‘Topping out’ is a builders’ rite traditionally held when the last beam (or its equivalent) is placed atop a structure during its construction.
Category: Institute of Ismaili Studies
You are the night of the grave, go and become that Night of Power, and…
Photographs of Courtyard and Interior Details: Victoria Hall (IIS and AKU Student Residence). Kings Cross, London, UK – Photo by Nadia Bhamani, via Hussein Charania.
Source: Stanton Williams Client: Argent (King’s Cross) Ltd acting on behalf of King’s Cross Central…
Muslim Values Dr. Reza Shah-Kazemi How can we inspire people to reach beyond rampant materialism,…
This study is a brief ethnography of sacred sites venerated (mazur tawuf chaig in the local vernacular) by the small Shi’i Ismaili community of Tashkurgan, in Xinjiang in the People’s Republic of China
This international conference and subsequent edited volume aim at bringing together a series of case…
The morning’s emails rolled into my inbox, one with the shocking news of the passing…
The IIS is pleased to announce the publication of The Spirit and the Letter: Approaches…
Fatimids and Umayyads: Competing Caliphates addresses the comparative study of the two dynasties with an…
The initiative to hold the 28th Congress UEAI in Palermo, Sicily, Italy, was born in…
The Islamic scholar Angelika Neuwirth has had a greater impact on Koranic research in Germany…
This talk by Professor Paul Walker describes several celebrations such as the Ashura, ‘Id al-Fitr, ‘Id al-Adha, ‘Id al-Ghadir…
Issues of public scholarship relating to Islamophobia, the problem of reading the Qur’an, a critical rethinking of Islamic studies, and problems in understanding Islam.
This garden was designed by Tom Stuart, and commissioned by the Aga Khan Development Network and Argent.
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