Ismailiworld: August 2009

Aug 25, 2009

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Aug 13, 2009

Golden Jubilee Archive -theismaili.org Must Visit

Mawlana Hazar Imam completed his 50th year as the Imam of the Ismaili community on 11 July 2007. Fifty years ago, at the age of 20, he succeeded his grandfather, Mawlana Sultan Mahomed Shah, as the 49th hereditary Imam (spiritual leader) of the Shia Ismaili Muslims.

Visits

As part of the commemoration of Mawlana Hazar Imam’s Golden Jubilee, Hazar Imam made official visits to countries around the world. In addition to recognising the friendship and longstanding support of leaders of state, government and other partners in the work of the Ismaili Imamat, Mawlana Hazar Imam granted some 26 Golden Jubilee Darbars to the worldwide Jamat.

International Programmes

A number of International Programmes were launched as part of the commemoration of Mawlana Hazar Imam’s Golden Jubilee. The programmes addressed themes such as heritage, culture, devotional music and physical well-being, while promoting Jamati unity and worldwide collaboration.

Golden Jubilee articles from around the world

The epochal event of the Golden Jubilee was commemorated by the Jamat all around the world. This section provides some glimpses into celebrations held in different parts of the world.

International memorabilia

A significant feature of the global Jamat’s celebration of Mawlana Hazar Imam’s Golden Jubilee was the commissioning of a range of high-quality memorabilia, which members of the Jamat can retain as souvenirs of this historic occasion.

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Launch of The Ikhwan al-Safa’ and their Rasa’il

August 2009

The Ikhwan al-Safa’ and their Rasa’il: An Introduction, published by The Institute of Ismaili Studies, in association with Oxford University Press, was launched in Nairobi and Mombasa in June 2009. The events in Kenya, which marked the first worldwide launch of the publication, were attended by members of the local academic and Muslim communities.

The editor of the text, Dr Nader El-Bizri, a Research Associate and Coordinator of the project at the IIS, presented the key ideas discussed in this introductory volume by leading philosophers, historians and scholars of Islamic studies. Many of these contributors are also editors and translators of the first Arabic critical editions and complete English translations of the Rasa'il Ikhwan al-Safa’, which is planned to be published as a 16-volume series entitled The Epistles of the Brethren of Purity.

The Ikhwan al-Safa’ or Brethren of Purity were a group of Muslim thinkers based in Basra, Iraq, who, in the 10^th century, thought seriously about the key issues of the time in a political and historical context. Consequently, they produced an encyclopaedic work of 52 epistles which treated themes in mathematics, logic, natural philosophy, psychology, metaphysics and theology, in addition to moral and didactic fables. Though the identity of the Ikhwan al-Safa’ remains a mystery, it is apparent that their agenda was primarily intellectual. Their contributions to science and philosophy were immense for their time.

In Mombasa, Dr El-Bizri was joined by Professor Azim Nanji, Senior Associate Director of the Abbasi Programme in Islamic Studies at Stanford University and former Director of the IIS. Professor Nanji highlighted that one of the key goals of the IIS is to conduct research at the highest academic level and that projects such as this enable a greater demographic to access the works of the Ikhwan al-Safa’ as well as other Muslim thinkers of past civilisations. Both scholars discussed the rationale behind the groundbreaking project of translating and publishing the 52 epistles or Rasa’il of the Ikhwan al-Safa’.

The next volume in the Epistles of the Brethren of Purity series, Epistle 22: The Case of the Animals versus Man, is due for publication by The Institute of Ismaili Studies, in association with Oxford University Press, in 2010.

http://iis.ac.uk/view_article.asp?ContentID=110492

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Eating for Health - Theismaili.org

Nutrition labels demystified

Labels on the foods that we purchase today include measurements of calories, total fat, saturated fat, trans fat, sodium, and fibre, among other nutrients. But what do the numbers actually mean?

What should your plate look like?

Eating well is as much about the different balance of foods on your plate as it is about the individual foods. Dishes like curry, dhal, roti and rice can be healthy, but if the portion of dhal is tiny and the meat curry is smothering the rice you’ve probably got the balance wrong.

How to use the Nutrition Centre recipes

So, you like to cook and you’d like to try out one of the mouth-watering recipes in the Nutrition Centre. Well, that’s great — and it would be even better if you take a little time to think about how that recipe will fit in with your healthy lifestyle goals.

Healthy cooking tips

When you are cooking, watching the amounts of fat, salt and sugar you add are essential to achieving a balanced diet. By making small changes to your cooking methods, you could be making big changes to your overall habits.

Eat for your age

Have you noticed how your interests and priorities change as time goes on? It is the same with nutrition. Whether you’re 25 or 85-years old, it is important to eat well, but your nutritional needs change according to your life-stage.

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Aug 10, 2009

Distinguished Historian Professor K. K. Aziz Passes Away

August 2009

Professor Khurshid Kamal Aziz, the distinguished Pakistani historian, passed away recently in Lahore after a short illness. Amongst his numerous acclaimed publications were works on important individuals who shaped the history of the sub-continent around the time of its partition, including books on Chaudhry Rahmat Ali, Syed Ameer Ali and His Highness Aga Khan III.

http://iis.ac.uk/view_article.asp?ContentID=110487

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Aug 4, 2009

Muslim Heritage Series Inaugurated by the IIS

July 2009

With the publication of A Companion to the Muslim World, the IIS in association with I.B. Tauris (London), inaugurates a new series of publications on vital themes in Muslim civilisations. What distinguishes the ‘Muslim Heritage Series’ is not only the range of topics surveyed, but also its accessibility to a general public with an appetite for engaging writing in this field.

“Leading scholars and activists bring exciting perspectives on what went into the making of the Muslim world, its journeys into modernity, and the challenges it must confront after September 11, 2001”, says Amyn B. Sajoo, the series’ editor. He notes that while a feast of books on Islam and Muslims has been served since 2001, the ones of high quality tend to serve academics, while the general public is fed a dubious diet. “Polls show that even elite policy makers have a hopelessly distorted picture of Muslim peoples, traditions and narratives”, according to Dr. Sajoo.

Yet, Muslims themselves often need to be reminded of the diversity and dynamism of their heritage. There is plenty of evidence of this civilisational depth in the twelve chapters of the opening volume: Reza Aslan and Abdallah Saeed on how Prophet Muhammad and later interpreters grappled with the ideals of the Holy Qur’an, Amir Hussain on the many ‘Islams’ that have come out of the Revelation, Azizah al-Hibri on the status of women amid social change, Bruce Lawrence and Gary Bunt on the ‘digital umma’ and its predecessor networks, Hasan Khan, Raficq Abdulla and Amira Bennison on how architecture, poets and cities have shaped communities, Anil Khamis and Shainool Jiwa on the ethics of learning and governance.

The tone for this new series is set by the epigraph from Goethe in the Companion: “What you have as heritage, take now as task; for thus you will make it your own”. Future publications will focus on ethical traditions, cultures, and key figures and societal influences in Islam.

http://www.iis.ac.uk/view_article.asp?ContentID=110482

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