Video: Professor Paul Walker speaks on Fatimid Feasts and Festivals

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1. Paul Walker is a great scholar of Fatimid history.

   I very much enjoyed reading his book on “Abu Ya’qub Al-Sijistani: Intellectual Missionary”, which is available at the literature counter at most JKs.

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   1. I agree with you Vancouverite: that book on Abu Yakub Al Sijistani by Paul Walker(published by the IIS in 1996) was life-transforming for me. The ideas in that book form the backbone of my Blog on the link between Science and Religion in Islam:

      Abu Yakub al-Sijistani: Cosmologist, Theologian, Philosopher par excellence.
      http://gonashgo.blogspot.com/2008/01/284abu-yakub-al-sijistani-cosmologist.html

      Dr Paul Walker: Abu Ya‘qub al-Sijistani: Intellectual Missionary; Publication of the Institute of Ismaili Studies
      http://gonashgo.blogspot.com/2009/12/528dr-paul-walker-abu-yaqub-al.html

      An Exchange On My Facebook Wall On Why I Find The Al Sijistani-Khusraw Cosmological Doctrine So Attractive And Supremely Appropriate To My Blog.
      http://gonashgo.blogspot.com/2010/11/663an-exchange-on-my-facebook-wall-on.html

      The Center For Middle Eastern Studies At The University Of Chicago Publishes ‘Ismaili And Fatimid Studies In Honour Of Paul Walker’.
      http://gonashgo.blogspot.com/2010/11/664the-center-for-middle-eastern.html

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      1. Thanks for the feedback. And thank you especially for the links to excellent discussions of Paul Walker’s work on your website.

         I have gone back to my bookshelf, dusted off Paul Walker’s book on Al Sijistani and started rereading it again.

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2. I’ve read the book about ten times and always find something new in it each time. Thank you for your kind comments :)
   The Institute of Ismaili Studies ROCKS!!!

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