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There was no musical instrument, duff or anything else during the whole Intezar program or even in the presence of Mowla.

forwarded as received: Tuesday April 15,/08, Los Angeles Convention centre Hazar Imam touched on following topics: - thanked the California Govt for its welcome and assistance for the Ismailis coming for this Darbar event - congratulated the volunteers for their magnificent service - specifically as...

Inshallah the full text will be read out in Jamat khana soon. And i totally agree with you, this is full of emotions. Mubaraki to all those who were present at this Darbar and for sharing their emotions with us.

As received [re-formatted by Admin] “May I help you?" asked the volunteer in perfect English. Antananarivo, Madagascar - 29 November 2007: Didar is in less then an hour, we are almost late. We are surprised by the language used by the volunteer; Madagascar is French speaking but we are immediat...

Source: Jamati Satada write-up by Rashidabai Hunzai In our tariqah the daily congregational prayers in the Jamatkhana are concise and follow a set routine. One important feature is the Giryah-u zari tasbih which we recite between the two Du'as. This tasbih is offered in a standing position. It has s...

(forwarded as received) T A S B I H > > I carry a tasbih in my pocket > A simple reminder to me, > Of the fact that I am an Ismaili, > No matter where I may be. > > This little tasbih is not magic, > Nor is it a good luck charm, > It isn't meant to protect me, > From every physical harm. > > It's no...

YAM Family, Each Didar was indeed unique. In fact, in all didars I have attended in my life, never have I seen the Imam so happy! It was really noorani! Enjoy the reading, Ps: whatever is in brackets is a paraphrase and tkn=time and knowledge nazrana . - "Today as we beggin the GJ didars, I wis...

Pleased to foward this running commentary of our Imam's deedar in Nairobi by Rishu.............. Had very good deedar here in Nbi...it was well organized...deedar was at 10am they opened the hall at 4am, all volunteers had to report at 2am to setup and also to go through security scanning (which is ...

> >UGANDA DEEDAR INFO: > >>(from memory and Mukhisahebs input lateron ) YAM ALL , > > > >>It's 3.15 pm we have just come back from a wonderful deedar, on the > >>way back to Nairobi. > >>We got at the Entebbe airport at 3am from Nairobi, .... Kampala JK > >>at 4 am this morning for the deedar. 6.10 ...

Before The World Wakes Morning Meditation Just before the coming of the pale rays of dawn, Mother Nature exists in a state of flux. Earth's energy is stable, free of the disordered vibrations that are a by-product of humanity's comings and goings. In these first moments of day, when the sun's golden...

Subject: Numbers of Ministers, Ambassadors and delegations along with respected Sunni Mufti of Syria have attended Reception of Golden Jubilee of Aga Khan in Sheraton Hotel, Damascus, Syria Ya Ali Madad, Yesterday marks very important occasion in our Syrian jamat history. Numbers of Ministers, Arabi...

MHI landed at the Dsm International Airport at about 11 Thursday morning, there were close to 5000 murids at the airport to receive MHI, it was a very disciplined crowd, some of whom {approx. 400} got an opportunity to go on the runway where MHI'S plane arrived, MHI was accorded the Honor which is n...

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: 20-Aug-2007 10:39 Subject: Fw: May your Hearts Dance in Joy - Nairobi Didar Mubaraki! After a 12 hour long bus ride, filled with unscheduled stops and being stuck in the jungle for hours, I'm finally back in Mombasa. As promised I would like to share my ...

Posted as received by email: My dearest everybody, I am back home after travelling through three countries. I am very glad to be back .Today I am going to tell you what a wonderful occasion it was to witness the celebration of the Golden Jubilee of Mowlana Hazar Imam.We all felt like one big family ...

Padhramni Observations Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2007 09:09:36 -0400 Hi everybody, This is a follow up email to the one I wrote last night and had missed out some interesting observations and details, thought i would share this with you all. We arrived at the DSM airport to a very warm welcome by the Transp...

FOWARDED AS RECEIVED. Subject: Dar-Es-Salaam - Deedar Mubarak Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 15:20:19 +0000 YAM, This is the update that perhaps most of you have been waiting for...... We woke up at 4:00am this morning and have hardly slept for both the days. The excitement of this moment has been so huge t...

YAM - everyone - > - it was an amazing enchanting surreal evening last nite - Tues 22 > August 2007 - we got invited to the Institutional Leaders Dinner held at > Yusuf / Farida's place !! They themselves only got to know on Mon > afternoon that MHI had accepted - so we got a call mon nite to pick u...

YAM and Mubaraki > >Golden Jubilee Darbar > > > >It all started from 13th when MHI laid the foundation of Faculty of >Health Sciences at AKU, Nairobi. He was happy and eager to express the >extension of AKU in East Africa over the next 15 years with more >faculties of investment about 250 million do...

IIS participates in Middle East Libraries Conference July 2007 Wendy Robinson, a Research Assistant at IIS’ Department of Academic Research and Publications (DARP), gave a presentation at the MELCOM International (Middle East Libraries Committee) conference in Sarajevo last month on the forthcoming ...

Cairo Governorate and Aga Khan Trust for Culture in Public-Private Partnership for Historic Cairo Revitalisation Projects Cairo, 17 July 2007 – Cairo’s Governor, H.E. Dr. Abdel Azim Wazir, and the Aga Khan Trust for Culture’s General Manager, Mr. Luis Monreal, today signed an historic Public-Private...

DURCAN BELIEVES IN LIGHT SHIFT:By Dave Yates 18/07/2007 TED DURCAN can’t wait for the decider between Oaks heroines Light Shift and Peeping Fawn in the Nassau Stakes at Glorious Goodwood a fortnight on Saturday. Durcan’s partner Light Shift edged out Peeping Fawn when the pair met at Epsom at the be...

"One on One" I watched Peter Mansbridge interview with his Highness Prince Karim (born December 13, 1936) is the current (49th) Imam of the Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims. He has held the title since July 11, 1957. The Aga Khan is very gentle soft spoken person who is believed to be a direct d...

For many of the 8,000 people who participated in the Partnership Walk to end global poverty at the University of Houston on Sunday, the developing world once was home. The crowd, along with others in Dallas, Atlanta, Chicago and Los Angeles, walked to raise awareness and money for the Aga Khan Found...

Does anyone have any contact information -- j.k. address or mukhi/kamdia info.

I was under the impression that there are atleast 3 j.k.'s there.

thanks

SIMPLE WORDS WITH DEEP SPIRITUAL INSIGHTS 1. God wants spiritual fruit, not religious nuts. 2. Dear God, I have a problem, it's me. 3. Growing old is inevitable, growing UP is optional. 4. There is no key to happiness. The door is always open 5. Silence is often misinterpreted, but never misquoted. ...

"When I Die" When I die when my coffin is being taken out you must never think I am missing this world don't shed any tears don't lament or feel sorry I'm not falling into a monster's abyss when you see my corpse is being carried don't cry for my leaving I'm not leaving I'm arriving at ete...

The following two articles authored by late Alwaez Shamshudin Haji are related to the concept of "DAS AVTAAR". The first one is a lecture given by Mr. Jafferali Laji after he was converted from Hinduism. The second one relates to Mowlana Sultan Muhammad Shah's recollection of His manifesta...

Shamsu, I think it was the long dua niyat khair (because it says "to recite with prostration")
The whole Dua niyat khair was receited in prostration is what i've been told. The meaning of this dua, clearly warrants a prostration.

Gat Paat Ceremonies The Ghat Paat Ceremony Encompasses our Fundamental Beliefs (By: R Hunzai) The Ghat Paat ceremony is so special that it is established every Friday, on days when we receive Mubarak Talikas, on Chaandraat and other mportant festival days, as well as every morning after Baitu'l-Khay...

thanks for the reply Kmeharali -- my only concern is that sometimes as history has shown, our man-made changes have been a source of "convenience" as opposed to the conviction -- the real instructions of our Pirs. What I had been told by a senior missionary is that, at one point in our rec...