A Modern Ismaili Prayer
An Ismaili Prayer and Ginan to the current Imam Our Lord Nur Mawlana Shah, Karim al-Husayni Hazar Imam! We humble students pray to thee: Give us your divine guidance to discharge our duties! Give us the courage and strenght to obey the holy firmans!(1) Our saviour, have mercy upon us and bless us with […]
Why I feel Ismailism is Important
Often I am asked why I am a firm supporter of the Ismailis and even consider myself a “friend of the imam?” when I am a professed Pure Land Buddhist. That is a good question and deserves a good response. I hope this text will make it clear my interest in the Shia Imami Ismaili […]
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The Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims: A Short Introduction
http://www.lulu.com/content/955673 Description: An introduction to the ideas and practices of this little known Shia religious community. Product Details: Printed: 144 pages, 6″ x 9″, casewrap-hardcover binding, white interior paper (50# weight), black and white interior ink, white exterior paper (100# weight), full-color exterior ink Copyright: © 2007 by Jim Davis Language: English
The Religion of the Nizaris (Ismailis)
Opening his work, Kalami Pir, the author describes the religion of the Ismailis as “theonly leading and rightly guided religion.”1 The words are in strict keeping with the attitude of the Nizarian or “eastern” Ismailis. Elsewhere the same author writes: “The Ismailis of the world are those who have made a final determination to […]
Thoughts on Ismaili mantra meditation
Silently chanting the names of God given to an Ismaili momen by the Imam-e-zaman is considered an important, tho not a mandatory, practice. I had read that this name could be given by the jamatkhana leader acting in the name of the Imam, but this has been denied by several Ismaili’s on my mailing list. […]
The Ismaili Equation
In the last three decades they’ve built some of B.C.’s biggest companies, raised stacks of cash for good causes and quietly joined the golf and country club set. But who are these modern-thinking Muslims, and where did they get their Midas touch? Adriana Barton From the July 2006 issue Dina Goldstein “My main mosque is […]
Chinese Ismailis
The tens of thousands of Ismaili Muslims of the Tajik Autonomous District in China’s north western Xinjiang-Uighur Autonomous Region are isolated from their fellow-Ismailis across the border in Tajikistan and elsewhere in the world, Forum 18 News Service found on a visit to Xinjiang between 8 and 10 September. There is only one Ismaili mosque […]
Encyclopaedia of Ismailism
Recieved this text of Muntaz Ali Tajddin Sadik Ali a few months back but due to moving had not really got around to reading it until just a few days ago. It looks very good on historical detail which is to be expected from one who has written a history of Ismailism which can be […]
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