Reza Shah-Kazemi

Dr. Reza Shah-Kazemi writes on a range of topics from metaphysics and doctrine to contemplation and prayer. He is presently a Research Associate at the Institute of Ismaili Studies in London, where, amongst other projects, he has been working on a new, annotated translation of Nahj al-Balagha, the discourses of Imam ‘Ali. Dr. Shah-Kazemi is also the founding editor of the Islamic World Report. His degrees include International Relations and Politics at Sussex and Exeter Universities, and a PhD in Comparative Religion from the University of Kent in 1994. He later acted as a consultant to the Institute for Policy Research in Kuala Lampur, Malaysia.

Dr. Shah-Kazemi has authored and translated several works, including Paths of Transcendence: Shankara, Ibn Arabi and Meister Eckhart on Transcendent Spiritual Realization (World Wisdom Books, 2006), Doctrines of Shi‘i Islam (I. B. Tauris in association with The Institute of Ismaili Studies, 2001), Avicenna: Prince of Physicians (Hood Hood, 1997) and Crisis in Chechnya (Islamic World Report, 1995). Reza Shah-Kazemi has edited several books, including Algeria: Revolution Revisited (Islamic World Report, 1997). He has also published numerous articles and reviews in academic journals.

Dr. Reza Shah-Kazemi’s work for World Wisdom includes:

• Paths to Transcendence: According to Shankara, Ibn Arabi, and Meister Eckhart
• “Divine Beatitude: Supreme Archetype of Aesthetic Experience” in Seeing God Everywhere
• “Frithjof Schuon and Prayer” in The Underlying Religion
• “Recollecting the Spirit of Jihad” in Islam, Fundamentalism, and the Betrayal of Tradition
• “Jesus in the Quran: Selfhood and Compassion—An Akbari Perspective” in Sufism: Love and Wisdom
• “A Sacred Conception of Justice: Imam ‘Ali’s Letter to Malik al-Ashtar” in The Sacred Foundations of Justice in Islam: The Teachings of ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib
• The video-taped presentation “Traditional Action in the Contemporary World” in Tradition in the Modern World: Sacred Web 2006 Conference (DVD)