Ismaili

Examples

• All

• We argue that the Ismaili constitution serves as the framework for a dual citizenship that coexists with and transcends the traditional boundaries of the nation-state.

  Academic text (1998)

• This could be an issue in the high mountain areas of South Asia, for example, where so many Ismailis live and are concentrated.

  Harvard University

• Throughout the nineteenth century, the global Ismaili community developed a set of transnational, communal, and noncommunal institutions that served to regulate almost every facet of their religious and secular lives.

  Academic text (1998)

• The Ismaili case demonstrates that traditional liberal notions of citizenship that are exclusively limited to the "nation-state" level are not sufficient to explain the relationship between the individual and his or her community, because many communities in sub-Saharan Africa are not coterminous with national boundaries.

  Academic text (1998)

• Although the Ismaili constitution is a communal document written exclusively for Ismailis, it serves as a guideline for balancing the responsibilities of national legal citizenship with a parallel form of communal citizenship that is designed to affect virtually every religious and secular facet of Ismaili life.

  Academic text (1998)

• The Ismaili community celebrated the birth of its new leader during a grand ceremony.

• Many Ismailis around the world participate in charitable activities to support their local communities.

• During Ramadan, Ismailis engage in special prayers and gatherings to strengthen their faith.

Synonyms

M

Muslim

vsIsmaili

167 1.1

A person who follows Islam

is limited to members of one specific subgroup within that religion

S

Shiite

vsIsmaili

130 7.9

A Muslim who follows the group that accepts Ali as Muhammad's successor

refers more narrowly to a particular subgroup within the broader branch

S

Shiite Muslim

vsIsmaili

6 4.9

A Muslim who believes Ali was the rightful leader after Muhammad

is a specific subgroup within the branch rather than the whole group

S

Shi'ite

vsIsmaili

6 7.2

A person who follows the branch of Islam that sees Ali as Muhammad's next leader

applies to a specific community inside that larger branch

S

Shia Muslim

vsIsmaili

2 4.1

A follower of Islam who believes Ali should have been leader after Muhammad and rejects the first three leaders

is a narrower name for a specific subgroup within that branch

S

Shi'ite Muslim

vsIsmaili

1 4.4

A Muslim who believes Ali was the rightful leader after Muhammad

is about one defined subgroup inside that wider branch

I

Ismailian

vsIsmaili

9.9

A person who follows a branch of Shia Islam led by the Aga Khan

is the same but uses a different form of the term

Surface Forms

Etymology