Reza Shah-Kazemi

Reza Shah-Kazemi is an author who specializes in comparative mysticism, Islamic Studies, Sufism and Shi'ism. He is the founding editor of the Islamic World Report and currently a Research Associate at the Institute of Ismaili Studies with the Department of Academic Research and Publications. He received degrees in International Relations and Politics at Sussex and Exeter University, before receiving his doctorate in Comparative Religion from the University of Kent in 1994. He later acted as a consultant to the Institute for Policy Research in Kuala Lumpur.

Bibliography

• "Loving Compassion in Islam and Buddhism: Rahma and Karunā", Religions-Adyan, Issue 1, 2011 [contributed article]
• The Sacred Foundations of Justice in Islam (World Wisdom, 2007) ISBN 978-1-933316-26-0
• The Underlying Religion: An Introduction to the Perennial Philosophy (World Wisdom, 2007) ISBN 978-1-933316-43-7 [contributed article]
• My Mercy Encompasses All: The Koran's Teachings on Compassion, Peace and Love (Shoemaker & Hoard, 2007) ISBN 978-1-59376-144-8
• Justice and Remembrance: Introducing the Spirituality of Imam Ali (I. B. Tauris, 2007) ISBN 978-1-84511-526-5
• Paths to Transcendence (World Wisdom, 2006) ISBN 978-0-941532-97-6
• Sufism: Love and Wisdom (World Wisdom, 2006) ISBN 978-0-941532-75-4 [contributed article]
• The Other in the Light of the One: The Universality of the Qur'an and Interfaith Dialogue (Islamic Texts Society, 2006) ISBN 978-1-903682-47-0
• Paths to the Heart (World Wisdom, 2004) ISBN 978-0-941532-43-3 [contributed article]
• Seeing God Everywhere: Essays on Nature and the Sacred (World Wisdom, 2004) ISBN 978-0-941532-42-6 [contributed article]
• Islam, Fundamentalism, and the Betrayal of Tradition (World Wisdom, 2004) ISBN 978-0-941532-60-0 [contributed article]
• Doctrines of Shi`i Islam: A Compendium of Imami Beliefs and Practices (I. B. Tauris, 2001) ISBN 978-1-86064-780-2
• Algeria: Revolution Revisited (Islamic World Report) (I. B. Tauris, 1998) ISBN 978-1-86064-368-2
• Avicenna (Heroes from the East) (Hood Hood Books Ltd, 1997) ISBN 978-1-900251-23-5
• Crisis In Chechnia (Islamic World Reports) (Isbs, 1996) ISBN 978-1-901230-00-0
• Bosnia (Islamic World Reports) (Isbs, 1996) ISBN 978-1-901230-01-7
• Turkey (Islamic World Reports) (Isbs, 1996) ISBN 978-1-901230-02-4

See also

• Institute of Ismaili Studies
• Sufism
• The Matheson Trust

External links

• Life and Work
• Institute of Ismaili Studies Profile

Articles

• Defining Without Confining: reflections on a prophetic usage of sacred space
• Recollecting the Spirit of Jihad
• Eckhart’s Image of the Eye and the Wood: An analogy which explains ‘all that I have ever preached about’
• A Message of Hope at the Eleventh Hour: Martin Lings, 1909-2005