Yawm‐e Ali commemorates the birthday of Hazrat Ali, the cousin and son-in-law of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family), and, in accordance with the Shia tradition of Islam, the first in the line of hereditary Imams from the progeny of the Prophet. This year, Yawm-e Ali was observed on January 24.

On the occasion of Yawm-e Ali, Ismaili Muslims renew their commitment to the principles that Hazrat Ali exemplified, particularly the ethics of care, compassion, generosity, integrity, tolerance, forgiveness, brotherhood, and service to others.

We invite you to join us for an intriguing session at the Ismaili Centre, Toronto where Dr. Daryoush Mohammad Poor will speak on the topic of "Responsible Leadership: Insights from The Teachings of Imam Ali".  The session will take place in the Social Hall on Saturday, March 2. Doors open at 7:30pm and the session will start promptly at 8:15pm. 

We appreciate your interest in the Yawm-e-Ali event. Unfortunately, registration has now closed. However, the event will be streamed live at iicanada.live. We apologize for any inconvenience and appreciate your understanding.

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Dr. Daryoush Mohammad Poor is an Associate Professor and the Interim Head of the Constituency Studies Unit at the Institute of Ismaili Studies (IIS). His first monograph, Authority without Territory: The Aga Khan Development Network and the Ismaili Imamate (2014) is a fresh theoretical engagement with contemporary institutions of the Ismaili imamate. His most recent IIS book, Command and Creation: A Shi'i Cosmological Treatise, is a Persian edition and English translation of Muhammad al-Shahrastani's Majlis-i maktüb (2021). He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy in the UK and Editor of the Ismaili Heritage Series.