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A wall with sculpted dervish carved on wood and a blurry view of a live dervish doing a Sufi dance

01 Jan 2022

Religious Traditions and Early Ismaili History in South Asia: Some Historical Perspectives on Satpanthi Literature and the Ginans

A man in red shirt, blue robe and coloured turban sitting on a mat looking in distance, and a palm tree in the background with a sunset scenery

01 Jan 2022

Transcendence and Distinction: Metaphoric Process in Ismaili Muslim Thought

01 Jan 2022

Shabistari, Mahmud

A view from inside of a prayer space with orange carpets spread through out the hall with some people sitting in different corners and praying.

01 Jan 2022

Agreed Syllabi and Un-agreed Values: Religious Education and Missed Opportunities for Fostering Social Cohesion

Book cover of the piece 'Cyclical time and Ismaili Gnosis'

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Cyclical Time and Sacred History in Medieval Ismaili Thought

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The Dilemma of Islam as School Knowledge in Muslim Education

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Fatimid Art, Precursor or Culmination

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Aspects of Ismaili Theology: The Prophetic Chain and the God Beyond Being

01 Jan 2022

Al-Suyuti on the Merits of Imam 'Ali

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