First of all you are a Moslem, from that you have gone higher up and are an Ismaili. Now Islam has many forms of prayers. Ismailis in prayers go to a higher and higher spiritual life till the supreme spiritual life is immediately reached after death by union as soon as the day comes when the real calls the apparent to itself. But Islam first and Ismailism much more so insists on action.

The Qur’an is not a body of law, and that, I think, is a statement that every Muslim will make. What is referred to today as Islamic law is a compilation of views expressed by law makers who lived well after the revelation of the Qur’an, well after the time of the Prophet. The interesting thing is that in the Qu’ran, for example, a lot of the things which I would refer to as punishment, are punishment as deterrent.

For decades the AKDN has been working with vulnerable communities to improve quality of life and reduce disaster risk. Today in the face of the climate crisis, understanding and mitigating these risks is even more urgent. Only by helping these communities adapt and thrive in harmony with their often-precarious habitat can we hope to mitigate the effects of climate change