Mansoor Ladha, an award-winning journalist, explains the basic traditions and practices of one of Canada's newest immigrant groups, the Shia Ismaili Muslims, and how they have progressed under the guidance of their spiritual leader, the Aga Khan, a direct descendant of prophet Mohamed, who celebrated 50 years as Imam of the Ismailis on July 11, 2007. While the Islamic militancy continues to flourish under Al Qaeda's banner in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, and elsewhere, the Aga Khan portrays another face of Islam through his humanitarian work in international development. The Shia Ismaili Muslims, the community you don't usually hear about, through their Imam, the Aga Khan, have, through volunteerism, pluralism and humanitarianism, been eradicating poverty in developing countries, by building schools, universities and hospitals.
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Mansoor Ladha was born in Zanzibar, Tanzania, East Africa, in 1943, immigrating to Canada in 1972.He was features editor of the leading Tanzanian English daily, The Standard, and later worked as a copy editor with the Daily Nation in Nairobi, Kenya. In Canada, he worked as a copy editor with the Edmonton Journal and later for a long time was the only visible minority publisher/ owner of two suburban weeklies near Edmonton throughout Canada. His first book, A Portrait in Pluralism, was published in 2008 by Detselig. He was also one of the writers invited to contribute a chapter in the book, The Story That Brought Me Here: To Alberta from Everywhere (Brindle and Glass, 2008.) Last year, he was awarded the Silver Quill Award by the Alberta Weekly Newspapers Asso. for 25 years of distinguished service to newspapers. He is a regular columnist of the Calgary herald newspaper and is currently working on a book about his life in Africa and Canada.
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This is an excellent book for someone who wants to know about who Ismaili Muslims are, about their beliefs, the tremendous work that the Aga Khan is doing for Islam and the various worldwide projects initiated by the Aga Khan around the world.
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