Aga Khan's Alcohol Business at Serena Hotels

by venkyhyundai The complete prohibition of intoxicants was established through the following verse of the Quran: O you who believe! intoxicants and games of chance and (sacrificing to) stones set up and (dividing by) arrows are only anuncleanness, the Shaitan’s work; shun it therefore that you may be successful. The Shaitan...

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The Real Khojas: A History of the Khoja Community

A history of when Aga Khan I came to India and ordered his followers to either pay up his version of charity called "Dasond" directly to him or leave the community. This is when Habib Ibrahim and eleven of his brothers (collectively known as "Barbhai" or "Bara Bhai" or "Twelve Brothers") stood up against Aga Khan's oppression and fought it out in a Bombay court against the Aga Khan. What then came into existence was the "Khoja...

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Al Karimi Cooperative Housing Society Fraud

A friend of mine was going through a severe financial crisis - the details of which he never revealed. One day however, he broke down and shared his sad story with me. My friend belongs to Ismaili community and he invested all his life savings into a community property project Al Karimi which lately discovered a biggest...

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Takmil-e-Deen and the need for a Living Imam

ۚ الْيَوْمَ أَكْمَلْتُ لَكُمْ دِينَكُمْ وَأَتْمَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ نِعْمَتِي وَرَضِيتُ لَكُمُ الْإِسْلَامَ دِينًا Translation: This day, I have perfected your religion for you, completed My Favour upon you, and have chosen for you Islam as your religion. (Holy Quran 5:3 - excerpt) 1. Takmil-e-Deen / Khatm-e-Nabuwat as the Basic...

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