Only a couple of weeks ago on 20 September 2019, Anwar Jessani, the Chairman of the Federation of Ismaili Co-operative Societies Limited called out the unethical practices of Nizar Fazwani and has brought forward the issue of Mr. Fazwani and other office bearers withdrawing deposits amounting to crores of rupees, and also earning unusually large…
Money plays a very important role in the Ismaili community. If money can be extracted under any guise, you can trust the Ismaili leadership to find that way and implement it in the jamaat. For instance, when it was realized that a vast majority of people who cannot aford majlis memberships, and therefore they do…
Aly Khan, legendary playboy son of the Aga Khan, prowled the Riviera in relentless pursuit of speed, sport, and women. In 1948 he set his sights on Hollywood’s “Love Goddess,” Rita Hayworth, who was being pursued by Ari Onassis and the Shah of Iran after her marriage to Orson Welles disintegrated. In an excerpt from Throne…
Tawḥīd is the backbone of Islām. It is what most differentiated the Muslims from the Idolaters at the time of the Prophet SAW and has been the key message of all the Prophets, upon them all be peace. With that said, it is imperative that Ismaīlis uphold this key foundation within their doctrine, as otherwise…
One of the major doubts instilled in the minds of Ismāʿīlis by Aga Khan and his missionaries is that the Qurʼān can no more can be used as a source of guidance in the present day and age, and is outdated. They are taught that Aga Khan’s farmāns are interpretation of Qurʼādn in accordance to…
The counsel who sought direction for the Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) for providing free medical facilities to the poor has questioned the health facility’s claim of spending over Rs2.4 billion on patients from the patients’ welfare fund. Filing an affidavit in the Sindh High Court (SHC), petitioner Dur Mohammad Shah questioned the hospital’s statement…
Over the past many years of writing on the Inside Ismailism blog, I have received a number of acknowledgments from ex-Ismaili Muslims the course of whose lives were changed by the Inside Ismailism blog, and they left Ismailism to embrace the light of Islam. There were Muslims too, who read about the practices of Ismailism on the…
I am a revert to Islām. I was a Ismāʿīli before – a follower of the Aga Khan. I perceive an important da’wāh responsibility which the majority of Muslims, for some reason or other, are ignoring. I am not getting you into petty sectarian issues, but a very important matter – please judge for yourself:…
In 1985 a book of mine on the history of the Aga Khans was banned on the grounds it offended the feelings of the Ismaili community, whose spiritual leader is the Aga Khan. Mihir Bose in “70 years after independence, the India I know is losing its way“, The Telegraph Download Link 1Download Link 2Download…
Jamia Binoria is one of the largest Islamic educational institutions in Karachi founded by the well-known Mufti Muhammad Naeem with notable alumni such as Shaykh Nasir Jangda (founder of al-Qalam Institute), Mufti Mohammad Farhan, PhD and Shaykh Suhayl Teli. It was 2008 when a Muslim male approached Jamia Binoria for seeking clarification if he could marry…
