Baghdad Manifesto

Baghdad Manifesto

The manifesto of Baghdad was a testimony ordered by The Abbasid Caliph Al-Qadir in response to the growth of the Fatimid Supporting Nizari Ismaili sect of Islam within his borders. [ [http://www.iis.ac.uk/view_article.asp?ContentID=104798 The Institute of Ismaili Studies - ‘al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah’ ] ]

The Nizari Ismailis viewed the Fatimids, as their rightful spiritual and political leaders. Threatened by a possible rebellion within his empire, the Abbasid Caliph asked esteemed scholars and Jurists to issue an edict claiming that the Fatimids were not descended from Ali. With this, he intended to de-legitimize the Nizari Ismaili allegiance to the rival Fatimid domain on the basis of their claimed descent. [ [http://www.iis.ac.uk/view_article.asp?ContentID=104798 The Institute of Ismaili Studies - ‘al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah’ ] ] . The manifesto is part of the general assertion of orthodox Sunni Muslims that the Ismailis are heretics.

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