My Beloved Grandfather – A few words by MHI

My Beloved Grandfather A few words by Mowlana Hazar Imam
“Today, I am speaking to you in a city and in a country which have a particular meaning to my family and myself. On 2nd November, 1877 my beloved grandfather was born here in Karachi. Through 72 years of Imamat, [...]

The Imamat and the AKDN

The Imamat and the The Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN)
The Aga Khan Development [...]

Nasir-i Khusraw and his Spiritual Nisbah

Nasir-i Khusraw and his Spiritual Nisbah
By Mehdi Mohaghegh Tehran 1969Reprinted from Yad-Name-ye Irani-ye Minorsky
Nasir-i Khusraw (d. 481) the Persian poet, philosopher, traveller and propagandist was known first by his diwan and travel accounts. It was after the appearance of Zad al-mussafirin and Jami‘ al-Hikmatain that he became known as a philosopher. His other [...]

Rumi – I Am The Life Of My Beloved:

Rumi – I Am The Life Of My Beloved:
What can I do, Muslims? I do not know myself. I am no Christian, no Jew, no Magian, no Musulman. [...]

Rumi – The Man Of God:

Rumi – The Man Of God:
The Man of God is drunken without wineThe Man of God is sated without meat The Man of God is rapturous, amazedThe Man of God has neither food nor sleep The Man of [...]

His Highness the Aga Khan- Photo Gallery

Paris

His Highness [...]

Islamic Calligraphy

Ismailiworld – Be Unite

ISLAM AND THE WEST

ISLAM AND THE WESTSpeech by HRH The Prince of Wales, at the Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford on the occasion of his visit to the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies: Wednesday 27 October 1993
Ladies and gentlemen, it was suggested to me when I first began to consider the subject of this lecture,that I should take comfort from [...]

The Glutton and Nasrudin the Mullah

The Glutton and Nasrudin the Mullah
This is another story about Nasrudin the mullah. This version comes fromwestern China — but, as with all Nasrudin stories, it can be enjoyed byanyone, anywhere — and it has something to tell us all. Long ago in China, there lived a very rich lord. His houseand garden were famous [...]

The Tolerance of the Fâtimids

The Tolerance of the Fâtimids toward”The People of the Book” (Ahl al-kitâb)Diana Steigerwald”With respect to relations between the Western and Islamic worlds, are we not seeing a conflict of stereotypes and prejudices, exacerbates by a good measure of ignorance about Islam? There are, of course, some differences, but if superficiality and trivialization can be set [...]