| | Iranica.com - ISMA¿ILISM |
 | | The perceptions of outsiders of the Isma¿ilis in the pre-modern period, in both Muslim and Christian milieus, contrast with modern developments in Isma¿ili studies to make the history of this field particularly fascinating. |
 | | As the most revolutionary wing of Shi¿ism with a religio-political agenda that aimed to uproot the ¿Abbasids and restore the caliphate to a line of ¿Alid imams, the Isma¿ilis from early on aroused the hostility of the Sunnite establishment. |
 | | With the foundation of the Fatimid state in 297/909, the potential challenge of the Isma¿ilis to Sunnite "orthodoxy" became actualized, and thereupon the ¿Abbasids and the Sunnite ulama launched what amounted to an official anti-Isma¿ili propaganda campaign. |
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