"Wherever the national conditions are unfavourable...meaningful changes often start fastest locally, quickly building credibility and confidence."
 
--Mawlana Hazar Imam,
KfW "Weiterdenken" ("Thinking Ahead") event
 
 
Online Programme, Saturday 28 March
Join the Jamati programme at
the.ismaili/UK/live

6:15 – 6:30 pm    UK Update and message from the leadership video
6:30 – 7.00 pm    Quiet time for prayers
7.00 – 7.45 pm    Feature Film: Opening of the Ismaili Centre Dubai 2008
7:45 – 9:40 pm    Feature Film: Jubilee Arts Lisbon, 7 July 2018

All times are in GMT
 
Coronavirus Support Helpline
The Coronavirus Support Helpline is a confidential Helpline for Jamati members.

Contact information is as follows:
 
UK; 020 8191 0911
coronasupport@iiuk.org
 
LOCAL COUNCIL GERMANY
Germany; 0 69 222 214 075
Austria; 0720 02 2905
Poland; 0223 07 2966
gc-coronasupport@iiuk.org
 
LOCAL COUNCIL SWEDEN
Sweden; 0850 63 8600
Netherlands;  020 262 8654
Denmark; 078 77 5052
Finland; 09 4272 3435
Norway; 800 25 142
sc-coronasupport@iiuk.org
 
Shopping during COVID-19
Going shopping carries a risk, that is why social distancing is important.  There are ways to offset these risks:  1) Wash your hands for 20 seconds with soap and water, or with alcohol-based hand sanitiser before and after shopping.  2) Treat surfaces as if they may be contaminated, meaning you avoid touching your face after handling shopping trolleys, baskets, packages and produce.  3) Use contactless payment methods.  4) Spray and wipe plastic or glass containers with bleach [that is diluted as directed on the bottle].  For unwrapped fresh goods, wash thoroughly under running water and leave to dry.
 
Savvy Saving
If you believe that you are unable to make your council tax payments, reach out to your local council in advance of the payment date for guidance.  The government has set up a hardship fund for English councils. Please click here for an overview.

If you are claiming Universal Credit, you may be able to get some help towards paying your local council tax.  Please ensure you apply for a reduction at the time of your claim to your local council as payments are not typically backdated.
 
Tour the Aga Khan Museum, Toronto from your Living Room
The Aga Khan Museum is offering a new digital experience #MuseumWithoutWalls.  Experience the best of what AKM has to offer — without having to leave your front door.  Visit the website to start your exploration. www.AgaKhanMuseum.org.  With children, read a 1,000-year-old tale of heroism and friendship, and make art inspired by the Museum’s paintings of that story — great for children from nursery to Year 3 (and beyond)!  Download the Rustam and the Dragon activity sheet (PDF) here.
 
Support for University Students
For advice for university students around supporting your studies, enhancing your future prospects and mental health and wellbeing during this challenging time of university closures, click here.

If you are a university student, particularly an international student or a student that is based far away from your family, and would like some support from AKEB during this time, please email akeb@iiuk.org.
 
ITREB Thought of the Day: #SaturdaySchool
Sacred art in Muslim culture unfolds around the arts of its holy book, the Qur’an e-Sharif – lyrical recitation, poetry, and perhaps most notably, calligraphy.  Unlike other religions, Islam does not have an iconography of sacred symbols.  Instead, Muslims represent the Divine through calligraphy and a style of abstracted ornamentation known as the arabesque.  The art of calligraphy began with the copying and transmission of the verses of the Qur’an.  In fact, the writing of the Arabic language was not systemised until the companions of the Prophet (pbuh), including Hazrat Ali (pbuh), began to transcribe the Qur’an.  As scribes wrote down Allah’s revelation, a natural style of ornamentation and embellishment developed.  By the 10th century Calligraphy had become a highly sophisticated and refined art form that was simultaneously an act of devotion – the arabesque became a metaphor for the Divine.
 
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