Book of the week

“Knowledge is the noblest of personal qualities and love is the highest of pedigrees” - Hazrat Ali’s proverb.
Have you read Faith and Practice Volume 1? Time to get Volume 2 and further develop your knowledge on rites, rituals and much more! 

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Synopsis

FAITH & PRACTICE IN ISLAMIC TRADITIONS – VOL. 2 (Secondary Curriculum)

This module engages with the dimensions of religious meaning and practical expressions in a community of faith. These aspects are approached from a variety of perspectives by exploring the significance of faith, worship, devotion, ethics, religious practices, prayer, and spaces of worship and gathering in Muslim communities. The reader is guided to reflect on these themes in the context of the Shia Ismaili Tariqah, and with reference to other Islamic traditions. The module seeks, as a whole, to develop insights into the role of faith and religious practice in a faith community, and in relation to the individual believer’s search for ultimate meaning.

Volume 2 extends the study by focusing on the practice of the faith in Islamic traditions. Among the topics covered are the origins and development of selected rites and practices in Muslim history, the diverse forms they have taken in Muslim communities, and the meaning given to them in the practice of the faith. Also discussed in this volume are the different forms of prayer in Islam, and the diversity of spaces of worship and gathering to be found in Islamic contexts.

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