{"collection":"Texts of Islam","full_text_available":false,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_isl_isma_index_htm/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/sacred_texts_v1_isl_isma_index_htm","id":"sacred_texts_v1_isl_isma_index_htm","license":"unknown_pending_legal_review","rights_basis":"sacred_texts_v1_preview_gate_primary_text_only; acquisition-method/ToS and compilation-copyright questions still open, not resolved by this gate","source":"sacred_texts_v1","source_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/isma/index.htm","summary":"The Ism\u0101\u201b\u012bl\u012bs are a sect of the Sh\u012b\u201b\u012b branch of Islam. They are regarded by many in the west today as epitomizing Islamic 'gnosis', and there is no denying the similarities between their beliefs and those of the more esoteric versions of Judaism and Christianity. They are considered to be terrible heretics, however, by many orthodox Muslims, both Sunni and Sh\u012b\u201b\u012b, and have been subject to awful persecution at different times in their history.","tags":[],"text":null,"title":"Isma'ili materials - index","tradition":"Texts of Islam","translated_text":null,"word_count":268}