News story -- Thirteen students marked the completion of their studies at The Institute of Ismaili Studies at a graduation ceremony for the Graduate Programme in Islamic Studies and Humanities (GPISH) Class of 2013. Approximately 150 guests, including the Institute's Board of Governors, Ismaili community leadership and donors to the IIS, joined the students and their families in celebrating their achievement at ...
The Aga Khan Studs have released their fees for the 2014 breeding season. At Gilltown Stud in Ireland: - AZAMOUR will stand at €8,000 - DALAKHANI will stand at €25,000 - SEA THE STARS will stand at €85,000 At Haras de Bonneval in France: - REDOUTE'S CHOICE will stand at €70,000 - SINNDAR will stand at €4,500 - SIYOUNI will stand ...
Last summer marked the 55th anniversary of his Imamat. It was an inheritance no one -- himself included -- expected him to receive when the news was announced on July 11, 1957 during a reading of the will of his grandfather His Highness [Sir] Sultan Mahomed Shah, Aga Khan III. It was the first time in the family's 1,300-year history that ...
Armed with a special magnifying lens, some surgical equipment and plenty of courage and faith, Badrudin Kurwa set out on a mission to restore sight to people blinded by cataracts in a remote corner of the world – Chitral in Northern Pakistan. His mission was part of the Time and Knowledge Nazrana (gift) that thousands of Ismailis around the world ...
No less than 43 fillies and broodmares from the Aga Khan Studs will make their way to the Arqana breeding stock sale, to take place on December 7-10 in Deauville. Among them are daughters and sisters to many of the finest performers that carried the green and red silks in recent years, including Rosanara, Ashalanda, Behkara, Shamdala, Sageburg, Darsi, Behkabad, Daryakana ...
Please click: Muslim and non-Muslim Expressions on Imam Hussein (a.s.) This image of an oil on canvas painting by Abbas Al-Musavi commemorates the martyrdom of Imam Hussein at the Battle of Karbala. Its focus is his half-brother Abbas ibn Ali on a white horse. This image was uploaded into Wikipedia Commons as a donation by the Brooklyn Museum and is a ...
Question: Does the fact that you have been to Harvard mean that you have ideas for modernising? Aga Khan: Secular institutions yes. Definitely so. His Highness the Aga Khan's 1958 interview by four members of the UK Press (London, United Kingdom) ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ Nicholas Tomalin: Have you used your power to make any radical changes in the Ismaili ...
By Salman Ashraf Bheriyani A Volunteer Day medal for Gulamhusen Jamani who has served the Jamat since childhood. What makes an individual a proud member of his community? One simply has to look around and observe the dedication of the very young, the youth and elderly alike towards the community through their honorary or voluntary services. This spirit of service to ...
Eight colts with a potential to do well on the flat or over jumps head for the Arqana Autumn Sale, to be held in Deauville on 18th November. Of the seven three-year-olds, the Mikel Delzangles-trained KOKALTASH (Haafhd) boasts the best form to date. He was precocious enough to make his debut in July of his juvenile season, and broke his maiden ...
Launched in 2011, upon receiving special permission from Aiglemont to publish His Highness the Aga Khan's speeches, the NanoWisdoms Archive is a unique website dedicated solely to the Ismaili Imamat's speeches, interviews and writings. As part of our efforts to help introduce and increase awareness of the NanoWisdoms Archive among the jamat, we are trying to get in touch with teachers/facilitators ...
News story -- The Qur'anic Studies Unit at the IIS organised an international colloquiumfrom 2-4 September 2013 entitled Approaches to the Qur'an in Contemporary Iran. This was the second event following two panels in 2012 at the Ninth Biennial Iranian Studies Conference in Istanbul. The colloquium brought together twenty-four scholarsfrom around the globe representing seventeen institutions including the Centre d'Analyse et d'Intervention ...
Sir Sultan Muhammad Shah, Aga Khan III. Photo Copyright National Portrait Gallery, London. Editor's note: To mark the 136th birth anniversary of the 48th Ismaili Imam, His Highness the Aga Khan III (1877-1957), which falls on Saturday, November 2, 2013, we are pleased to publish two pieces of first visits made by the Imam to two continents in the span of ...
It is my great honor and pleasure to present, on his birthday anniversary which falls on November 2nd, the gems from our beloved 48th Imam Mowlana Sultan Mahomed Shah Aga Khan III, a collage of his wonderful words of wisdom. His life has been a great legacy for humanity. Here are Mowlana Hazar Imam's words for him: "Many many memories come ...
"On 2nd November, 1877 my beloved grandfather was born here in Karachi. Through 72 years of Imamat, he guided his spiritual children to happiness and prosperity....Many many memories come to our minds as we think of him. He achieved in his life, for our community that which could only have been accomplished normally in a period of many generations. The tributes ...
The Australian Champion sire Redoute's Choice (Danehill) will return in 2014. The Aga Khan Studs have confirmed that the Australian Champion sire Redoute's Choice (Danehill) will return in 2014 to cover a new northern hemisphere season at Haras de Bonneval. Redoute's Choice's exceptional achievements make his renewed presence in Europe a rare opportunity for breeders. His progeny recorded two further Classic ...
"The Muslim world offers deep roots in a system of values emphasising service, charity and a sense of common responsibility, and denying what it sees to be the false dichotomy between religious and secular lives." His Highness the Aga Khan's 1994 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Commencement Ceremony address (Cambridge, USA) ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ "God has favoured me with the ...
"The car door was left open waiting for him to sit in, but Hazar Imam was instead moving around the compound as if unwilling to leave the premises.....This is a sight that is difficult to erase from the mind, an unforgettable experience, appearing again and again in our vision, lifting us away from this world." By Toral Pradhan A young girl ...
Nairobi, Kenya, 25 October 2013 - Serena hotels received six awards, including "Africa's leading Hotel Brand", at the 20th edition of the World Travel Awards, which are considered by many to be the "Oscars" of the travel industry. In addition to "Africa's Leading Hotel Brand", Serena hotels also won "Leading Eco Hotel of the Year 2013" for the Amboseli Serena Safari ...
Excerpt adapted from Ilm magazine, December, 1989* The twelve months of the Muslim calendar and major Muslim festivals. Image by Simerg. 'Id-e-Ghadir is celebrated by the Shi 'ite communities to mark the event that took place at Ghadir Khumm (Valley of the Pond) on the 18th Dhul-Hijjah. This event commemorates the designation (appointment by way of nass) of Hazrat All as ...
Mares covered during top Australian sire's first season at Bonneval will be an attraction. Aga Khan sires Redoute's Choice and SEA THE STARS promise to draw buyers attention at Goffs November sale. Each stallion is represented by a pair of mares in foal, while SEA THE STARS also has a quartet of foals from his third generation of progeny. The dominant ...
Elite consignment features Classic winner Kastoria and a Sinndar half-sister. The Aga Khan Studs delegation for the forthcoming Goffs Breeding Stock sale boasts Group Ones galore, whether they be winners themselves, dams thereof or close relations. Particular highlights of the 27-strong consignment include KASTORIA, heroine of the Gr 1 Irish St Leger among her five Stakes successes and runner-up in the ...
Geoffry Barker: Do you see yourself as a reforming or conservative Imam? Aga Khan: I think that is terminology which just does not apply in the sense that the essentials are the essentials and have remained the essentials for centuries. So I think reform as such doesn't exist. Conservatism could exist in secular terms, not in religious terms. His Highness the ...
"Allah did choose Adam and Noah, the family of Abraham, and the family of Imran above all people - offspring, one of the other, and Allah knows and hears all things." (Holy Qur'an, 3:33-34) I. PREAMBLE OF THE ISMAILI CONSTITUTION His Highness the Aga Khan seen ordaining a new constitution for the Ismaili community worldwide. Clause (G) of the Preamble states: ...
Kenya -- In July 2013, 64 students with roots in 13 countries gathered at the Aga Khan Academy, Mombasa to participate in Global Encounters, the first summer programme of its kind for Ismaili youth from around the world. Students engaged with pressing issues in global development, contended with real-world challenges, broadened their world views, built new friendships, and nurtured a sense ...
On Thursday 17 October 2013, millions of people around the world will be participating in The Great ShakeOut, an annual drill that teaches people around the world how to protect themselves in the event of an earthquake. Having originated in California in 2008, ShakeOut has since spread globally and gained significant momentum, with millions of people participating from British Columbia, to ...
News story -- The eleventh annual Summer Programme on Islam was held at Clare College, University of Cambridge, from 11th - 18th August 2013. Thirty-seven participants from 16 countries, including Australia, Burundi, Canada, Denmark, France, India, Kenya, Madagascar, Pakistan, Portugal, Russia, Singapore, Tajikistan, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and the United States of America, participated in the eight-day programme. The ...
I think what drives our network is to enable people to manage their destinies. Once they manage their destinies, you will see, generally speaking, a take-off situation. It's when they cannot manage their destinies and cannot achieve a level of economic independence that they are indebted in a terrible way or are subject to climate change because they are in agriculture ...
AN INSTALLMENT FROM SIMERG'S MUST READ SERIES ABOUT NASER-E KHOSRAW'S MEMORABLE JOURNEY TO FATIMID EGYPT "....The tallest mountain near Mecca is Abu Qubays, which is round like a dome, so that if you shoot an arrow from the foot of the mountain it reaches its top....Having come into the city, you enter the Haram Mosque, approach the Ka'ba, and circumambulate..... always ...
Global -- The Great ShakeOut is an annual drill that teaches people around the world how to protect themselves in the event of an earthquake. The Aga Khan Development Network, which has been participating in the ShakeOut drill since 2011, drew more than 168 000 particpants last year, teaching them to DROP, COVER and HOLD ON when the earth begins to ...
Global -- When an earthquake strikes, there are only seconds to react -- knowing how to correctly respond can save your life or prevent major injury. Practising the DROP, COVER, and HOLD ON technique is important. You may only have seconds to protect yourself before a strong earthquake knocks you down, or causes dangerous objects to fall on you. DROP, COVER ...
Valirann and Ebiyza also take Longchamp honours. The Aga Khan Studs enjoyed a spectacular Arc meeting thanks to a Group treble signed by DALKALA, VALIRANN and EBIYZA, while Mandour and Siyenica also finished on the podium. Highlight of the weekend was the success of DALKALA in the Gr 1 Prix de l'Opéra. The four-year-old filly produced a storming finish to deny ...
This five-year project, part of a rehabilitation master plan initiated by Riwaq, has transformed the decaying town of Birzeit, created employment through conservation and revived vanishing traditional crafts in the process. Community involvement was encouraged from the start, including local NGOs, the private sector, owners, tenants and users, all working with the municipality. Both historic buildings and public spaces have been rehabilitated ...
The Cemetery serves Vorarlberg, the industrialised westernmost state of Austria, where over eight percent of the population is Muslim. It finds inspiration in the primordial garden, and is delineated by roseate concrete walls in an alpine setting, and consists of five staggered, rectangular grave-site enclosures, and a structure housing assembly and prayer rooms. The principal materials used were exposed reinforced concrete for ...
Linking Rabat and Salé to form an urban hub, the Hassan II Bridge and its associated access works relieve both cities' historic sites and populations of atmospheric and sound pollution. The design respects the overwhelming horizontality of the built and natural environments, allowing Rabat's 12th-century Hassan Tower to retain its vertical dominance of the skyline. The concrete supports, in subtly varying arced ...
The Tabriz Historic Bazaar Complex was officially protected in 1975 and has been covered by special stewardship measures until 2010, when it was added to the World Heritage List. The complex covers 27 hectares with over 5.5 kilometres of covered bazaars. Three different protection areas have been established (a nominated area, a buffer zone and a landscape zone), subject to special regulations ...
The Salam Centre for Cardiac Surgery, an Aga Khan Award for Architecture recipient in 2013, consists of a hospital with 63 beds and 300 local staff, with a separate Medical Staff Accommodation Compound sleeping 150 people. The centre is built as a pavilion in a garden with both primary buildings organised around large courtyards. The hospital block is of the highest technical ...
The film is an introduction to the triennial 12th cycle of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture, which concluded with the prize ceremony in Lisbon on 6 September 2013. The Award was established by the Aga Khan in 1977 to identify and encourage building concepts that successfully address the needs and aspirations of communities in which Muslims have a significant presence. The ...
A winning half-brother to Gr 1 scorer Mourayan amongst the Irish draft. Close relatives of numerous Gr 1 winners are among the Aga Khan Studs 11-strong consignment of horses in training for the forthcoming Goffs sale on 24th October. One major attraction of the draft is likely to be MOURANI, a Dalakhani half-brother to Australian Gr 1 winner Mourayan (Alhaarth), Melbourne ...
By Toral Pradhan Special to Simerg Daman (pop. appx. 40,000) is located about 193 kms North of Mumbai. Physiographically, Daman is a small part of the South Gujarat coastal land. Bounded by the Kolai river on the North, the Kalu river on the South, Sahyadri hills and the Valsad district to the East and the Arabian Sea to the West. [1] ...
