Ismaili Centres Archive
In honour of Earth Day, Nilufar Ramji explains how local action can have a positive impact on slowing the effects of climate change. Check out these tips on what you and your local community can do to protect the environment and our planet!
Join us Saturday, April 21 for a live webcast from the Ismaili Centre, Toronto to commemorate Yawm-e Ali. This year’s guest lecturer is Dr. Sajjad Rizvi, Associate Professor of Islamic Intellectual History at the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom. Dr. Rizvi's lecture is entitled "The Story of Us: Reframing the Narrative of Islam in Our World." The lecture will begin at approximately 8:15 p.m EST and will be webcast on this page and at the.ismaili/live.
‘Without music, life would be a mistake’, said Freidrich Neitzche.
Music is one magical thing which can heal wounds, lift up spirits and put some enjoyable moments in one’s life. Jubilee Concerts, a Diamond Jubilee initiative to commemorate the 60 Diamond years of Imamat of Mawlana Hazar Imam comes with a message of ‘celebration through music.’ Jubilee Concerts are a series of global events by artist of international repute. Some of them being Sachin-Jigar, Kailash Kher, our very own Salim Sulaiman and Tajik Artist Nobovar Chanorov. The Jubilee concerts also highlight the concept of ‘Ethical Inclusiveness’ wherein people of the wider community can also participate and be a part of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations.
The National Jubilee Arts Festival marks the ninth in a series of events organized in the USA to identify finalists for a new international Diamond Jubilee program.
Le Conseil ismaili pour la France, l'ONG française La Chaîne de l'Espoir et le Réseau de développement Aga Khan ont organisé un événement le 10 avril 2018 pour présenter le livre du Dr Lee Hilling, A Place of Miracles. L'événement s'est déroulé à l'ambassade d'Afghanistan à Paris et a réuni des représentants des secteurs de la diplomatie et de la société civile.
A tiny, white or red spot or sore on the tongue could be the sign of something more serious!!! Yes Indeed!
In order to spread awareness on this in the masses, the National Communications team joined hands with Aga Khan Health Service, India and Aga Khan Health board for India along with the esteemed Prince Aly Khan hospital, Mumbai for a programme named ‘Nidaan’ (Diagnosis). Spread across two days, the aim of Nidaan was not only to raise awareness on Oral Cancer, but also to offer free checkup, guidance and support to deal with it, if detected.
In addition to this site, a number of resources are available to the Jamat for details on the Western Canada Mulaqat.
Council for Junagadh in partnership with the Women’s Activity Portfolio, initiated a program called ‘Break For A Day’ at Junagadh Dhal road Jamatkhana. The sole objective of the programme was to encourage women to spend some time for their own happiness. Me-time is absolutely essential as is the time for others. Women of the community were encouraged to not develop a sense of guilt if they were spending some quality time for themselves.
The Ismaili Leaders’ International Forum (LIF) has announced that Mawlana Hazar Imam, at the invitation of the Government, has confirmed that he will visit Canada in early May 2018.
The Ismaili Council for France, French NGO La Chaîne de l’Espoir, and the Aga Khan Development Network hosted an event on 10 April 2018 to present Dr Lee Hilling’s book A Place of Miracles. The event was held at the Afghan Embassy in Paris and was attended by representatives from the diplomatic and civil society sectors.
Did you know that the Institute of Ismaili Studies was established in 1977?
As part of the Diamond Jubilee Lecture Series, The Ismaili Centre, London, in collaboration with the Aga Khan Foundation, will host a conversation with Jesse Fripp, General Manager of the Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance, and Maria Largey, Director and Head of Financial Institutions at the CDC Group, moderated by Yasmin Alibhai-Brown. The event is due to begin at 8:30pm BST on Thursday 19 April and will be webcast live at http://the.ismaili/live
In a moment that was uniquely historic for the entire Jamat, Mawlana Hazar Imam granted a Diamond Jubilee Darbar in Nairobi, Kenya on the very same grounds where the Imam had been installed during his Takht Nashini in 1957 when he acceded to the Imamat. This was also the same site where Mawlana Hazar Imam celebrated both his Silver and Golden Jubilees.
Pahela Boishakh- Bringing in 1425
Pahela Boishakh literally means the first day of Boishakh. Boishakh is the first month of the Bengali Calendar and it falls on the 14 April, each year. The Bengalis love to celebrate, be it the last day of the year, called Choitro Shonkranti or the first, adoringly known as Noboborsho, or the New Year.
