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Season's Greetings from AKF & 2025 Highlights

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Uzbekistan’s ‘Echo of Enlightenment’: Reclaiming Central Asia’s Role in the History of Science

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Surreal humanoid robots are set to begin border patrol duties between China and Vietnam

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The deal putting robots on the border

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IIS signs Memorandum of Understanding with the Institute of French Islamology

The Institute of Ismaili Studies (IIS), London, has signed a new cooperation agreement with the Institute of French ...

What America Might Look Like With Zero Immigration

The Trump administration’s efforts to reduce the foreign-born population are being felt in hospitals and soccer leagues and on Main Streets across the country, with hints of what’s to come.

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The Black Madonna

By Aaron Robertson September 3, 2024ARTS & CULTURE

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In 1959, at sixteen, Rose Percita ...

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Dear Karim,

Every year around this time, I do something a little different. I don’t write resolutions, and I don’t make a vision board. Instead, I make a “Let Go” list.

And this year, thanks to Mel Robbins ...

2025: A year of transition

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Megaprojects Under Construction Around World In 2026

From Saudi Arabia’s bid to build a new futuristic city in the desert to California’s push for high-speed rail, a wave of mega-sized infrastructure projects are aiming to reshape regions around the world.

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Four talented vocalists—Karim Gillani, Shehzad Thobani, Munir Gillani, and Saleem J. Tejani—alongside the exceptionally gifted visual artist Walid Ehssan, have collaborated on a soulful rendition of the Ginan "Eji Kalapat Jalapat" incorporating the spiritual Zikr tasbih.

This devotional Ginan ...

A legacy of learning at UCA

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Guidance through uncertainty

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હાજીબીબી કેસ ભાગ ૧ - Haji Bibi Case - Part 1

લેખક: સયરાબ અબુતુરાબી (અબ્દુલઅઝીઝ રાજકોટવાળા ગીલાણી)
Author: Sairab Abu Turabi (Abdulaziz Rajkotwala Gilani)
વાંચનાર: શીતલબેન સુતરીયા
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ગિનાન વિગેરેના ગાયક: અલી સુંદરજી

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What We Give Up Makes Us Who We Are

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By Molly Worthen

Dr. Worthen is a historian at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, who writes frequently about religion.

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The Islamic Civilization Centre in Uzbekistan: a modern masterpiece of Central Asia

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Islamic Civilization Centre in Uzbekistan stands as a modern architectural masterpiece rooted in centuries-old traditions.

The Islamic Civilization Centre in Tashkent stands as a ...

What We Get Wrong About Christian Nationalism

By Molly Worthen

Dr. Worthen, a professor of history at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, is the author of “Spellbound: How Charisma Shaped American History From the Puritans to Donald Trump.”

Dec. 23, 2025
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Why do Muslims revere Jesus?

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World Meditation Day: A time for reflection

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A century of new beginnings

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In Hinduism, Vibhuthi (Vibhuti, Vibhooti, Bhasma) or holy ash is made of the final remnants after ritualistic offerings are burnt in a fire in Hindu rituals or pujas. This holy ash represents the ...

Avoiding Physical Hazards and Reducing Risks for the Elderly

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Saudi Arabia awards Pakistan’s powerful army chief highest national honor after defense pact

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Stories of the Ismaili Imams

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This year Yawme Ali is on New Years Day!

Mwaka Mpya wa Tumaini | A New Year of Hope | Taarab-Inspired | Zanzibar | Young Homie | JollyGul

“Mwaka Mpya wa Tumaini” is a taarab-inspired Swahili New Year song set on the shores of Zanzibar.
Through gentle ocean imagery and quiet reflection, it speaks of releasing the past and welcoming a new ...

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Inside the world's biggest pilgrimage for the Virgin Mary

Millions of faithful descend on Mexico City each year, at first by bike or by foot and then often crawling on their knees in honor, to behold Our Virgin of Guadalupe.

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Egypt hopes to capitalise on Aga Khan's burial to renew interest in the Aswan mausoleum

Egyptian officials are now hopeful that the recent burial of Aga Khan IV ...

The Aga Khan University Hospital Achieves Fifth Successive International Quality Accreditation

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The Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi (AKUH,N) has been accredited by the Joint Commission International (JCI ...

A person goes to an Indian jeweler to buy a ring and she sees a ring on display and asks the price and she is told 50,000 rupees. She says ararar (expression of disgust). She sees another bigger ring and inquires the price.

The jeweler tells her 2 times ararar!