middle Eastern Literatures and Cultures from Tallinn University, Estonia in 2007. His Ph.D. dissertation is entitled Mulla Sadra's Teaching on Wujud: A Synthesis of Mysticism and Philosophy. From 2000-2013 (with minor intervals), he taught at the University of Latvia, becoming Associate Professor of Arabic and Persian in 2010. He is the editor of ...
The following English translation of selected parts of His Highness the Aga Khan's speech on February 27, 2014 to the Canadian Parliament which were in French was obtained from the live translation that was provided during the broadcast. HONOUR AND THE WORLDWIDE RECOGNITION OF IMAMAT His Highness the Aga Khan humbly accepts a standing ovation and honour at the Canadian Parliament ...
“As we all know, Canada is home to a well-established and fast-growing Ismaili community. His Highness has therefore become an increasingly frequent visitor, and always a welcome one.” — Prime Minister Stephen Harper His Highness the Aga Khan and Prime Minister Stephen Harper walk the Hall of Honour at the Parliament of Canada. where His Highness delivered an address to ...
Today, 28 February, 2014, at the invitation of the Prime Minister of Canada, Stephen Harper, His Highness the Aga Khan spoke at Massey Hall, Toronto. In his brief speech, the Aga Khan talks about how valuable Canada is as a partner in the development work he is involved with and, briefly about, the forthcoming Aga Khan Museum in Toronto -- in particular ...
Global -- Mawlana Hazar Imam and the Right Honourable Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada, announced a joint human development initiative that will touch the lives of more than a million people. ...
"As we all know, Canada is home to a well-established and fast-growing Ismaili community. His Highness has therefore become an increasingly frequent visitor, and always a welcome one." -- Prime Minister Stephen Harper His Highness the Aga Khan and Prime Minister Stephen Harper walk the Hall of Honour at the Parliament of Canada. where His Highness delivered an address to both ...
Canada -- Ottawa, 27 February 2014 - Mawlana Hazar Imam delivered a historic address to the Parliament of Canada today. This extended video includes Hazar Imam and his family arriving at Parliament Hill, his meeting with the Prime Minister and the signing of the protocol agreement between the Ismaili Imamat and Canada. In a historic visit to Canada, Mawlana Hazar Imam ...
What are the continuing consequences of the situation in Iraq? Well I think one of them obviously is crisis between the Shia and Sunni communities. I think that crisis is now extending throughout the region, and I mentioned today [in my speech to Parliament], that it's actually active in nine countries. I mean, if you make a parallel with the Christian ...
Without a doubt, I am seriously worried [about the world]. I think we are seeing new problems that originally looked to be local problems but now are becoming regional problems and regional problems that are becoming global problems. One of them is frustration with governments that have stayed in power too long and underperformed. Another, the Shia-Sunni divide is a serious ...
On 27 February, 2014, by invitation of the Prime Minister of Canada, The Right Honourable Stephen Harper, His Highness the Aga Khan spoke in the Chamber of the House of Commons, addressing both the Members of the Senate and the House of Commons. We are pleased to bring you the full event video with speeches by the Prime Minster of Canada, Stephen Harper, ...
On 27 February, 2014, by invitation of the Prime Minister of Canada, The Right Honourable Stephen Harper, His Highness the Aga Khan spoke in the Chamber of the House of Commons, addressing both the Members of the Senate and the House of Commons. The Aga Khan is one of a handful of individuals who are neither a head of state nor head ...
Toronto, Canada, 28 February 2014 -- More than a million people living in Asia and Africa will have new opportunities within reach, thanks to a five-year, CAD $100-million partnership between the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) and the Government of Canada, through the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development. The Partnership for Advancing Human Development in Africa and Asia was ...
It is a particularly happy day, for me, that we are extending this partnership, strengthening it, giving it new opportunities, in areas of development needs that are essential -- young children, isolated peoples, post conflict situations. So we have a partner, a wonderful partner, who works with us not in the easy, comfortable parts of the world, but who works with ...
