Horses bred by the Aga Khan Studs were a prominent force at last week's Cheltenham Festival. Dabiroun was the prize performer winning the Fred Winter Juvenile Handicap Hurdle by an impressive eight lengths on the opening day of the meeting. His trainer Paul Nolan commented after the easy win: "he's been a revelation on this better ground and, on this going, ...
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 18 March 2005 - His Highness the Aga Khan, accompanied by his daughter Princess Zahra, today joined His Excellency, President Benjamin Mkapa in announcing the construction of the second phase of the Aga Khan Hospital in Dar es Salaam. The announcement was made at a foundation-stone laying ceremony that took place in the presence of government dignitaries, ...
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 18 March 2005 - His Highness the Aga Khan, accompanied by his daughter Princess Zahra, today joined His Excellency, President Benjamin Mkapa in announcing the construction of the second phase of the Aga Khan Hospital in Dar es Salaam. ...
Through linkages between the Schools of Medicine and Nursing of the Faculty of Health Sciences of the Aga Khan University, and the Aga Khan teaching hospital in Nairobi, we are building here in Dar-es Salaam a regional hub of quality medical and nursing services. This hospital will be part of what amounts to a regional teaching hospital network.... Post Graduate Medical ...
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 17 March 2005 - His Highness the Aga Khan, Imam (spiritual leader) of the Ismaili Muslims, today joined President Mkapa of Tanzania in laying the foundation stone for the construction of a new Aga Khan Academy in Dar es Salaam. The Academy will be a residential school offering pre-primary to higher secondary education benchmarked against world-class standards. ...
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 17 March 2005 - His Highness the Aga Khan, Imam (spiritual leader) of the Ismaili Muslims, today joined President Mkapa of Tanzania in laying the foundation stone for the construction of a new Aga Khan Academy in Dar es Salaam. ...
The students at this institution will be distinguished not only for their academic capacity, but for their character and their commitment to citizenship.... The students who come here will be exceptional because they will have capabilities and character that make them stand out from their peers. And we will ensure through scholarships that exceptional students will be admitted even if they ...
News story -- Ten years after its launch, the Graduate Programme continues to attract high-calibre students, with a variety of academic backgrounds, from North America, Central and South Asia, Europe and the Middle East. This year's intake includes students from Canada, Iran, Pakistan and Tajikistan. The Programme provides an interdisciplinary approach to the materials of Muslim culture and thought, and encourages a ...
Maralan, an ex Aga Khan owned four-year-old, won convincingly at Navan on Saturday and is now destined for the Fred Winter Handicap Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival. After cruising to a smooth eight length success in the two mile maiden hurdle his trainer Oliver Brady commented: "He's an improving horse who likes galloping tracks. He goes to the Festival with a ...
Both Sinndar and Sendawar have started 2005 with promise, regularly siring winners during the first months of the season. Sinndar's latest winner is the Marcus Tregoning trained Isle De Maurice. After finishing an eye-catching second on his debut in mid-February, the three-year-old colt comfortably accounted for a respectable field at Wolverhampton on Friday by a length and a half. On Sunday ...
News story -- Portuguese is the official language of eight countries: Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Guinea-Bisseau, Mozambique, Portugal and San Tome and Principe. It is also spoken in the Indian province of Goa and Macao in China. The historical and cultural importance of Islam in the Iberian Peninsula has led to the development of Islamic Studies as an academic discipline ...
The Aga Khan stallions have made a flying start to the season with recent successes for all the sires that have progeny of racing age. Kahyasi's three-year-old son, Silver Cross, was impressive when winning the Listed Prix Policeman this weekend at Cagnes-sur-Mer. His trainer Didier Prod'homme said after his colt's one and a half length success: "Of all the horses I ...
Bamako, Mali, 25 February 2005 - The Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED), which forms part of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), will boost the commercial aviation sector in West Africa with the creation of a new national airline in partnership with the Mali government and private investors. "The need for an infrastructure to meet domestic, regional and intercontinental ...
Geneva, Switzerland, 22 February 2005 - His Highness the Aga Khan today announced the expansion of a new generation of financial products and services to help some of the world's most vulnerable populations. The Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance (AKAM), a new institution created specifically for this purpose, will deliver innovative services including micro-insurance, small housing loans, savings, education and health ...
The Aga Khan Development Network agencies have been involved in micro-credit for more than 60 years. During that time, a variety of institutions offering a range of products tailored to specific needs have been established in many countries.... We have also extended loans for education and health care, which we believe can be important ways to break down the barriers to ...
It is my hope that through our micro-finance programmes we will eventually create a virtuous circle of income generation in which the poor -- half of the world's population -- will break out of their economic and social exclusion and achieve a level of self-reliance that allows them, in turn, to help those less fortunate. His Highness the Aga Khan today ...
Ottawa, Canada, 8 February 2005 - Personifying cherished Canadian values, His Highness the Aga Khan has devoted his life to protecting the environment and alleviating human suffering due to poverty. Imam of the Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims since 1957, he has guided the spiritual growth of his followers, teaching compassion and tolerance by example. In 1967, he launched his foundation, the ...
News story -- The aims of this year's workshop were to share with the alumni the vision and relevant intellectual perspectives developed at the Institute; to further enhance their critical thinking skills; and to engage them in discussion of historical and contemporary issues relevant to the Ismaili community in particular and Muslim societies in general. The workshop began with a welcome breakfast, ...
News story -- Recent scholarship has yielded an increasing appreciation for the nature and breadth of sources that influenced philosophers working in Arabic during the 'classical' period, a phase commonly agreed as lasting from the 3rd/9th to the 6th/12th centuries. This fertile period for philosophical thought saw the emergence of scholars such as al-Kindi (d. 873), al-Farabi (d. 950), Ibn Sina (d. ...
News story -- Although Gujarat came into being as a separate state of independent India in 1960, questions of identity and belonging to the Gujarati world had been around for several decades. A major marker of such belonging was, and continues to be, the Gujarati language, which was carried around the world by the active Gujarati diaspora. Gujarati-ness was also a contested ...
[Translation] I confess that I am obsessed with time and each day I remind myself that my rare free moments must be devoted to preparing for the future. After all, life is fragile. God calls us whenever He sees fit. If I had to take stock of my life, my feeling would be that I have structured the Ismaili Imamat, for ...
The Aga Khan bred four-year-old Akilak made an impressive winning debut over hurdles when taking the Grade 2 Wragge & Co Juvenile Novices' Hurdle at Cheltenham on Saturday. An easy 6 length winner of this competitive Novice Hurdle event, Akilak is now among the favourites for the Triumph Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival. Following this striking debut over hurdles the Racing ...
Corretaje, a three year old bay son of Sendawar won by a convincing two lengths on his first racecourse appearance on Saturday at Mont de Marsan. Trained by Didier Guillemin and owned by the Marquise de Moratalla, the attractive colt was bought for 50,000 euros at the Deauville August sales in 2003. Corretaje gave Sendawar his second winner in four days ...
Kahyasi sired his first Eclipse Award winner when Hirapour won the title of Steeplechaser of 2004. The Aga Khan bred Hirapour was sold out of John Oxx's yard at the 1999 Tattersalls Autumn Sale. After a successful hurdling career for Ian Williams in England, the gelding was transferred to America. In 2004 Hirapour won the Grade 1 Royal Chase Handicap at ...
The handsome chestnut son of Sendawar, Tatoufo won for the second time when taking the Prix de Vichy at Cagnes-Sur-Mer on Wednesday. After being settled behind the leaders during the early stages, Tatoufo, progressed to challenge for the lead at the beginning of the straight. He battled courageously throughout the final furlong to hold the late challenge of Milongo and the ...
Washington DC, USA, 26 January 2005 - His Highness the Aga Khan, Imam (hereditary spiritual leader) of the Shia Ismaili Muslims, received the National Building Museum's Vincent Scully Prize yesterday, in recognition of his contributions to promoting design excellence, urban and rural revitalization, and historic preservation in countries where Muslims have a significant presence. His efforts, the National Building Museum noted, ...
I profoundly believed that architecture is not just about building; it is a means of improving people's quality of life.... I am pleased that 28 years later, we have had some success in achieving our original goals [of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture]. We are gratified that so many others now are engaged in the cause. We have created a ...
Today, the absence of public spaces in the Islamic world is something of major concern to me. And, Charles, you were talking about city planning. I think we are, generally speaking, in the Islamic world still very weak on landscape architecture and planning. We will need to do a lot more there. A number of architectural schools actually are linked to ...
Ladies and gentlemen, some 30 years [ago] I began to question why architecture in the modern Islamic world seemed to have lost touch with the great achievements of its past. I began working with leading architects, philosophers, artists, teachers, historians and thinkers -- from all religious faiths -- to establish an Award for Architecture.... Now some 28 years later, the extent ...
Richard Frisby yesterday went to 340 000 guineas to secure Karliyna at yesterday's mare sales in Tattersalls. A half sister to Group winners Kasthari and Karasta, the 3 year old daughter of Rainbow Quest proved the most expensive of the Aga Khan draft at Newmarket. Grant Pritchard-Gordon secured Kalanisi's half sister Kalambara for 280 000 guineas on behalf of Australian Paul ...
News story -- Professor Mamadsho Ilolov, President of the Tajik Academy of Sciences Mr. Hakim Feerasta, Resident Representative, AKDN Dr. Sarfaroz Niyozov, Coordinator, Central Asian Studies, IIS Professor Muso Dinorshoev, Director Institute of Philosophy and Law, Tajikistan Academy of Sciences Professor Kamol Aini, a prominent local scholar Professor Jurabek Nazriev, Director of the Institute of Oriental Studies, Tajik Academy of Sciences In ...
News story -- Download the PDF version of the syllabus of the Summer Programme on Islam (52KB) Gallery of images of the Lecturers and Presenters The seminars, presented and facilitated by lecturers from the Universities of Harvard, Edinburgh and Washington along with faculty members from The Institute of Ismaili Studies and the Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations of the Aga ...
News story -- Intellectual Traditions in Islam, originally published in English in 2000 and reprinted in 2001, makes available a collection of key papers presented at a seminar to generate discussion on the nature, significance and pivotal role of the intellect in the formation of Islamic culture and civilisation, and its continuing relevance for the Muslim world today. The seminar entitled "Intellectual ...
News story -- The questions 'Who is a Hindu, who is a Muslim?' are amongst several addressed in this study that are found to be not as simple as generally assumed. The author argues that the perception of 'Islam' and 'Hinduism' as two monolithic and perpetually antagonistic faiths, coexisting uneasily in South Asia, has become so deeply ingrained that the complexity of ...
News story -- Commencing with an overview of Shi'ism, Dr. Daftary discussed the development of interpretive communities, providing an important context for understanding Muslim history. He then went on to outline the significance of Persians in Ismaili history, providing details of the contributions of the da'is of the Persian world to Ismaili Muslim thought, as elaborated after Fatimid times. Dr. Daftary also ...
News story -- Muslim scholars have discussed and debated the nature of the sacred for many centuries. The IIS panel at the MESA conference provided a forum for scholars to explore and discuss Prophetic usage of sacred space. As part of the formative period of the early Muslim community, it is essential for understanding what has informed and influenced the faith and ...
Kabul, Afghanistan, 7 December 2004 - His Highness the Aga Khan, Imam (spiritual leader) of the Ismaili Muslims, today attended the official inauguration of Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai, in a ceremony held in the former royal palace in Kabul. The inauguration ceremony was attended by more than 600 people, including more than 150 foreign dignitaries, among them U.S Vice President Richard ...
The Aga Khan draft of fillies and mares once again proved to be one of the highlights of the Deauville December Sales, with three making it inside the top five mares for sale. The highest priced of these was Dalannda, a Hernando half sister to Group I winner Daliapour from one of the most successful Aga Khan families. She was sold ...
Time Ahead, who made 650,000 Guineas at Tattersalls yesterday, was the first mare from an excellent first book of mares covered by Dalakhani in 2004 to be offered for sale at public auction. In foal for the first time to last year's outstanding three year old Dalakhani, Time Ahead was herself runner up in the 2003 renewal of the Prix de ...
Intercontinental yesterday became Hasili's third Group I winner following her victory in the Grade I Matriarch Stakes at Hollywood Park yesterday. Powering to a two and a half length victory, Intercontinental was emulating her Green Desert three partssister Heat Haze who won the same race last year. She is also the full sister to multiple Group I winner and champion filly ...
