Update on changes in the Organisation Our friend Alia Sura Kirsten will be stepping down from her role as European Vice President of the Knighthood of Purity. She is the first person to have taken on this role since the Knighthood Activity was re-instigated in the 2000s. We are grateful for the breadth and range […]
12 April 2023 Dear Companions on the Path, I hope this finds you well. I am writing to you from Fazal Manzil on a sunny spring day. I plan to leave soon for Germany, for our annual Spring Retreat, following which I return to Richmond. When these lines reach you next week, Passover and Easter will have […]
15 March 2023 Dear Companions on the Path, May this find you well. In my last letter I had the pleasure of describing some of the auspicious and inspiring events in which I took part in India. That was the light; now comes the shadow. Not long after writing to you, while still in Baroda, […]
Please note that Pir Zia wrote the following letter on 8 February 2023, while visiting Baroda, the birthplace of Hazrat Inayat Khan. Dear Companions on the Path, May this find you well. I am writing to you on my phone from a picturesque room on the top floor of Naulakha—otherwise known as Maulabakhsh House—the house […]
The unfolding situation in Turkiye and Syria is still very much in our hearts. In conversation with our friends in Turkiye and Syria, the main desire is for us to carry on offering prayers and for those that can to make donations to the following organisations: AFAD (Turkey) – Ministery of Interior Disaster and Emergency […]
January 26, 2023 Dear friends, We want to reintroduce the Inayatiyya Adaptive Plan 2025, finalized in January 2020, right before the pandemic considerably changed our lives. Inayatiyya Adaptive Plan 2025 https://www.dropbox.com/s/9b8msiqfoek55nn/Inayatiyya%202025%20Adaptive%20Plan%20Final.pdf?dl=0 We are now returning to this plan, reassessing needs and setting operational goals for years 2023, 2024, and 2025. Expect to hear from us […]
18 January 2023 Dear Companions on the Path, When Hagar and her infant son Ishmael arrived in the Paran desert and Abraham took his leave (peace be upon the three of them), there was no water to be seen. Hagar set Ishmael down and walked back and forth seven times between the hills of Safa and […]
This month we commence with a monthly newsletter from the Inayatiyya International Board (IIB). The IIB is leading on our global strategy, working closely with the World Wide Message Council, National Boards, the Astana, and Pir Zia. We have a few updates to share with you. Worldwide Message Council Over the last three years, Firos […]
21 December 2022 Dear Companions on the Path, When Shams met Rumi he set the latter’s books on fire. How do we know? The incident is described in a book (1). Book knowledge cannot compare with real knowledge – or so the books tell us. That being said, the same Shams-i Tabriz who thought so little […]
16 November 2022 Dear Companions on the Path, November greetings! I hope this note finds you and your loved ones well. Two weeks ago I visited Berkeley, California. I saw my mother Taj and brother Mirza, and spent a meaningful weekend with companions on the path from many parts of the Western U.S., as well as […]
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