The Zephyr, December 2024
18 December 2024 Greetings friends, I am writing from my home in England, where the light of day is being enveloped by the dark of night as we arrive at the shortest day this week in the northern hemisphere. My room is filled with celebration in remembrance of our beloved Rumi, whose Urs was on […]
The Zephyr, November 2024
23 November 2024 Dear Companions on the Path, The world shall live in me, not I in it. —Akhlaq-i Jalali Several weeks ago, the world took a turn. What this turn means to us depends on where we stand, and where we live, and what we believe. It depends on our chosen religion. And it depends […]
Inayatiyya International Board Newsletter, November 2024
As the Inayatiyya International Board, we have some news to share with you about organizational leadership changes. Ophiel van Leer and Rabia Povich are stepping down from their vice president positions at the World Message Council at this time. Ophiel served as European Vice President of Music for the last four years. During this period, […]
The Zephyr, October 2024
16 October 2024 Dear Companions on the Path, Flooding is a great peril, as we know. In 2022 nearly two thousand people died in floods in Pakistan, and last year four thousand people died in floods in Libya. This year, serious weather events have caused extensive damage and loss of life in China, Central and […]
A Message from Pir Zia
8 October 2024 Dear Companions on the Path, A year ago we commenced, as an order-wide daily practice, the recitation of Amaan101x times a day, or more, as an act of focused empathy toward those suffering in Palestine/Israel, Ukraine/Russia, Sudan, Congo, and other zones of devastation in the world. A year on, prayers—together with outer-world […]
The Zephyr, September 2024
18 September 2024 Dear Companions on the Path, Greetings! I hope this finds you very well. Here in the northern hemisphere, summer is now reaching its end. The last year has been, in many ways, the best of times and the worst of times. The immense loss of life, displacement of people, and widespread suffering in […]
Inayatiyya International Board Newsletter, September 2024
As the Inayatiyya International Board, we have some news to share with you about organizational leadership changes. We are grateful to the following outgoing UK trustees, Nigel Hamilton (Chair), Aziz Dikeulias, Noor-un-Nisa Paula Jacobs, Sarida Brown, and Vakil Michael Kenton, for their generous service and care in tending to the flourishing of the Message in […]
The Zephyr, August 2024
21 August 2024 Greetings from the South coast of England, It is lovely to be able to start this Zephyr with the winds of hope after a few weeks of tumult brought on by race riots in the UK. Last night at dinner in a wonderful Afghan restaurant in London, with friends from around the world, […]
The Zephyr, July 2024
17 July 2024 Dear Inayatiyya friends— While Pir Zia is guiding programs in France, Türkiye, and Germany this month, there is much to report. Our caravan continues to evolve and as Pir Zia expressed at our Omega Institute program at the end of June, it is time for us to surrender to emergence. Surrendering to […]
Hope Project Needs Help After Flooding
From Samiur Rahman, executive director, Hope Project Nizamuddin Dear all, Due to heavy rain and waterlogging very early Friday, the 27th June 2024, overflowing drains with heavy speed broke windows, exhaust fans etc., allowing sewage water to pour into the basement, which contains the library, computer lab, vocational skills centre, and finance department. Besides losing […]