Nadir Noor Ali Budhwani: The role of human resource development in the Ismaili community in Minnesota

By Nadir Noor Ali Budhwani, University of Minnesota

Excerpt at page 45:

History of Ismailis in Minnesota

In Minnesota, a Jamat Khana for the Ismaili community started in 1968 in an informal manner. A community member’s house was used. With the number of Ismailis increasing steadily, partly because of incoming international students, permission for a formal Jamat Khana was granted by Aga Khan in 1972, according to participant D. However, the Ismaili community did not have a designated place for this purpose. Thus a hall was rented in one of the community centers of the Twin Cities of Minneapolis/St. Paul so that members could gather on Fridays for both religious ceremonies and social activities. It was not until October, 1998, that the Ismaili community acquired a permanent place for a Jamat Khana….

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