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VIDEO: Karen Armstrong speaks at the Ismaili Centre, Burnaby during her 12 Days of Compassion tour
Global -- Prominent religious historian and well-known author, Karen Armstrong, was the keynote speaker at the Ismaili Centre, Burnaby on 25 March 2012, where she delivered a lecture on Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family), the relevance of his life to our present time, and Islamophobia - a clash of ignorance. The visit was part of Armstrong's "12 ...
Third Gr I victory for Manighar
Aga Khan Success at all levels in Australia. The Aga Khan Studs have enjoyed an excellent run of form recently in Australia, headed by MANIGHAR's third consecutive Group 1 victory in the BMW Tancred Stakes at Rosehill. The Aga Khan Studs partnership with Arrowfield has also made the best possible start, with a win from the first of the operation's produce ...
The 1955 "Jubilee Ball" of His Highness the Aga Khan III at the Savoy
By Ameer Janmohamed The front of the printed program. Courtesy Amir A. Kassim-Lakha archives. PREAMBLE I have often marvelled at this thing called 'happenstance' whereby one thing leads to another, which in turn leads to another, and so on. A recent example was my essay on "51 Kensington Court" - 1953-1957: Ismailia Social and Residential Club and Jamatkhana at 51 Kensington ...
Kesampour added to Epsom Derby field
Unbeaten colt among Classic hopes. KESAMPOUR could carry the Aga Khan Studs hopes in the Gr.1 Epsom Derby following his impressive victory in the Listed Prix François Mathet over ten and a half furlongs on 1st April. At the head of the field from pillar to post, the handsome chestnut scored by two lengths on his seasonal debut and first attempt ...
North American Alumni Explore Interfaith Dialogue
News story -- Alumni from across North America gathered in Montreal, Canada, for their annual Chapter Group Meeting at the end of June 2011. The meeting focussed on the theme of Interfaith Dialogue: Challenges, Skills and Strategies, and featured sessions on the concepts and models of interfaith dialogue as well as the ethical considerations involved.The meeting included presentations by members of the ...
Sir Sultan Mahomed Shah, Aga Khan III's rebuke to The Times, London
"[I]f there has been violent reaction against the West in some of the Muslim countries, the reason is to be found in the attitude and behaviour of the Westerners, their ignorance and want of respect for the faith and culture of Islam, of which the reference to that faith in your leading article is a typical and usual example.... [I]f the ...
IIS Sponsors Panel on The Bible and the Qur'an in Ismaili Sources
News story -- The Institute sponsored a panel on 'The Bible and the Qur'an in Ismaili Sources' at the International Meeting of the Society for Biblical Literature, which took place at King's College, London. Speakers at the event included Dr Paul E. Walker, Dr David Hollenberg, Dr Daniel De Smet and Dr Jan Van Reeth. The panel was organised by Dr Michael ...
Photo Gallery: Ismaili Portraits From Tajikistan (I)
TAJIKISTAN'S RURAL ISMAILIS By Ali M. Rajput Special to Simerg Eighty-eight year old Dr. Ali M. Rajput pictured at his quarters in Khorog, Badakhshan, where he makes annual visits from Birmingham, England, to serve the Jamat in his own capacity. Introduction For over six decades, from the time that I crossed my teenage years, I have sought to develop bonds of ...
"Isma'ili Muslim Perspectives on Jesus" and "Shia Isma'ili Islam" - Two Absorbing Presentations by Khalil Andani
PLEASE CLICK: "Christian and Muslim Perpectives on Jesus" and "Shia Ismaili Islam" Orthodox chapel on a background of a Muslim mosque in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Photo: Istockphoto. Copyright. A Note to Readers: Please scroll down or click Home page for other recent posts and click What's New for links to all articles published on this blog since March 2009. Subscribe to ...
Wisdom: Prophet Muhammad on intelligence and faith
"God has not given to His servants anything better than the intelligence. The slumber of an intelligent person is better than the wakefulness of an ignorant one and the staying of a wise person at one place is better than the journeying of an ignorant one. God has not raised any Prophet or Apostle without perfecting his intelligence so that it ...
His Highness the Aga Khan visits Tajikistan
Dushanbe, Tajikistan, 5 April 2012 -- His Highness the Aga Khan, Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims and Chairman of the Aga Khan Development Network, paid a brief visit to Tajikistan's capital, Dushanbe, on 4 April 2012 to discuss a range of national and regional development issues with the country's top officials. AKDN has been operating in Tajikistan since 1992. It ...
Their Highnesses the Aga Khans III and IV on their breeding and racing thoroughbreds
"The year that my father died, he was having remarkable success with the racing operation. As a young man who knew nothing, I found this success daunting. There were a large number of people who had devoted a great deal of time to this activity, people who had been very loyal to my father and my grandfather. My father only owned ...
Mawlana Hazar Imam visits Western China
Global -- Urumxi, China, 4 April 2012 - Mawlana Hazar Imam paid an official visit to Urumxi, China from 2-4 April 2012, at the invitation of the Governor of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Mr Nur Bekri, to discuss collaboration between the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) and the Government of Xinjiang. Mawlana Hazar Imam and Governor Bekri held constructive talks ...
The Aga Khan visits Western China
Urumxi, China, 4 April 2012 -- His Highness the Aga Khan paid an official visit to Urumxi, China, from 2-4 April 2012, at the invitation of the Governor of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Mr Nur Bekri, to discuss collaboration between the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) and the Government of Xinjiang. His Highness and Governor Bekri held constructive talks during ...
Compendium of Works of Art by Ismaili Artists
"Touched by the Essence" by Naznin-Virji Babul, Vancouver, Canada. Simerg wishes to partner with Ismaili artists from around the world to feature a selection of their visual representations on this website. Artists are invited to submit two or three small to medium sized images of their works for a special compendium which will be published on this blog during summer of ...
Mawlana Hazar Imam visits with Far East Jamat in Singapore
Singapore, 2 April 2012 - Mawlana Hazar Imam's visit to the Far East drew to a close this morning as he departed Singapore. During his visit, Hazar Imam met with the Far East Jamat over a two-day period. Members of the Jamat had come from 13 countries across the region. While in Singapore, Mawlana Hazar Imam also held discussions with the ...
His Highness the Aga Khan on Islam's intellectual legacy and contribution to humanity
"Although [the Aga Khan University] is new, it will draw inspiration from the great traditions of Islamic civilisation and learning to which Your Excellency has referred. At the height of this civilisation, academies of higher learning reached from Spain to India, from North Africa to Afghanistan. One of the first and greatest research centres, the Bayt al-Hikmah established in Baghdad in ...
GALLERY: Aga Khan visits Singapore
Singapore, 02 April 2012 - His Highness the Aga Khan paid a working visit to Singapore from 31st March to 2nd April 2012 during which he held discussions with the country's President, Dr Tony Tan Keng Yam and its Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Hsien Loong. ...
Mawlana Hazar Imam arrives in Singapore
Singapore, 31 March 2012 - Continuing his visit to the Far East, Mawlana Hazar Imam arrived at Singapore's Changi Airport yesterday evening. Meanwhile, members of the Far East Jamat celebrated Mawlana Hazar Imam's arrival and made preparations for his visit with the Jamat. Later in the day, Mawlana Hazar Imam attended meetings with the President of Singapore, Dr Tony Tan Keng ...
Video: Speech: Jamati Institutional Leaders Dinner (Singapore) ·· incomplete
I thought that you would be pleased to know that I have selected Singapore as one of our partners in looking at development opportunities in the future, not only in the Far East, but globally.... What do we share with Singapore? First of all, I think we share a very strong commitment to human knowledge. To the notion of competence. To ...
His Highness the Aga Khan on merit-based education in Northern Pakistan and developing countries generally
"We have been working in Pakistan for many years and Pakistan, fortunately, like many other developing countries, is moving to what we call a merit-based educational system. This is good for the country. But we found that the children from Northern Areas were being increasingly marginalised in a merit-based educational system, because the quality of teaching throughout the Northern Areas was ...
Mawlana Hazar Imam inaugurates "Treasures of the Aga Khan Museum" exhibition in Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur, 30 March 2012 - Mawlana Hazar Imam inaugurated Treasures of the Aga Khan Museum: Architecture in Islamic Arts today, at the Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia. On display until 29 June, the Malaysian exhibition marks the first time that objects and art from the Aga Khan Museum collection have been displayed in Southeast Asia. The exhibition features 100 selected masterpieces, ...
Aga Khan Museum collection on display in Southeast Asia for the first time
Kuala Lumpur, 31 March 2012 -- An exhibition of artefacts from the Aga Khan Museum collection opened in Kuala Lumpur today at the Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia, marking the first time the collection is being shown in Southeast Asia. The exhibition, entitled "Treasures of the Aga Khan Museum: Architecture in Islamic Arts", was inaugurated yesterday by Malaysia's Culture Minister Dato Seri ...
GALLERY: Aga Khan visits Malaysia (29 March - 31 March 2012)
Malaysia, 31 March 2012 - His Highness the Aga Khan undertook a two day visit to Malaysia in connection with ongoing collaboration between agencies of the Aga Khan Development Network and institutions in Malaysia. ...
Video: Speech: 'Architecture in Islamic Arts' Opening Ceremony - An Exhibition from the Aga Khan Museum (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) ·· incomplete
Historically, architecture was one of the most powerful expressions of our cultures. And yet 35 years ago, in my view, we had disappeared from the world's architecture. Our buildings had become books on coffee tables. Our schools of architecture had no architects trained in Islamic architecture. Our historic buildings were not being maintained. Historic cities were allowed to disappear, out of ...
His Highness the Aga Khan on his 'mission on earth'
Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation: Your Highness, at the end of this conversation, if we want to summarise your entire mission on earth, how can you say it in two words? First, are you preaching your religion where you are? Or you do not have a precise goal concerning that religious mission? Aga Khan: But of course! Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation: You do preach ...
Another Gr I for Manighar
Top-level success for former Aga Khan graduate, while Sharestan kicks off Irish season in style. The in-form MANIGHAR was back in the winners' enclosure at the weekend, just two weeks after opening his account at the highest level. The six-year-old son of Linamix has thrived over the past few months for trainer Peter Moody in Australia, winning three of his last ...
GALLERY: Photos for "Aga Khan Museum Collection on display in Southeast Asia for the first time"
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 30 March 2012 - The "Treasures of the Aga Khan Museum: Architecture in Islamic Arts" exhibition was inaugurated on 31 March 2012 by Malaysia's Culture Minister Dato Seri Utama Dr Rais Yatim and His Highness the Aga Khan. ...
Andrew Kosorok's Thank You Letter to the Makers of the Fatimid Blue Qur'an
A folio of the Fatimid Blue Qur'an currently on exhibit in Provo, Utah. The Brigham Young University (BYU) Museum of Art, in Provo, Utah, has just welcomed on campus the exhibition Beauty and Belief: Crossing Bridges with the Arts of Islamic Culture, assembled and presented by Dr. Sabiha Al-Khemir. Among the 250 items is a single page of the Blue Qur'an, ...
Thanking Ismaili Figures
Jehangir Merchant's Thank You Letter to the Fatimid Ismaili Icon, Da'i Al-Mu'ayyad al-Shiraziby Jehangir A. Merchant (UK/Canada) * * * Jalaledin Ebrahim's Gratitude to Amira Dharrab, Abu Najm Sarraj and Hasan-i-Sabbahby Jalaledin Ebrahim (USA) * * * Khalil Andani's Thank You Letter to the School of Isma'ili Philosophersby Khalil Andani (USA/Canada) * * * A Thank You Letter Inspired by Prince ...
Mawlana Hazar Imam commences his Far East visit in Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur, 29 March 2012 - Mawlana Hazar Imam arrived in Malaysia for the start of his visit to the Far East. In the country's capital, Kuala Lumpur, he will officially inaugurate an exhibition of objects and art from the Aga Khan Museum collection at the Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia. The travelling exhibition of objects and art from the Aga Khan ...
Latest Volume "On Magic" in Epistles of the Brethren of Purity Series Published
News story -- The IIS is pleased to announce the publication ofOn Magic I: An Arabic Critical Edition and English Translation of Epistle 52 a which is part of the bilingual (Arabic and English) Epistles of the Brethren of Purity series. Epistle 52, 'On Magic, Incantations, and the Evil Eye', is the last in the corpus and, as such, represents the culmination ...
His Highness the Aga Khan on the ethic behind the 'unrelenting effort' which drives the Aga Khan Development Network
"I accept the "United We Care" Award with much gratitude, and still greater humility. The credit for it belongs to many. I am fortunate to lead an international community with a strong social conscience. Bridging North and South, East and West, the Ismailis have a long tradition of philanthropy, self-reliance and voluntary service. Wherever they live, they faithfully abide by the ...
Fond Memories of Salamieh, 51 Kensington Court, and Yakymour
By Abdul Mamdani Standing L-R: Mohamed Teja (Nairobi, Kenya), Amir Aly Karim (accountant), Mohamed Jaffer (lawyer, Vazir Chhotubhai's son, Pakistan), Late Shamshudin Jaffer Ladak (Dodoma), Individual Name Not Currently Available, and youthful Abdul Mamdani. Sitting L-R: Mrs. Shirin Esmail (lawyer, Uganda), Mawlana Sultan Mahomed Shah (His Highness the Aga Khan), Mata Salamat Om Habibeh Begum Aga Khan, Zool Nimji Javeri (Kamadia, ...
Suggested Reading: His Highness the Aga Khan's 1963 Presidential Address at the First Anniversary of Mindanao University (Manilla, Philippines)
This week's selection is His Highness the Aga Khan's 1963 Presidential Address at the First Anniversary of Mindanao University, Manilla, Philippines. In this seminal speech, the Aga Khan reflects on the critical role education played in sustaining the Caliphates during Islam's golden age, contrasting the state of education in the Ummah then to today. He notes that "during the two Caliphates, ...
A "Thank You" Letter to an Ismaili Historical Figure - Examples to Assist You
Recently we announced a unique new series to celebrate this website's third anniversary. Please click Thanking Ismaili Historical Figures. Numerous readers who wish to contribute have asked us to provide samples that may serve as good examples for their own messages of thanks. We have one website that you might wish to visit to assist you in formulating your Thank you ...
His Highness the Aga Khan on Western perceptions and notions of freedom
Don Cayo: When I look at the Western perceptions of freedom, which we value highly, I sometimes think we interpret it as the whole world should be free to be like us. Is that how we are seen from the other perspectives? Aga Khan: I think that's certainly one aspect -- the feeling that the societies of the industrialised world are ...
His Highness the Aga Khan on the meaning of the term "Enabling Environment"
The term "Enabling Environment" has two implications which I would underscore today. First, it reminds us that the conditions which enable progress can be extremely complex, that an entire "environment" of interacting forces must come together if development is truly to take root -- and to take off. Second -- the term recognises that even the right environment is still only ...
51 Kensington Court, and a Memorable Function Hosted by His Highness the Aga Khan III at London's Savoy
IMAM WRITES VERSE OF HAFIZ ON DINNER MENU By Ali M. Rajput A recent portrait of 88 year old, Dr. A. M. Rajput Editor's note: Ameer Janmohamed's piece (1953-1957: Ismailia Social and Residential Club and Jamatkhana at 51 Kensington Court) was read by hundreds of readers around the world, and some offered their own stories and insights of the building. For ...
