By Elia Badrudin Salaam , al Salaam, O salaam to all of humanity, Peace al Salamiyeh , KNOW that Peace will be again. the heavens will smile on you again. all humanity which speaks for Peace has promised that the planet has your place al Salamiyeh, more than a thousand years before prayers were seeds of this ground a grassland lying ...
Jabal Mashhad is one of the two mausoleums in Syria which is of special historical significance to Ismailis. The mausoleum is thought to hold the tombs of the 8th Ismaili Imam, Wafi Ahmed, and his two sons as well Rashid al-Din Sinan, a Syrian dai from a much later period in Ismaili history. Photo: Ari Babul, Vancouver, Canada. Copyright. The ...
Redoute's Choice, Sinndar and Siyouni will be on show. The French based farm of the Aga Khan Studs, Haras de Bonneval, will welcome visitors as part as the Route des Etalons operation on Sunday 3rd February, from 9 am to 4.30 pm. Recently arrived in France, Redoute's Choice will be at the centre of attention. Twice a Champion sire in Australia, ...
News story -- The Institute of Ismaili Studies is pleased to announce the publication of a critical edition and English translation of al-Qadi al-Nu'man's Minhaj al-fara'id. This book, edited and translated by Professor Agostino Cilardo, has been published under the title,The Early History of Ismaili Jurisprudence: Law under the Fatimids. This book is the eighteenth in the Institute's Ismaili Texts and Translations ...
Nuno Rogerio: When you talk about the present state of affairs -- you travel a lot, you talk to all kinds of people -- are you worried with the so called Clash of Civilisations scenario and do you think you could do something to contradict that scenario? Aga Khan: I'm very worried. I don't think since 1957 I have been ever ...
"When I began publishing a newspaper in Kenya in 1960, I suggested that management should conduct a readership survey in which we asked the readers what they like best in the paper. The high proportion of expatriates we still had in those days training the African staff were surprised to discover that foreign news, especially news of other countries in Africa, ...
CORRECTION NOTICE In my piece below about Ismaili songs in Kiswahili archived at the SAMAP, I mistakenly attributed the songs to Mukhi Allidina Jamal of Upanga Jamatkhana in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania. My attention has been drawn by the family of the actual composer and singer, Allidina Jamal Walji Luvungivalla, that the (late) Mukhi Allidina Jamal, who I attributed the songs to, and ...
SPEECHES, STATEMENTS AND WRITINGS OF THE 48TH AND 49TH ISMAILI IMAMS A. Sir Sultan Mahomed Shah, His Highness the Aga Khan, 48th Imam (1877 - 1957) I. HAZRAT ALI AND THE RASHIDUN CALIPHS It is more than ever necessary that the foundation of Imami-Ismailism should be understood by the new generation of Ismailis throughout the world. If those who believe that ...
Lightly or unraced three-year-olds from black-type families. The Aga Khan Studs will be represented by a quartet of individuals at the forthcoming Goffs February sale on 14th February. All aged three years old, the four have yet to win although lot 377 ZAINDA placed second in December at Dundalk for trainer John Oxx. This daughter of Dr Fong is the first ...
Publication:Between Reason and Revelation: Twin Wisdoms ReconciledEditor & Translator:Professor Eric Ormsby "Between Reason and Revelation: Twin Wisdoms Reconciled" is the first English translation of Kitab-iJami' al-Hikmatayn, the final known work of Nasir-i Khusraw, a great eleventh-century Ismaili thinker, poet and Fatimid emissary. Written in the year 1070 CE, during his exile in Badakhshan, the work is presented as a learned commentary on ...
By Michael Hart The following is from Michael Hart's book and lists Prophet Muhammad as the most influential man in History. A Citadel Press Book, published by Carol Publishing Group Ranking of the twenty from the list of 100: MUHAMMAD, No. 1 The 100, a Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History by Michael H. Hart My choice of Muhammad ...
I. THE OUTSTANDING MERITS OF THE PROPHETBy Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq (702-765 ), 5th Ismaili Imam* Despite their great sins and their ugly acts our Lord -- out of His clemency, His tolerance, and His mercy -- chose for them the most lovable one of His prophets and the most honourable one of them, Muhammad bin Abd Allah, may Allah bless him ...
India -- At the invitation of and in collaboration with India's National Disaster Management Authority, four members of the FOCUS India Search and Rescue Team conducted a training seminar for police and fire officials, members of the army, railway, home guard, and other security and government agencies in Delhi. The training was part of a week-long emergency management exercise organised by ...
News story -- Dr Sayyad Jalal Badakhchani, Research Associate at the IIS, has recently been awarded the certificate of honour by the Heritage Foundation and the National Library of Iran for his contributions to reintroducing the extant Persian text of Qa'imiyat, a collection of poems from the Alamut period of Ismaili history. Dr Badakhchani's latest publication, a Persian edition of the Diwan-i ...
This instalment's selection is His Highness the Aga Khan's 2008 book Where Hope Takes Root - Democracy and Pluralism in an Interdependent World. Published in 2008, Where Hope Takes Root is a collection of 13 of the Aga Khan's principal speeches, made between 2002 and 2006, along with his important 2006 interview with the CBC's Peter Mansbridge. Focused on the theme ...
Now hath come unto you An Apostle from amongst Yourselves; it grieves him that you should perish; Ardently anxious is he over you: to the believers is he the most kind and merciful. Sura 9-128 By Prof. K. S. Ramakrishna Rao Head of the Department of Philosophy, Government College for Women University of Mysore, Mandya-571401 (Karnatika). Re-printed from "Islam and Modern age", ...
"And peace on him on the day he was born, and on the day he dies, and on the day he is raised to life" Holy Quran 19:15 Allahuma salli ala Muhammadin wa Aal-e Muhammad O God! Shower thy blessings on Muhammad and the descendents of Muhammad Download Salwaat Audio file Milad-un Nabi or Maulid (Mawlid) is the birthday celebration of ...
By Amir Gulamhusein In the Presidential Address given at the International Seerat Conference held in Karachi, Pakistan on 12th March 1976, Mawlana Hazar Imam (s.a.) said: In the face of this changing world, which was once a universe to us and is now no more than an overcrowded island, confronted with a fundamental challenge to our understanding of time, surrounded by ...
An early graduate of the association wins impressively on his debut. Hot on the heels of the popularity of the son of Redoute's Choice and Daralara at the Magic Millions yearling sales on the Gold Coast, the successful partnership of the Aga Khan and Arrowfield Studs was highlighted on the racetrack. Vadashan, who is the first son of Listed winner VADSALINA ...
Geoffry Barker: It is often suggested that your affluent lifestyle is very different from that of most Ismailis who live mostly in the poverty of the Third World. Do you think that is a fair comment? Aga Khan: I think that affluence is perhaps the wrong terminology. I do not seek to do things, in fact I have stayed away from ...
PROPHET MUHAMMAD IN ISMAILI GINANIC LITERATURE While the Holy Qur'an describes the Nabi as 'Bright Lamp', the Ginans use the symbol of 'Chandni' (Moon Light) for the Prophet. Both in the Holy Qur'an and the Ginans, the Prophet is seen as a Rahemat (Mercy) to mankind. Please click: Prophet Muhammad is Symbol of Moon-Light, a Mercy to All Nations, and Intercessor ...
"The superiority of man-made structures over natural environment is a concept alien to Islamic belief." His Highness the Aga Khan's 1979 Address to the Asia Society (New York, USA) ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ "The famous verse of 'light' in the Qur'an, the Ayat al-Nur, whose first line is rendered here in the mural behind me, inspires among Muslims a reflection ...
Nutrition Centre -- The start of a new year is a great time to make improvements to your lifestyle habits, whether by being more active or cooking more healthily. Setting SMART goals is an effective approach that can be used not only for health, but also in other aspects of life. Set goals are Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, and Timely - ...
The website for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) reported as follows on January 22, 2007: The Aga Khan visited NATO Headquarters on 22 January 2007 to meet with NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer [who held the position from 2004 until 2009 – ed.]. They discussed ways of stepping up support to the Afghanistan government. The Aga Khan ...
"My grandfather was born in Karachi, lived most of his lifetime in India and was the first member of the family, I think, to ever visit Europe. During the whole of his lifetime he studied Western techniques as a means of improving the standards of living of his own community.... "Ever since I was old enough to understand a little bit ...
"ISLAM THROUGH WESTERN EYES" BY JONATHAN LYONS Jonathan Lyons, who spent twenty years as a foreign correspondent and editor for Reuters, much of it in the Islamic world, addresses the issues of Islam and modernity, Islam and violence, and Islam and women and proposes new ways of thinking about the Western relationship to the Islamic world. Please click for presentation by ...
News story -- The Central Asian Studies Unit held a seminar at the IIS, entitled 'Russia and Ismaili Muslims: Over a Century of Learning', on 5 November, 2012. The seminar explored the contribution of Russian scholarship to Ismaili studies and commemorated the centenary of His Highness Sir Sultan Mahomed Shah Aga Khan III's visit to Russia. The seminar brought together scholars from ...
Stud plans uncovered for the Aga Khan stallions. The Aga Khan Studs have unveiled their matings to their resident stallions and will once again send them a selection of top class broodmares. Sea The Stars, whose first yearlings have averaged more than €300,000, will cover yet another quality book of mares this year, which includes Group 1 winner Darjina as well ...
He is the leading sire by average. Just days after arriving at the Aga Khan Studs' Haras de Bonneval for his first shuttle season, Redoute's Choice proved extremely popular at the Magic Millions sale in his native Australia. The dual champion sire topped the third session of the prestigious sale with a colt sold for Aus$800,000 to Sydney trainer John O'Shea. ...
Wins in Hong Kong, Dubai, Ireland and Australia The versatility of the Aga Khan Studs has been in evidence once again in the early part of 2013, with five successes for the breeding operation over three continents during one week. MIZANI set the ball rolling on Sunday 6th January with victory on his first outing in Hong Kong, where the grandson ...
"[I]n the Qu'ran it very clearly says no Muslim may judge the strength of another Muslim's beliefs." His Highness the Aga Khan's 1965 The London Sunday Times Interview, Part II, with Nicholas Tomalin (London, United Kingdom) ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ "Faith is not, is not something which you can quantify. People practice, they don't practice. Sometimes they do, more in ...
BY KHIZAR HAYAT “…Indeed, the scout movement has forever embodied amongst the noblest of human aspirations amongst the most admirable of the qualities of the human heart – courage with self-sacrifice, independence with service and honour to others, honour with duty and with loyalty and with discipline…” — Prince Amyn Mohamed Aga Khan THE SCOUT MOVEMENT Lord Robert Baden-Powell (1857-1941), ...
Hyderabad, 10 January 2013 - A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for a ten-year, integrated conservation and landscape restoration project at the Quli Qutb Shah Tomb complex in Hyderabad was signed today. The complex encompasses70 structures within its complex, encompassing 40 mausoleums, 23 mosques, five step-wells/water structures, a hamam (mortuary bath), pavilions, garden structures and enclosure walls built during the reign of ...
Redoute's Choice colt represents joint venture between Aga Khan Studs and Arrowfield. The third generation of yearlings born from the partnership of the Aga Khan Studs and Arrowfield in Australia will be represented on Friday when a son of DARALARA goes under the hammer on the Gold Coast. This colt is the third offspring of DARALARA who was one of the ...
Hyderabad, India, 10 January 2013 - A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for a ten-year, integrated conservation and landscape restoration project at the Quli Qutb Shah Tomb complex in Hyderabad was signed today by the Andhra Pradesh State Department of Archaeology and Museums, the Quli Qutb Shah Urban Development Authority and the Aga Khan Trust for Culture and Aga Khan Foundation. The ...
"Too often, those who set the media agenda see it primarily as a business agenda. Too often the measure of media success is simply financial profit. I think this attitude is wrong -- it often makes for manipulative media, distorting and misleading in a narrow pursuit of readers and ratings. It means that journalism is subordinated to entertainment, and that the ...
He will cover 15 of the best Aga Khan mares. Redoute's Choice travelled safely from Australia and arrived in France on Wednesday 9th January. The two times Australian Champion sire is shuttling for the first time and he will be standing the Northern Hemisphere season at the Aga Khan's French stud Haras de Bonneval. Redoute's Choice is due to cover a ...
By Hussein Rashid Who is the Ali, the universal hero of Islam? The last of those who are known as the Rightly Guided Caliphs, the greatness of Imam Ali (a.s) is best represented by story of Khaybar. The story begins that Prophet Muhammad (s.a.s) laid siege to the fort of Khaybar, but the walls were so well-fortified that the army ...
News story -- The European Chapter Group (ECG) of the IIS Alumni Association met for its annual meeting in Paris, France, in May. The theme selected by the Chapter Group for its meeting was Literature and Art: Expressions andImpact, which explored how art and literature can serve as an important channel to a deeper understanding of societies. The meeting began with opening ...
News story -- The IIS is pleased to announce the publication of The Spirit of Tolerance in Islam by Reza Shah-Kazemi. In the book, the author demonstrates, using predominantly western historical sources, that religious tolerance was in fact the historical norm which characterised the relationship between Muslims and non-Muslims, and that intolerance was a clear deviation from this norm. He further argues ...
