It is unfortunate but for a large section of non-Muslims around the world, the defining…
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Hirji says that the Quran, however, addresses Muslim men and women as equal and distinctive…
Islam: An Illustrated Journey is a richly illustrated, accessible account of Islamic history that gives the…
Beginning in the world of late antiquity and the pre-Islamic period, the book takes the…
On Sunday, March 25, Aga Khan Museum welcomed Dr. Farhad Daftary to deliver an engaging…
Sunday, March 25, 2–3 pm Did you know that the Fatimid caliphs were also the…
23rd November 2017: November 2017 sees the 40th anniversary of the formal inauguration of The…
The initiative to hold the 28th Congress UEAI in Palermo, Sicily, Italy, was born in…
Historian Farhad Daftary debunks the idea that Islamic State is based on the so-called Assassins, the fighting corps of the fledgling medieval Nizari Ismaili state.
Wladimir Ivanow was a noted Russian scholar who worked for a half a century on Ismaili studies in Iran and India.
OCTOBER 4, 2015. By Farhad Daftary: Legends based on polemic and fantasy distorted the image…
September 13th at 2pm Shi’i Islam: History, Doctrines, and Practices The Ismaili Jamatkhana and Center…
His Highness the Aga Khan Shia Imami Ismaili Council for the Southeastern United States, The…
In this twenty-minute interview, Dr. Daftary elaborates upon the principal objectives of the Shi‘i Heritage…
PANDIYĀT-E JAVĀNMARDI, title of a Nezāri Ismaʿili book originally written in Persian and containing the…
Edited by: Farhad Daftary Few fields of Islamic studies have witnessed as much progress in…
Dr Farhad Daftary and Professor Azim Nanji Abstract The historical formation of the worldwide Muslim…
I have a few books to my credit this summer, but I haven’t accomplished as…
Peter Adamson talks with Farhad Daftary, a leading expert on Ismaili branch of Shi’a Islam.…
After the death of the Prophet, Muhammad, the religion of Islam split over whom his…
The Institute of the Ismaili Studies (IIS) is pleased to announce the publication of the…
Dr Farhad Daftary, Co-Director of the Institute, has been elected to the membership of the…
An important Shi`i Muslim community, the Ismailis have had a complex history dating to the…
The Ismaili Muslims, who belong to the Shia branch of Islam, live in over 25…
