Birthday of Prophet Muhammad By Amir Gulamhusein In the Presidential Address given at the International Seerat Conference held in Karachi, Pakistan on 12th March 1976,… Read More »Significance of the celebration of the Birthday of Prophet Muhammad
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
“Have you not considered how God sets forth the parable of a good word (being) like a good tree, whose root is firm and… Read More »A Good Word is Like a Good Tree – Annemarie Schimmel
Islamic Arabic Calligraphy – Let life happen and be thankful to Allah Do not dwell on the negative as it will soon come to pass… Read More »Ramadan Kareem and Eid ul-Fitr – Eid Mubarak!
Quran Collection on the Ismaili Web Sura 1 Al Fatiha–The Opening Audio 1. Bismillaahir Rahmaanir Raheem 2. Al hamdu lillaahi rabbil aalameen 3. Ar rahmaanir raheem… Read More »Quran Collection on the Ismaili Web
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
‘No companion of the Prophet has had such fada’il ascribed to him as those which have been ascribed to ‘Ali b. Abi Talib.’… Read More »Ahadith of Prophet Muhammad attributed to Imam Hazrat Ali – Reza Shah-Kazemi
“It would be wrong to see this as the future of the Ummah. There are many today across the Muslim world who know their history… Read More »We can eliminate forever today’s dangerous clash of ignorance – Aga Khan
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