Engaging discussion on modernity accompanies launch of new book

A new book, published by The Institute of Ismaili Studies and edited by Dr Amyn B Sajoo — Muslim Modernities: Expressions of the Civil Imagination — draws attention to the rich and varied nuances of the term modernity in the context of Muslim societies.
Dr Sajoo, a specialist in international rights, civil society and public ethics, [...]

Expressions of Love and Devotion: A Golden Jubilee project

 
In celebrating 50 years of Mawlana Hazar Imam’s Imamat, many Ismailis sought to express their feelings creatively. Expressions of Love and Devotion, a Golden Jubilee programme in the United States, received thousands of entries, including works of prose, poetry and visual art.
Selected submissions were exhibited to the Jamat at Imamat Day celebrations, and galleries were set up [...]

S.A. to sparkle in Golden Jubilee of the Aga Khan

Aisha Dharani was only 5 years old and remembers little about the visit by the spiritual leader of her faith to Los Angeles, where she was growing up in the 1980s.
Dharani, now 30 and a San Antonio businesswoman, never imagined being in an audience again with the imam, Prince Karim Khan. Especially not in the [...]

Golden Memories

 
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Golden Jubilee Quotes of Aga Khan IV on the subjects of Knowledge, Intellect, Creation, Education, Science and Religion, July 11 ‘07 to Dec 13 ‘08

“When I invited Professor Maki, a master of form and light, to design this building, I made a suggestion to him – one that I hoped would help connect this place symbolically to the Faith of Islam. The suggestion I made focused on creating a certain mystique, centred around the beautiful mysteries of rock crystal.Why [...]