Please Read the Following by visiting this website:
http://www.house.gov/lantos/caucus/Test ... 060402.htm
May Mowla grant peace upon our fellow Ismailis...
THANKS
KARIM QAZI
Ismailis Persecuted
Ismailis Persecuted
Ya Ali Madad, I recently read an article about Ismailis is Saudi Arabia and i would like to share it with all of you because it was very horrifying and painful to read that our breothers and sisters are going through so much hatred.
Please Read the Following by visiting this website:
http://www.house.gov/lantos/caucus/Test ... 060402.htm
May Mowla grant peace upon our fellow Ismailis...
THANKS
KARIM QAZI
Please Read the Following by visiting this website:
http://www.house.gov/lantos/caucus/Test ... 060402.htm
May Mowla grant peace upon our fellow Ismailis...
THANKS
KARIM QAZI
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Do ismailis in Saudi Arabia go to mosque instead of Jamat Khana???
Regarding Saudi Arabia Wahabi Extremist against ismailis:
We have read history. There were many enemies of ismailis who Killed them and try to make ismailis into nonismailis. The enemy of ismailis thinking themselve as mujahid and doing jihad went to hell because they didnt knew with whom they are fighting.
Many people try to destroy ismailis and ismailism and they were unsuccesful. For short period they may have won but What was the end??
What happened to Wahabi Taliban?? Osama bin laden was Saudi Arabian and Taliban were enemies of ismailis. They were very proud. They destroyed idols,made laws against humanity and now ....they were defeated by U.S.A. So the enemies of ismailis are punished by God. If not now than later but they can not do their cruel act forever of for long time.
Regarding Saudi Arabia Wahabi Extremist against ismailis:
We have read history. There were many enemies of ismailis who Killed them and try to make ismailis into nonismailis. The enemy of ismailis thinking themselve as mujahid and doing jihad went to hell because they didnt knew with whom they are fighting.
Many people try to destroy ismailis and ismailism and they were unsuccesful. For short period they may have won but What was the end??
What happened to Wahabi Taliban?? Osama bin laden was Saudi Arabian and Taliban were enemies of ismailis. They were very proud. They destroyed idols,made laws against humanity and now ....they were defeated by U.S.A. So the enemies of ismailis are punished by God. If not now than later but they can not do their cruel act forever of for long time.
Ismailis in Saudi Arabia.
It is sad to hear about this persecution of Ismailis. I would like to know whether they are Nizari Ismailis or Musteali Ismailis.
They are not Nizari Ismailies, nor are they Mustalian.
They are a group of Ismaili Seveners, that believe in Imam Ismail as the final Imam and Mahdi who has gone into concealment.
Hazar Imam issued a press release when this news hit the world, and said that many sects take name from Hazrat Ismail, and that those ppl were not his branch of Ismailies.
Nevetheless, it is quite sad that this group is abused and persecuted.
They are a group of Ismaili Seveners, that believe in Imam Ismail as the final Imam and Mahdi who has gone into concealment.
Hazar Imam issued a press release when this news hit the world, and said that many sects take name from Hazrat Ismail, and that those ppl were not his branch of Ismailies.
Nevetheless, it is quite sad that this group is abused and persecuted.
Ismailis in Saudi Arabia
Thanks for the info. I thought there were not that many Ismailis there! Hopefully Mowlana HazarImam's increasing activity in the Middle East viz, the Alazhar Park in Cairo, increase in the Immamat institutional activities in Syria and the more recent building of the Ismaili centre in Dubai will serve as role models and project a different understanding of Islam in that region to counter the the menace of Wahabbism.
New Trend in Saudi Arabia - A hopeful sign
The following is information in the current issue of The Middle East Journal which talks about the emergence of a new pattern which could counter the spread of Wahabbism. A hopeful sign..
Current Issue
Volume 58, Number 3, Summer 2004
Abstracts from The Middle East Journal, Volume 58, Number 3, Summer 2004. Copyright The Middle East Institute, 2004.
Between Islamists and Liberals: Saudi Arabia's New "Islamo-Liberal" Reformists
[full article available in PDF]
Stephane Lacroix
The last few years in Saudi Arabia have witnessed the rise of a new trend made up of former Islamists and liberals, Sunnis and Shi'ites, calling for democratic change within an Islamic framework through a revision of the official Wahhabi religious doctrine. These intellectuals have managed to gain visibility on the local scene, notably through a series of manifestos and petitions, and their project has even received support from among the Royal Family. Indeed, the government has since then taken a number of preliminary steps towards political and religious reform. But does this mean that Saudi Arabia is about to enter the era of Post-Wahhabism?
Current Issue
Volume 58, Number 3, Summer 2004
Abstracts from The Middle East Journal, Volume 58, Number 3, Summer 2004. Copyright The Middle East Institute, 2004.
Between Islamists and Liberals: Saudi Arabia's New "Islamo-Liberal" Reformists
[full article available in PDF]
Stephane Lacroix
The last few years in Saudi Arabia have witnessed the rise of a new trend made up of former Islamists and liberals, Sunnis and Shi'ites, calling for democratic change within an Islamic framework through a revision of the official Wahhabi religious doctrine. These intellectuals have managed to gain visibility on the local scene, notably through a series of manifestos and petitions, and their project has even received support from among the Royal Family. Indeed, the government has since then taken a number of preliminary steps towards political and religious reform. But does this mean that Saudi Arabia is about to enter the era of Post-Wahhabism?
Pluralism in Muslim World
I just wanted to add to my previous post...
The conclusion of the article is even more interesting. For it outlines the trend in the Muslim world towards a revival or change from the fundamentalist approach exemplified by the Wahabbi movement in Saudi Arabia. There are strong undercurrents of this movement especially amongst the intelligentsia and the middle class who want a more progressive approach especially in the field of curriculum in education and the role and treatment of women.
Therefore promoting pluralism in that part of the world is much easier than we are led to believe. Our institutions in that part of the world can provide a catalyst for change by providing alternative workable and beneficial models for progress and development within the overall perspective of faith.
The conclusion of the article is even more interesting. For it outlines the trend in the Muslim world towards a revival or change from the fundamentalist approach exemplified by the Wahabbi movement in Saudi Arabia. There are strong undercurrents of this movement especially amongst the intelligentsia and the middle class who want a more progressive approach especially in the field of curriculum in education and the role and treatment of women.
Therefore promoting pluralism in that part of the world is much easier than we are led to believe. Our institutions in that part of the world can provide a catalyst for change by providing alternative workable and beneficial models for progress and development within the overall perspective of faith.