IIS’s Constituency Studies Unit publishes their first paper in a series on methodological approaches to biomedical ethics.
Pedro Sánchez Rodriguez and Shah Hussain discuss the Aga Khan Library's recently launched digital Ismaili Printed Materials Collection and its unique resources.
For 11 July, which marks 65 years since our founder, His Highness the Aga Khan, acceded to the Imamat, we are launching a new online timeline tracing 45 years of The Institute of Ismaili Studies.
Imam Husayn ibn-Ali was the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad and the son of Imam Ali and the Prophet's daughter Fatima. He is regarded as one of the early imams of the Shiis, and his refusal to offer bayyah (allegiance) to the Umayyad Caliph Yazid, which led to his death and the massacre of his family and supporters at Karbala in 680 CE, has immortalized him in the Muslim - and particularly Shii - imagination as one of the great martyr figures of Islam.
Dr Yahia Baiza of IIS’ Central Asian Studies Unit presented a paper entitled, Religion, State and Politics: An Analysis of Religion’s Place in Modern Afghanistan, at a conference on Religious Difference and Conflict, at Stranmillis University College of Queen’s University, Belfast, Northern Ireland.