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From the Horror to the Envy of Africa: Rwanda’s Leader Holds Tight Grip Thirty years after a devastating genocide, Rwanda has made impressive gains. But ethnic divisions persist under an iron-fisted president who has ruled for just as long. https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/04/06/multimedia/06rw...

Homecoming https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/03/26/multimedia/00afghanistan-oneimage-IV/00afghanistan-oneimage-IV-superJumbo.jpg Everything. For years, hundreds of thousands of Afghans fleeing the turmoil of war crossed the border into Pakistan, hoping to start over again. Many of them succeeded...

Patient With Transplanted Pig Kidney Leaves Hospital for Home Richard Slayman, 62, is the first patient to receive a kidney from a genetically modified pig. Two weeks after the procedure, he was well enough to be discharged, doctors said. https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/04/03/multimedia/03tran...

How Biden’s White House Gathering for Ramadan Unraveled Over Gaza Some Muslim community leaders said it would be wrong to attend an iftar meal with President Biden while Gaza is under siege. https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/04/03/multimedia/03dc-biden-iftar-01-pqbc/03dc-biden-iftar-01-pqbc-supe...

Recent Farmans have been published and are available in a series of books called "Farman Mubarak of Mowlana Hazar Imam Shah Karim Al Hussaini Agakhan. Speeches of Hazar Imam are available online and they cover modern day tafsir on a range of issues such as faith, education, health , finance, ar...

Recent Farmans have been published and are available in a series of books called "Farman Mubarak of Mowlana Hazar Imam Shah Karim Al Hussaini Agakhan. Speeches of Hazar Imam are available online and they cover modern day tafsir on a range of issues such as faith, education, health , finance, ar...

At 101 years old, I’m the ‘world’s oldest practicing doctor’: My No. 1 rule for keeping your brain sharp https://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AA1f0LhR.img?w=768&h=402&m=6&x=805&y=244&s=293&d=293 I've been a practicing doctor and neurologist for more than s...

Senegal’s new president, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, took the oath of office in Tuesday’s ceremony. Close behind him sat the popular opposition leader who had clinched the win. https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/04/02/multimedia/02senegal-1-qgfz/02senegal-1-qgfz-superJumbo.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp ...

Ugandan Court Upholds Draconian Anti-Gay Law The law, which includes the death penalty as a punishment in some cases, has been strongly condemned, including by the United States. https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/04/03/multimedia/03uganda-lgbt-zvqp/03uganda-lgbt-zvqp-jumbo.jpg?quality=75&aut...

Ismaili Tafsir is ongoing and tafsirs have been made through out history to reflect the changing historical circumstances. They are expressed in the Farmans of the Imam of the time, Ginans by Ismaili Pirs, Qasidas and philosophical/theological works of great Ismaili Dais in the past.

https://lirp.cdn-website.com/e520e596/dms3rep/multi/opt/AdobeStock_627908966-1000x600-1920w.jpeg Science, Spirituality, and Conscious Living: A Unifying Perspective Steve Farrell • Feb 01, 2024 In a world often perceived as divided between the realms of science and spirituality, the concept of cons...

Poor Nations Are Writing a New Handbook for Getting Rich Economies focused on exports have lifted millions out of poverty, but epochal changes in trade, supply chains and technology are making it a lot harder. https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/03/29/multimedia/00global-econ-01-kgbz/00global-econ...

It’s Easter 2050. Here’s What American Religion Looks Like. https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/03/30/multimedia/30douthat1-kwjf/30douthat1-kwjf-superJumbo.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp Another Easter, another survey showing religion’s recent ebb: This one is from Gallup, confirming a deepening of ...

Academic Paper Abhishiktananda (Henri le Saux, O.S.B) 1910–1973: Pioneer of interspiritual mysticism Abstract: There is no doubt that we live in an interspiritual age, although this is not unequivocally accepted in all sectors of religious and non-religious discourse. However, although, in the past...

Dispute Over Conscription for Ultra-Orthodox Jews Presents New Threat to Netanyahu Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet is divided about whether ultra-Orthodox Jews should be required to join the Israeli army. https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/03/30/multimedia/30israel-haredi-01-qbjc/30is...

Associated Press A Filipino villager is nailed to a cross for the 35th time on Good Friday to pray for world peace https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/PY88dKmS6YzNnpelSXdisQ--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MDtjZj13ZWJw/https://media.zenfs.com/en/ap.org/235d4340af4eb287461f928dcb2706ed https://s...

Martin Scorsese to Headline a Religious Series for Fox Nation The Oscar-winning director is the latest Hollywood name to sign up for the Fox News streaming platform, joining Kevin Costner, Rob Lowe and Dan Aykroyd. https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/03/29/multimedia/26fox-scorsese-lmgz/26fox-scor...

https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/03/29/opinion/28brooks/28brooks-superJumbo-v3.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp In 1978, the Russian dissident Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn gave a commencement address at Harvard, warning us about the loss of American self-confidence and will. “A decline in courage may be ...

The four I’s By many measures, President Biden is very unpopular. Since at least World War II, no president has had a worse disapproval rating at this point in his term. Relative to his international peers, however, Biden looks much better. Many leaders of developed democracies have disapproval rat...

The Quest for a New Vision of Sexual Morality https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/03/27/opinion/27douthat/27douthat-superJumbo.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp The death of Hugh Hefner and the dawn of the #MeToo era, coinciding in the autumn of 2017, seemed to mark a turning point in the history of so...

A French-Malian Singer Is Caught in an Olympic Storm https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/03/27/multimedia/21olympics-identity-01-tvmh/21olympics-identity-01-tvmh-superJumbo.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp Aya Nakamura is France’s most popular singer at home and abroad, with 25 top 10 singles in Franc...

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQ7yhBX9DJg Lyrics and translation. Rang De Chunariya English Translation Rang De Chunariya is a Hindi Bhajan song with deep meaning for Krishna devotees. The best rendition is by Anup Jalota when he sang it live at the ISKCON temple. The songs were available i...

Choosing to Skip Sex and Go Straight to I.V.F. Well aware of how difficult conception or carrying a baby to term can be, some couples who hope to exercise a bit of control over an unpredictable experience are opting to do in vitro fertilization first. https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/03/18/mult...

Bassirou Diomaye Faye, who turned 44 on Monday, was little known until he received the backing of Ousmane Sonko, Senegal’s most formidable opposition politician. Both men were released from jail only 10 days ago. https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/03/25/multimedia/25senegal-1-mhwg/25senegal-1-mhwg...

Anti-authority narratives could tear 'fabric of society,' intelligence report warns https://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/BB1kr0qr.img?w=768&h=510&m=6 Anti-authority narratives could tear 'fabric of society,' intelligence report warns © Provided by The Canadian Press OTTAW...

Happy video day #dancewithSL fam! I put together this tribute dance piece, a fusion of Kathak and Sufi dance choreography in Qawaali style for the Ismaili Diamond Jubilee year. Through my dance journey, this year has been particularly special in that I've found a niche and a love for the exploration...

Scientists are investigating how our biology changes as the years add up, and whether there are ways to stop it. https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/03/21/well/19WELL-AGING-HALLMARKS/19WELL-AGING-HALLMARKS-superJumbo.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp According to some estimates, consumers spend $62 bill...

The man continues to improve, doctors said. Organs from genetically engineered pigs one day may make dialysis obsolete. https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/03/21/multimedia/21transplant-sub-clzp/21transplant-sub-clzp-jumbo.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp Surgeons performed the world’s first geneticall...

Vaughan Gething of Wales Is Europe’s First Black Head of Government Video speech: https://nyti.ms/3TJFNRd The Zambian-born lawyer was elected as the country’s first minister by the Welsh Parliament on Wednesday making him the first Black person to lead a nation in Europe.CreditCredit...Ben Birchall...

What Is Antisemitism? A Columbia Task Force Would Rather Not Say. Definitions of the term are highly contested, so a group monitoring antisemitism on Columbia University’s campus has avoided picking sides. It is still facing criticism. https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/03/21/multimedia/21columbi...