King Saladin Meets Helena and Louis

King Saladin Meets Helena and Louis
The Crusades were wars between Christians and Muslims. They were fought in the Middle East for nearly 200 years. In 1187 a great ruler, Saladin, led a Muslim army that recaptured Jerusalem from the Christians. This is the story of Saladin.
The fighting had ended some hours before, and [...]

The True Purpose of Education

The True Purpose of Education
Speech at the Muslim Educational ConferenceSir Sultan Muhammad Shah Aga Khan1904 Bombay, India

The assembly to his mind represented all that was best in the Muslims of India. It expressed that awakening sense of their fallen position after a glorious past; it expressed dissatisfaction with their present intellectual, moral and social position; [...]

Islam: General Introduction

Islam: General Introduction

The last in the line of the [...]

ISLAM AND THE WEST

ISLAM AND THE WEST
ISLAM AND THE WEST
Speech by HRH The Prince of Wales, at the Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford on the occasion of his visit to the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies: Wednesday 27 October 1993
Ladies and gentlemen, it was suggested to me when I first began to consider the subject of this lecture,that I should [...]

Aga Khan Music Initiative in Central Asia

Aga Khan Music Initiative in Central Asia

Introduction
Music and musicians [...]

Ismaili Imamat

Ismaili Imamat from the time of the division in the Shia community: An overview [...]

Coinage of the Fatimids

Coinage of the Fatimids

“Coins and the discipline of numismatics which deals with them, lie at the crossroads of so many historical, cultural and artistic concerns that hardly anyone studying a traditional civilization or an earlier period of history has been able to avoid handling or dealing with these thousands of small gold, silver or copper [...]

Introduction to His Highness the Aga Khan

Introduction to His Highness the Aga Khan
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His Highness the Aga Khan became Imam of the Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims on July 11, 1957 at the age of 20, succeeding his grandfather, Sir Sultan Muhammad Shah Aga Khan. He is the 49th hereditary Imam of the [...]

The Diversity of Mosque Architectures

The Diversity of Mosque Architectures

The mosque, an emblematic building in Islam, while theoretically requiring nothing more than marking the direction of prayer, has developed a number of distinctive architectural forms. Local building traditions and differing social and cultural contexts have influenced the diversity of mosque architectures and variety of methods in which mosques have been [...]