Join Interfaith Ministries and the Houston Arts Alliance for a series of visits to Houston area faith communities. Explore the artistic and cultural traditions that make each worship experience unique. Transportation will not be provided and there will be no shuttle service between sites.
OnSite/InSight presents a rare opportunity to enjoy the visual, song, story, architectural and food traditions of four different religious institutions at their place of worship. An informal program at each institution of approximately two hours will showcase traditions that form an intrinsic part of their religious practice. Participants are invited to attend one or more sites. […]
Ismaili Jamatkhana and Center
February 27, 2011
1700 First Colony Blvd, Sugar Land TX 77479
10:30am-12:30pm
Opened in 2002, the Ismaili center is Sugar Land is a center for prayer and reflection as well as for social and cultural gatherings. Ismaili Centers worldwide are symbolic markers of the permanent presence of the Ismaili community and a symbol of the confluence between the spiritual and the secular in Islam.
Ismailimail 
“Sunday morning members of the Ismaili Jamatkhana and Center in Sugar Land, which is affiliated with the Aga Khan, will demonstrate calligraphy and dance as they relate to their Shii’a services. The program concludes Sunday afternoon at Congregation Brith Shalom with a presentation of traditional cantorial music and contemporary Shabbat music.”
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