In the Judaeo-Christian world, charity is a notion which evokes generosity with nothing in return. In Islam, the 'best of charities', but not the only one, is to help the poor be self-sufficient.... I was born with Islamic ethics, in a Muslim family. There is nothing wrong with being well off as long as money has a social and ethical value ...
News story -- The twelve students, who embarked on their studies at the Institute in August 2005, completed their Masters Degrees in a wide variety of fields at universities such as Oxford, Cambridge, London School of Economics and Political Science, University College London and University of Columbia. Dr Alnoor Dhanani, Head of the Department of Graduate Studies, welcomed the gathering. Speaking about ...
Sire continues his excellent strike-rate at all levels. The Aga Khan's filly adds her name to those of Moonstone, CENTENNIAL, Democrate, CONDUIT and Chinese White as a black-type winner by Dalakhani. SHEMIMA was awarded the Gr 3 Prix de Lutèce at Longchamp last Friday after passing the post in second place. The filly was hampered during her challenge in the final ...
News story -- Sultonbek Axsakolov (GPISH class of 2002) will join the Department of History at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, to work on Russian and Soviet studies on the Ismailis. Amier Saidulla (GPISH class of 2003) will study the religious practices of the Tajik Ismailis in Xinjiang province of China. He will join the Department ...
Global -- Members of a Jamati orchestra in Dubai have produced a two-disc musical compilation in celebration of the Golden Jubilee. Frontierless Brotherhood - A Fusion of Diversity reflects the cultures and heritage of Ismailis from around the world. Get Flash to see this video. In celebration of Mawlana Hazar Imam's Golden Jubilee, a Jamati orchestra in Dubai together with the ...
Red Gala's Listed victory is the latest in a string of successes for his sire. RED GALA became the latest Stakes winner for his dual-Derby and Arc-winning sire SINNDAR when showing great staying power to take the Listed Chester Handicap over 1 mile 5 ½ furlongs on Saturday. The entire is a tough and versatile performer, as he has already won ...
There is an often quoted ayat [of the Qur'an] which says that you should leave the world in a better environment than you found it. You have a responsibility of legacy of God's creation of the world, to improve that legacy from generation to generation. So there's an ethical premise to it. Interviewer: Unknown in al-Azhar Park, Cairo? [Maria Golia, Author, ...
Your Highness, is there a message that you would like to leave the Syrian people? Well first of all, the respect and admiration that I have for Syria in its historic role within the Ummah. Secondly the notion that progress does not mean occidentalisation. Progress in the Ummah means moving forward in quality of life, but not giving up your identity, ...
Aleppo, Syria, 28 August 2008 - His Highness the Aga Khan today inaugurated the medieval citadel overlooking Syria's ancient city of Aleppo. The ceremony marked the completion of cultural revitalisation work on the citadels of Aleppo, Salah ad-Din and Masyaf that once formed a system of fortresses in central-western Syria. The restoration work was carried out by the Aga Khan Trust ...
Aleppo, Syria, 28 August 2008 - His Highness the Aga Khan today inaugurated the medieval citadel overlooking Syria's ancient city of Aleppo. ...
The background to this initiative is very simple. The background is to illustrate to the peoples of our world the history of the civilisations of the Ummah. We don't do enough to illustrate to the peoples of our world the greatness of the Islamic civilisations, of the cultures of the past. And because they don't know, they don't know our history, ...
I would like you to know that this visit has brought me great happiness and it will remain in my memory for many, many, many years to think of the happiness I have had in this historic country, with these historic links to our Jamat for centuries and centuries. I would like you to know that this visit has brought me ...
[T]he quality of life is determined by a number of different factors that are, in my view, not limited to the World Bank indicators on longevity, or health, or the economic welfare of an individual, or a community. To the Imamat, the meaning of "quality of life' extends to the entire ethical and social context in which people live, and not ...
Damascus, Syria, 26 August 2008 - The Syrian Government and the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) yesterday signed three landmark agreements designed to strengthen collaboration in the areas of microfinance, healthcare, and cultural tourism. Syria's Prime Minister, His Excellency Mohamed Naji Al-Otri and His Highness the Aga Khan, Imam (spiritual Leader) and founder and Chairman of the Aga Khan Development Network ...
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Damascus, Syria, 25 August 2008 - The Ministries of Health and Higher Education of the Government of Syria and Aga Khan University (AKU) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding to enhance capacity in the health sector. The memorandum was signed at the Office of the Prime Minister in Damascus and witnessed by Syrian Prime Minister, His Excellency Mohamed Naji Al-Utri and ...
Two Gr.2 victories and a Listed success for the Aga Khan Studs and their sires. The Aga Khan's ARAZAN entered the Classic reckoning for 2009 when stepping up smoothly in grade to take the Gr 2 Futurity Stakes by an impressive four lengths on Saturday at The Curragh. The colt was making only his second public appearance, three months after a ...
Damascus, Syria, 25 August 2008 - The Syrian Government and the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) today signed three landmark agreements designed to strengthen collaboration in the areas of microfinance, healthcare, and cultural tourism. ...
I believe that Islamic cultures have immense power and immense opportunity. It is up to us Muslims to illustrate those civilisations, those cultures of the past and the present. And one of the ways to do so is to revive the effectiveness of cultural assets in communicating to people. And historic buildings do not need to be thought of only as ...
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Damascus, Syria, 24 August 2008 - His Highness the Aga Khan, Imam, (spiritual leader) of the Shia Ismaili Muslims, and founder and Chairman of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), arrived in Damascus today, on a 6-day official visit to Syria. He was received at the airport by Deputy Prime Minister Mr Abdullah Al-Dardari, Minister of Tourism, Dr Sadallah Agha Al-Qala, ...
Damascus, Syria, 24 August 2008 - His Highness the Aga Khan, Imam, (spiritual leader) of the Shia Ismaili Muslims, and founder and Chairman of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), arrived in Damascus today, on a 6-day official visit to Syria. He was received at the airport by Deputy Prime Minister Mr Abdullah Al-Dardari, Minister of Tourism, Dr Sa'dallah Agha Al-Qal'a, ...
26 August 2008 (Damascus): His Highness the Aga Khan hosts a reception for government officials, diplomats and other guests.26 August 2008 (Damascus): Visits to proposed sites for Aga Khan Academy and proposed hotel in Old Damascus.26 August 2008 (Aleppo): Announcement to create an urban park in Aleppo.26 August 2008 (Aleppo): Tourism Promotion Services sign agreement to create hotel in Aleppo. SOURCES ...
Canada -- Service is a cornerstone of the social conscience that Islam espouses. Alqaim Giga and Sehar Lalani have applied their passion for service to the improvement of eyesight and eye health among peoples living in different parts of the world. Service to society and helping others has always been of great importance in Islam, and was one of the foremost ...
Promising juveniles and an average of €350,000 for his yearlings sold at ARQANA. Dalakhani sired the leading colt on the second day of ARQANA's Deauville yearling sale as Sheikh Mohammed's bloodstock adviser John Ferguson paid half a million Euros for Lot 158. His second yearling also proved very popular in the ring and changed hands for €200,000, the fifth-highest price of ...
News story -- Dr. Karen Bauer, who has recently joined the Qur'anic Studies Unit at the IIS from Princeton University, presented a paper on the panel "New Approaches to Tafsir" organised by Dr. Walid Saheh, with Dr. Andrew Rippin responding. Dr. Bauer's paper was titled "How does customary practice affect Qur'anic interpretation? The case of household roles". It focused on texts in ...
Afghanistan -- The Jamat of Afghanistan celebrated the opening of the first purpose-built Jamatkhana in the Ishkashim district of Badakhshan. Hundreds gathered for the official opening, which was attended by a number of distinguished guests including the Governor of Badakhshan Province and the President of the Provincial Assembly. On 15 May 2008, the Jamat of Afghanistan celebrated a significant milestone with ...
During the past year, Sameer Kassam served as a volunteer with the Aga Khan Development Network in Salamieh and in Cairo. In addition to gaining an understanding of the AKDN's work and local impact, Kassam also noted the links between the two cities. Sameer Kassam is a student at the University of Edinburgh currently studying Arabic and Spanish, and is the ...
Conduit, Linngari and Alnadana all score for in-form Aga Khan Studs After Moonstone, Democrate and Centennial, Dalakhani has a new addition to his Group-winning first crop in CONDUIT. The Sir Michael Stoute trained colt lifted the Gr 3 Gordon Stakes on the opening day of Glorious Goodwood, confirming the promise he had shown at this level when an unlucky runner-up in ...
Global -- Kenya hosted the first major launch of an Institute of Ismaili Studies publication outside North America and Europe. The authors and staff of The Institute recounted the journey of the making of the book, and its importance at this juncture in Ismaili history. Kenya hosted the first major book launch of an Institute of Ismaili Studies publication outside North ...
United Arab Emirates -- Starting with an inaugural flag-raising ceremony at the Ismaili Centre, Imamat Day in the UAE was celebrated with enthusiatic creativity. The Souq al-Izhar exhibition invited members of the Jamat to express themselves artistically on a variety of themes. Does not the Qur'an challenge the artist, as much as the mystic, to go beyond the physical - the ...
United Arab Emirates -- Every year since Dubai held its first Terry Fox Run in 1999, the Jamat in United Arab Emirates has helped with the event's organisation. The 2008 run set a new benchmark for attendance and fundraising, making a significant contribution to cancer research and raising awareness about the disease. If someone were to ask me my plans for ...
Does daily life carry the same importance as eternal life? In Islam, they are the same thing. One cannot separate faith from the world. [Emphasis added.] This is one of the greatest difficulties that the non-Muslim world has, because the Judaic Christian societies developed with that notion of separation. For the Muslims, that separation is not possible. We are expected to ...
Well if you ask yourself how an institution could be effective in terms of -- as far as possible -- ensuring security, ensuring the capacity to improve quality of life, then you have to ask yourself what does the institution need in order to achieve those goals? ... Then the second thing was: "what did you need to make a difference?" ...
Two recent Gr 1 wins boost pedigrees of ARQANA yearlings. The catalogue for ARQANA's forthcoming yearling sale features a strong delegation of yearlings by Aga Khan Studs sires. The Haras de Bonneval-based Sinndar is well established on the European scene and his credentials were boosted recently by YOUMZAIN's classy Grand Prix de Saint Cloud success. The dual Derby winner and hero ...
After outclassing the field in the Grand Prix de Paris, Montmartre could meet Zarkava in the Arc de Triomphe. There was MONTMARTRE and then the rest... The Aga Khan's colt flew home under a motionless Christophe Soumillon to lift the Grand Prix de Paris by four lengths - a margin which could easily have been doubled. The delighted jockey remarked, "He ...
Brave Moonstone records exploit for her sire with Irish Oaks victory DALAKHANI's daughter opened her account in style on Sunday at the Curragh when a most courageous winner of the Darley Irish Oaks. Although still a maiden coming into the race, MOONSTONE was sent off favourite on the strength of her creditable second place in the Epsom Oaks ahead of HH ...
[T]he agreement that was signed during this visit [to Portugal], concerning collaboration in the diplomatic field, is a very, very important agreement. For an institution of faith to enter into a formal, diplomatic relationship is extremely important in the sense that that agreement has to function within the faiths of both communities. Since some time, Portugal has been a country in ...
Lisbon, Portugal, 12 July 2008 - Aga Khan University (AKU) and the Catholic University of Portugal (UCP) today signed an agreement of academic collaboration as part of their efforts to foster international understanding and scholarly cooperation between diverse cultures and faiths. Areas of collaboration between the two universities will include culture, law, religion, ethics, health sciences, education and human development through ...
Lisbon, Portugal, 12 July 2008 - His Highness the Aga Khan and His Eminence D. Jose Policarpo, the Cardinal Patriarch of Lisbon and Chancellor of the University, today witnessed the historic signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Aga Khan University (AKU) and the Catholic University of Portugal (UCP). The agreement of academic collaboration was signed at the Ismaili Centre ...
