by Jonah Winters Say: “It is Allah Who guides to the truth. Is then He, Who gives guidance to the truth, more worthy to be … Read More »The Origins of Shi’ism: A Consensus of Western Scholarship – by Jonah Winters
By Reza Shah Kazemi from the book The Spirit of Tolerance in Islam (London: IB Tauris/IIS, 2012, pp.111-125) Prophet Muhammad receiving the first… Read More »The Prophet of Islam and the Spirit of Tolerance – Reza Shah-Kazemi
Amir Khusraw coaching students Nasir Khusraw Collection Abu Mo’in Hamid al-Din Nasir ibn Khusraw is an important figure in the development of Ismaili… Read More »Nasir Khusraw – By Alice C. Hunsberger
by Hamid Algar BESMELLĀH, Islamic formula meaning “in the name of God,” more fully Besmellāh al-raḥmān al-raḥīm “in the name of God, the Compassionate,… Read More »Bismillah
Editor’s Note: Two articles are presented here for ease of comparison. Free Will in Ismaili Shi’ism By Farhad Daftary and Faquir M. Hunzai… Read More »Free Will in Ismaili Shi’ism and Free Will in Twelver Shi’ism
Aga Khan III, Mowlana Sultan Mahomed Shah on Spirituality lbn-Rushd, the great Muslim philosopher, known to Europe as Averroes, established clearly the great distinction between… Read More »Aga Khan III, Mowlana Sultan Mahomed Shah on Spirituality
Video: Dr Reza Shah-Kazemi delivers the 2010 Yawm-e Ali lecture at the Ismaili Centre, London. The 2010 Yawm-e Ali Lecture at the Ismaili Centre,… Read More »Dr Reza Shah-Kazemi delivers the 2010 Yawm-e Ali lecture at the Ismaili Centre, London
Imam Hazrat Ali and the Quran by Dr. Reza Shah-Kazemi 9th August, 2011 Ali Lion of God Calligram The talk focused on key sayings of… Read More »Imam Hazrat Ali and the Quran — Reza Shah-Kazemi
When we think how few men of real religion there are, how small the number of defenders and champions of the truth—when one sees… Read More »Recollecting the Spirit of Jihad – Reza Shah-Kazemi
The Ismaili Web was established in 1994 under the domain name Amaana.org, which means the Trust. I took this task of trying to portray this… Read More »About Ismaili Web Amaana.org