Summary: Karina Hussein was working in a complementary school dedicated to the Religious…
Category: Institute of Ismaili Studies
Excerpt: But back to the Epistles of the Brethren of Purity. Who are these Brethren?…
Dr Daryoush Mohammad Poor delivered a paper as part of the lecture series, Political Violence:…
Dr. Amyn Sajoo, Scholar-in-Residence at the Centre for Study of Muslim Societies & Cultures at…
New IIS Book: Scripture, Poetry and the Making of a Community: Reading the Qur’an as a Literary Text
This volume presents the views on the Qur’an by Professor Angelika Neuwirth, one of the…
November 1, 2014 – Iran Book News Agency (IBNA) – Attended by the Hungarian scholar…
Dr Virani achievements include awards from UNESCO, the Organization of the Islamic Conference, the Middle…
To date, there have been two major bibliographies of secondary sources on Ismaili studies, namely…
North America’s first Ismaili Studies Conference will take place on October 16 and 17 at…
Excerpt: … the influence of early Ismaili thinkers on al-Farabi seemed likely, but not certain.…
The tradition of devotional poetry amongst the Ismailis in Iran, known as qasidas, is part…
Timeline By The Institute of Ismaili Studies From about the third/ninth century, Qur’anic exegesis (tafsir…
To what extent does mysticism require a withdrawal from the world? Is there a contradiction…
MESA’s 48th annual meeting will commence in Washington, DC at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel…
Forthcoming book by Daryoush Mohammad Poor, Research Associate, Institute of Ismaili Studies Authority without Territory:…
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