Our 36th Holy Imam Hazrat Imam Murad Mirza ascended to the Masnad of Imamat in A.H. 915 in the city of Anjuda, Iran. He passed his life serving the Ismaili communities which lived in the area and elsewhere in Iran. Imam Murad Mirza passed away in A.H. 920 in Anjudan which is famous because many Imams lived there. During this time many Ismailis served in the army of the Safavi kings to protect Iran against enemies like the Uzbeks. The Iranian king great esteem to these Ismailis who served to defend the kingdom

Too often, our thinking is trapped in a false dichotomy. We talk about the public sector and the private sector, but we often undervalue a third sector – that of civil society.

Hazrat Mowlana Dhanni Salamat Datar Hadi-ul-Mehdi Saheb-ul-Amar Hazar Imam Sir Sultan Muhammad Datar departed from Marseilles on 24 June 1914 towards Zanzibar in the French steamer "Oxus". The same day Ismailis started celebrations in Zanzibar upon receiving this great news. The whole town was filled with joy and happiness and there was "Dhaam Dhoom" everywhere

Sustainable development could be a good idea...….But I object to the way the term has been diverted to become a meaningless buzzword. It’s become an alibi for human greed, for lifestyles that are anything but sustainable. “Sustainable” has taken on a different meaning: it now means what the market will bear, not the Earth.