Thank you very much for assembling this piece – it will no doubt be very valuable reference point for all tour guides.

Best wishes to you.

With regard to this message of Mawlana Hazar Imam to Mr. Bruno Freschi, published in the interview, you have to think that our Imam is always very gracious and magnanimous. Of course this is his jamatkhana and his concept of what it should be. That in no way detracts from Mr Freschi’s achievement in translating Mawlan Hazar Imam’s vision in 3D. Mr. Freschi’s explanations of the design concepts he incorporated in the building enhance our appreciation of it. Of course beyond that, the benefits we derive from the Jamatkhana come from praying in a place where so many have prayed over so many decades. You can feel the aura.

I trust somewhere down the line there will be a record of the trail-blazing Presidents who worked so hard to materialize our first high profile Ismaili Jamatkhana and Centre in North America – namely the late Zeenatali Virani, late Zulfikar Jafferali Lalji Mangalji, and Farouk BKS Verjee. I am writing a book about those times based on the expulsion of Asians from Uganda and their names figure in my book.

Vali I V Jamal
Kampala, Uganda

Keep up the great job you are doing.

Mubaraki also for being featured in Ottawa Citizen. The number of Ismaili bloggers are growing day by day, with your quality initiative, I hope others are on the right footsteps.