Nizari Isma'ilism
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| + | The '''Shī‘a Imami Ismā‘īlī Tariqah''' also referred to as the '''Ismā‘īlī''' or '''Nizārī''' ({{lang-ar|النزاريون}} ''an-Nizāriyyūn''), is a path (''[[tariqah]]'') of [[Shia Islam|Shī‘a]] [[Islam|Islām]], emphasizing [[social justice]], [[pluralism (political philosophy)|pluralism]], and human [[reason]] within the framework of the mystical tradition of Islam. The Nizari are the second largest branch of Shia Islam and form the majority of the [[Ismaili|Ismā‘īlī]] ({{lang-ar|اسماعیلیه}}). There are an estimated 15 million Nizari Ismā‘īlīs residing in more than 25 countries and territories. | ||
| - | The '''Assassins''' (''Ḥashāshīn'', also ''Hashishin'', ''Hassassin'', or ''Hashashiyyin'', / '''Hašišiyun''') were an order of [[Nizari]] [[Ismailis]], particularly those of [[Syria]] and [[Persia]] that existed from around 1092 to 1265. Posing a strong military threat to [[Sunni]] [[Saljuq]] authority within the Persian territories, the Nizari Ismailis captured and inhabited many mountain fortresses under the leadership of [[Hassan-i Sabbah]]. | ||
| - | The name 'Assassin', from the Arabic ''Hashishin'' or "users of hashish", was originally derogatory and used by their adversaries during the [[Middle Ages]]. The modern word '[[assassination|assassin]]' is derived from this name. However, [[Amin Malouf]] states that "The truth is different. According to texts that have come down to us from [[Alamut]], Hassan-i Sabbah liked to call his disciples Asasiyun, meaning people who are faithful to the Asās, meaning 'foundation' of the faith. This is the word, misunderstood by foreign travelers, that seemed similar to 'hashish'". | ||
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| - | Preserved within European sources, such as the writings of [[Marco Polo]], they were depicted as trained killers, responsible for the systematic elimination of opposing figures. The term ''hashish'' connoted meanings such as "outcast" or "rabble". | ||
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| - | ==Friedrich Nietzsche== | ||
| - | The 19th century philosopher [[Friedrich Nietzsche]] gives prominent focus to what he terms "the order of Assassins", in section 24 of [[On the Genealogy of Morality]]. Nietzsche's signature work is to point to the worthlessness of religion, and to attempt at the [[transvaluation of values]], that is, to transcend the inherited Jewish and Christian politics, psychology and ethics of [[ressentiment]] or guilt. He aims at going beyond the categories of good and evil since they suppress the full potential of the strong and talented. Nietzsche heralds the arrival of the so-called 'free spirits' who no longer believe in truth. Thus, they alone are capable of redeeming the world of the modern ills of comfort, mediocrity, and nihilism. | ||
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| - | Importantly, Nietzsche attacks the false spirits who are the host of self-describing 'unbelievers' of modern times who claim to reject religious deception as scholars and philosophers and yet retain the traditional beliefs in good and evil, and truth. Nietzsche compares the genuine free spirits with the Assassins: "When the Christian crusaders in the Orient came across that invincible order of Assassins – that order of free spirits ''par excellence'' whose lowest order received, through some channel or other, a hint about that symbol and spell reserved for the uppermost echelons alone, as their secret: "[[nothing is true, everything is permitted]]". Now ''that'' was ''freedom'' of the spirit, ''with that'', belief in truth itself was ''renounced''." | ||
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| - | *[[History of the Shī‘a Imāmī Ismā'īlī Ṭarīqah]] | + | * [[Ismaili]] |
| - | *[[Index of Middle Ages in modern culture#Assassins|Index of Middle Ages in modern culture: Assassins]] | + | * [[Hashshashin]] |
| - | *[[Sicarii]] | + | * [[Fatimid]] |
| - | *[[Ninja]] | + | * [[Aga Khan]] |
| - | *[[Crusades]] | + | * [[Aga Khan Development Network]] |
| + | * [[Batiniyya]] | ||
| + | * [[Sufism]] | ||
| + | * [[Shi'a Imam]] | ||
| + | * [[Shi'a in Africa]] | ||
| + | * [[Jama'at Khana]] | ||
| + | * [[List of Ismaili imams]] | ||
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The Shī‘a Imami Ismā‘īlī Tariqah also referred to as the Ismā‘īlī or Nizārī (Template:Lang-ar an-Nizāriyyūn), is a path (tariqah) of Shī‘a Islām, emphasizing social justice, pluralism, and human reason within the framework of the mystical tradition of Islam. The Nizari are the second largest branch of Shia Islam and form the majority of the Ismā‘īlī (Template:Lang-ar). There are an estimated 15 million Nizari Ismā‘īlīs residing in more than 25 countries and territories.
See also
- Ismaili
- Hashshashin
- Fatimid
- Aga Khan
- Aga Khan Development Network
- Batiniyya
- Sufism
- Shi'a Imam
- Shi'a in Africa
- Jama'at Khana
- List of Ismaili imams
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