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May 25, 2012

Institute of Ismaili Studies Research Associates Present at International Conference in Germany

May 2012 Drs Nuha al-Sha‘ar and Asma Hilali, of the Qur’anic Studies Unit at the IIS, attended the conference entitled Knowledge and Education in Classical Islam: Historical Foundations and Contemporary Impact at the University of Gottingen, Germany. The conference was … Continue reading →

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May 23, 2012

Young Muslims in Germany: “Berlin Needs You!” — By Julia Hoffmann at CG News-Qantara de

While the debate about Muslim integration in Europe sometimes seems dominated by fears and division, Berlin-based writer Julia Hoffmann highlights one German effort to help promote diversity in the public sector “Islam is not a part of Germany” read … Continue reading →

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May 22, 2012

German director to make film on Iranian scientist, Avicenna – Press TV News

German writer and filmmaker Philipp Stolzl is preparing to produce a medieval drama about the 11th century Iranian physician and scientist, Avicenna. Philipp Stolzl’s new project, The Physician, is the cinematic adaptation from the American author Noah Gordon’s 1986 … Continue reading →

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Tagged as Avicenna, Germany, Muslim Scientists

May 18, 2012

Renewable Energy in Germany: Clean and Safe – Magazine Deutschland

* Renewable Energy in Germany – Opportunity and Challenge * Renewable Energy and New Grids – The Path to Sustainable Electricity * Innovative Research and New Jobs – Investing in the Future * International Partnership – Concepts for Change on … Continue reading →

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Tagged as Clean and safe energy, Germany, Videos

May 10, 2012

Munira Jamal, M.A.: Intercultural Communication Issues in the Context of School Events and a Call to Involve Professional Interpreters – Ismaili Mail article

Munira Jamal, M.A. Munira lives and works in Germany. Her paper on interpreters in educational contexts published in the Journal of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities (Sheffield University, issue 2, ‘connected communities’) is informed by a review of the … Continue reading →

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Tagged as Germany, Ismaili Mail, Munira Jamal, Sheffield University

May 9, 2012

Burkina Faso: 2004 Aga Khan Architecture award winning Gando Primary school to expend with the help of German sponsors

Burkina Faso Gando village is situated in Burkina Faso, one of the poorest countries in West Africa. To be born here means to have little chances of education and development. Burkina Faso covers 274 200 km² (United Kingdom 244 820 … Continue reading →

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Tagged as Africa, Aga Khan Award for Architecture, Burkina Faso, Education, Germany, Schools

May 5, 2012

Navid Kermani: “I experience multi-lingualism as a great resource” – Goethe de article on Multilingualism & Identity

The writer and journalist talks with Klaus Hübner about his linguistic homeland, multi-lingualism and ‘literary patchwork identity’. Mr Kermani, what is your mother tongue?Kermani: My mother spoke Persian, and that is the language that I first heard and spoke. But … Continue reading →

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Tagged as German language, Germany, Iran, Languages, Multi-lingualism, Navid Kermani

April 7, 2012

Art Dubai: A New World of Art – Deutsche Welle / Qantara de article By Werner Bloch

Gallerists, artists and the curious public decamped this week from the United Arab Emirates as Art Dubai drew to a close. As was to be expected, not only art, but also political messages played a major role at the … Continue reading →

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Tagged as Arab Spring, Arts, Germany, Iran, Lebanon, Syria

April 5, 2012

Debate on Günter Grass’s Israel-Iran Poem:The Old Man and the Stereotype – Qantara.de article by Klaus Hillenbrand

It is devastating to see an internationally renowned German literary figure like Günter Grass bandying about anti-Semitic clichés. A commentary by Klaus Hillenbrand It is more than heartening when poetry is for once allowed to lead more than a … Continue reading →

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Tagged as Anti-Semites, Germany, Nobel laureate Günter Grass, nuclear

March 29, 2012

Nuclear Power: German energy giants back out of UK nuclear venture – DW World de

German utility companies E.ON and RWE have announced their decision to pull out of their British nuclear power joint venture. They will not build new nukes in the UK, citing a shaky business climate in the sector. … Continue reading →

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The Ismaili Centres around the world

The Ismaili Centre, London. Photo: Crispin Boyle
The Ismaili Centre in London is a religious, social and cultural meeting place for the Ismaili Muslim community in the United Kingdom. Opened in 1985, the Centre is the first religious and cultural centre to be specially designed and built for the Ismaili community in the West. Located in South Kensington, the Ismaili Centre occupies a prominent island site on Cromwell Road, facing the Victoria and Albert Museum on one of the major thoroughfares leading out of London.
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The Ismaili Centre, Burnaby. Photo: Garry Otte
The Ismaili Centre in Burnaby, a tree-lined suburb of Greater Vancouver, is the first such centre to be purpose-built by the Ismaili Muslim community in Canada. Access to the building is gained through a courtyard garden, which is enhanced by fountains, trees and flowers. Inside, a prayer hall provides facilities for communal services and quiet contemplation. The facility also includes a social hall, administrative offices, council chamber and classrooms for religious instruction.
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The Ismaili Centre, Lisbon. Photo: Gary Otte
The Ismaili Centre in Lisbon established, for the first time in continental Europe, a permanent place where spaces for gathering for Ismaili Muslims complemented premises for an international network of social, cultural and economic development institutions serving people of all faiths, backgrounds and origins. Access to the Ismaili Centre is through a landscaped park that surrounds buildings interspersed with courtyards and open patios. The complex combines multipurpose halls, open and enclosed areas for social functions, exhibitions and cultural presentations with offices and spaces for more contemplative gatherings of members of the Ismaili community.
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The Ismaili Centre Dubai. Photo: Gary Otte
The Ismaili Centre, Dubai is a complex of creative spaces for contemplative, cultural, educational and recreational purposes, designed to encourage understanding and the sharing of wisdom from many perspectives. Built on land that was donated by the Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammad bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, the Centre was opened on 26 March 2008 as part of the commemoration of Mawlana Hazar Imam’s Golden Jubilee. Regional and cosmopolitan in its conception, the Ismaili Centre, Dubai draws on spiritual and intellectual roots that give it contemporary resonance. Its courtyards, gardens and watercourses, set amidst interlinking interiors, propose a harmony of tradition and timelessness.
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The Ismaili Centre, Dushanbe. Photo: Gary Otte
Opened in 2009, the Ismaili Centre, Dushanbe is the first such Centre in Central Asia — a region that has been home to Ismaili Muslims for more than a thousand years. It stands as both a reminder of great history and accomplishment, and a call on the peoples of the region to reflect on that inheritance as they shape the world of tomorrow. Inspired by some of the region’s most distinctive monuments, the architecture of the Ismaili Centre blends many craft and artisanal traditions of Central Asia. It is designed to facilitate cultural and intellectual exchange, and to re-invigorate the spirit of enquiry characterised by scholars whose contributions over the centuries were encouraged by the Ismaili Muslim community under the patronage of its leadership.

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