Peer Talks

#PeerTalks with Pir Shabda Kahn  

Shabda Kahn, a direct disciple of the American Sufi Master, Murshid Samuel Lewis, has been practicing Sufism since 1969 and since 2001, is the Pir (Spiritual Director) of the Sufi Ruhaniat International, the Sufi lineage tracing from Hazrat Inayat Khan and Murshid Samuel Lewis.   

Shabda met his second great teacher, the late Master Singer, Pandit Pran Nath (b 1918-d. 1996), in 1972, and began the daily practice of North Indian Classical music in the Kirana style. Pandit Pran Nath planted an 800-year-old oral tradition of Chisti Sufi Vocal Music in the western world and gave Shabda the title, Director, Chisti Sabri School of Music. This has become an umbrella for his teaching vocal music and performing Raga singing. Shabda guided more than a dozen pilgrimages to India, each time setting up a very ambitious North Indian Classical Vocal Music School on the soil which produced the beauty of Raga.  

Shabda has appeared in concerts ranging from Visions for a Perfect World at New York’s St John the Divine Cathedral, for His Holiness the Dalai Lama, New Music America in Chicago, at Delhi University Music School, and Shivaratri Festival in New Delhi. He is one of a handful of Americans who have dedicated themselves to carrying on the legacy of the treasure of North Indian Classical Vocal Music.  

Shabda is also a disciple of the illustrious Tibetan Master, the 12th TaiSitu Rinpoche.   

#PirShabda #LifeStory

جائزہ JAIZA

UAE had a peace deal with Israel, who's next?

  متحدہ عرب امارات نے اسرائیل کو تسلیم کر لیا 

  کون کون سے مسلمان ملک اسرائیل کو تسلیم کرنے والے ہیں 

 #Israel #Pakistan #Diplomacy

LOUD THINKING  

#PeerTalks with Al-Syed Aaiz Uddin Gilani on Independence of Pakistan and Pir of Wana.  

The Gaylani (Also referred to as Gilani, Jilani or Kilani) family is among the most respected and well-known houses of the Islamic world as Ahl al-Bayt (Descendants of Rasul Allah ﷺ ) Hailing from that prominent noble House Al-Syed Yousaf Mehmood Al-Gaylani (Pir of Wana) is the 17th direct descendent of Sayyadina Sheykh Abdul Qadir Al-Jilani R.A through his son and spiritual heir Sayyadina Abdul Razzaq Al-gaylani and 29th in lineage to the Holy Prophet Sayyadina Muhammad ﷺ. 

His great grandfather, the founder of the Al-Qadiriyyah Sufi order, Sheykh Al-Jilani is recognized by Islamic scholars and Sufi masters as the most universally acclaimed and celebrated saint, Sufi master, and Islamic scholar. 

He is the son of Sayyadina Mehmood Faizullah Al-Gaylani, a great religious scholar and Sufi master of tariqa Qadiriyyah, Baghdad Iraq.  

Pir of Wana was also an expert in economics, Philosophy, and Agriculture. who spent his life preaching the true soul of Islam, the message of love and tolerance.  Pir of Wana played a significant role in the Independence movement of Pakistan, and after partition (1947) in the independence movement of Kashmir. He led his tribal followers in Jihad e Kashmir, which was the leading force in Jihad e Kashmir, afterward, he was titled as honorary Lieutenant colonel by the War Committee of Pakistan, and title of "Ghazi e Kashmir" by the Government of AJK. Al-gaylani is fluent in Arabic, Pashto, Urdu, Persian, and Punjabi languages, he is also an expert in Agriculture and sociology. 

In his teachings, he emphasizes strictly following the teachings of Islam and love for Rasul Allah ﷺ and the #Sufi way of being Humble, loving, and tolerant. 

#PirOfWana #PakistanIndependence

LOUD THINKING   

#PeerTalks with Prof. Yossi Shain on UAE - Israel Deal  

Prof. Yossi Shain (born September 21, 1956, in Israel) is the Romulo Betancourt Professor of Political Science at Tel Aviv University where he also serves as Head of TAU's School of Political Science, Government and International Affairs, head of the Abba Eban Graduate Studies Program in Diplomacy and Director of the Frances Brody Institute for Applied Diplomacy. He is also a Full Professor of Comparative Government and Diaspora Politics at Georgetown University, and the Founding Director of the Program for Jewish Civilization (PJC) at Georgetown. In 2007, he also served (pro-bono) as President of Western Galilee College.[1] Shain earned his B.A. (Philosophy-1981 cum laude) and M.A. (Political Science-1983) degrees from Tel Aviv University and received his Ph.D. in Political Science (with distinction) from Yale University in 1988. In July 2016 professor Shain was appointed as a member of the Council for Higher Education in Israel, and he is now heading the national committee in charge of rejuvenating liberal arts and the humanities.  

#UAE #Israel

LOUD THINKING  

#PeerTalks with Wisi Baba on Saudi Arabia 

#KSA #MBS

#PeerTalks with Ayesha Tanzeem 

Pakistan-Afghanistan Bureau Chief (Voice of America)  

AyeshaTanzeem heads VOA’s Pakistan and Afghanistan and Pakistan bureau based in Islamabad, Pakistan. She is one of a few foreign correspondents who have traveled to areas under the control and influence of the Islamic State militant group while it was at the peak of its power in eastern Afghanistan in 2015. Her reporting that brought to light tales of harrowing cruelty and suffering earned her the David Burke award for Courage in Journalism.  

Previously, she hosted two VOA current affairs TV shows: “On the Line” and “Access Point with Ayesha Tanzeem."  

Ayesha has lived and worked on three continents — Asia, Europe, and North America — working for various media outlets. She has covered a broad variety of subjects, including U.S. presidential elections, terrorism, conflicts in the Middle East, the Black Lives Matter movement in the U.S., the Syrian refugee/migrant crisis in Europe, and efforts to bring peace to Afghanistan.  

In her current position, she covers issues related to politics, governance, militancy, terrorism, and human rights, particularly women's and minority rights in Afghanistan and Pakistan. She frequently travels to conflict zones in both countries to collect first-hand accounts of life under the shadow of violence. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism from Georgia State University.  

#AyeshaTanzeem #VOA

LOUD THINKING 

#PeerTalks with Sahibzada Saman Sultan on Hazrat Sultan Bahu  

Prof Sahibzada Saman Sultan ( belongs to the family of Hazrat Sultan Bahoo r.a. Punjab Pakistan) He is a Poet, Writer, Educationist, Sufi Scholar, and Musicologist. 

 #Sultan #Bahoo

LOUD THINKING 

#PeerTalks with Leonid Savin on Pakistan #Afghanistan and #Iran, Through a Russian Eye  

Leonid Savin (Russia), is serving as Director of the Foundation for monitoring and forecasting of development of the cultural territorial spaces; Editor-in-Chief of the “Geopoliticа.ru” (from 2008); Head of administration of the International social movement “Eurasian Movement”, Founder and editor-in-chief of the “Journal of Eurasian Affairs” magazine issued by this NGO (from 2013); Expert of the Strategic Culture Foundation (from 2008); Lecturer in RUDN University (Geopolitics and Eurasian studies); Member of the steering committee of the Islamabad International Counter-Terrorism Forum (2018); Member of the military-scientific society of the Russian Ministry of Defense (from 2018).  

Formerly: Fellow of the Center of Conservative Research and Chief Editor of Geopolitica magazine (Dept. of International Relations, Faculty of Sociology, Moscow State University, 2008 – 2014); Head of Department of Social-political research in the Institute of economics and legislation, 2014 – 2015; Editor for international affairs, Tsar-Grad TV (2015 – 2016); Chief Editor of Katehon think tank and Katehon magazine (2016 – March 2017).  

Author of about 50 scientific publications and more than 3000 articles on geopolitics, international relations, conflicts, globalization, philosophy of politics in Russian and foreign media.  

#Afghanistan #Iran

#PeerTalks with Professor Emerita Murshida Nuria Stephanie Sabato (USA)  

Professor Emerita / Murshida Nuria Stephanie Sabato is the former Representative General for the International Sufi Movement. Murshida Nuria shared this position with Murshid Hidayat Inayat-Khan (1917-2016), who was the son of Hazrat Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan. In July 2018, Murshida Nuria resigned from this post in order to immerse herself more fully in the study, practice, and service of the esoteric dimensions of the Sufi Message. As a professor, Murshida Nuria taught at Virginia Commonwealth University, the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, the University of Kansas, the Kansas City Art Institute, and the League of Innovation institution, Johnson County Community College from where she retired in 2017  

#Sufi #LifeStrory

#PeerTalks with Peer Syed Bilal Hussain Chishty  

Sajada Nasheen (Custodian) Khawaja Moin Uddin Chishti (R.A), Ajmer Shareef (INDIA)  

Peer Syed Bilal Hussain Chishty, key holder Astana aliya Ajmer sharif is spreading the love message of Islam towards everyone. He has been traveling around the world since 1983 especially around the European countries, made a lot of pupils, and represented the holy shrine that has been existing for more than  800 years. He had been a part of various conferences and had the privilege to be the speaker of various platforms such as The house of lords, London; Sufi conferences, Birmingham; Ulema European conference, Luton. He has been a member of the Oxford Asian Muslims conference and organized a Qawwali program at the University of Oxford. He has been blessed to do the opening of Guru Nanak Nishka Sewak Jatha at Birmingham. His work has been appreciated many times and broadcasted by different media groups such as BBC, Asia news, Qtv, Your Britain Geo News, and many others. At present Syed Bilal Hussain Chishty is residing in his hometown, Ajmer, and helping the communities around the city and nearby villages with the pandemic situation of COVID-19 and taking great care of Dargah rituals with his family. He is keeping all government advisory in mind and also holds monthly talks with different shrines around India.  

#Sufism #Ajmer