From: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org (alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest) To: ammf-digest@smoe.org Subject: alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V14 #8941 Reply-To: ammf@fruvous.com Sender: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest Tuesday, May 10 2022 Volume 14 : Number 8941 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Victorious day is followed by WEEKS of failure. ["Control Cravings" Subject: Victorious day is followed by WEEKS of failure. Victorious day is followed by WEEKS of failure. http://synogutz.guru/KHro9_RM8B1txr2x9Bt1qyd6yklx_DPs6LdfDiYR_gzEOjU http://synogutz.guru/DdGMkCqJRETS0xvUvyxFxoR3Jt66V5bujb-34ZKbg3s6hxA uccession arrangements had emerged before, but al-Musta'li's accession was the first time that rival members of the Fatimid dynasty had actually fought over the throne. Given the pivotal role of the imam in the Isma'ili faith, this was of momentous importance: the issue of succession was not merely a matter of political intrigue, but also intensely religious. In the words of the modern pioneer of Isma'ili studies, Samuel Miklos Stern, "on it depended the continuity of institutional religion as well as the personal salvation of the believer". To the Isma'ili faithful, writes Stern, it was "not so much the person of the claimant that weighed with his followers; they were not moved by any superior merits of Nizar as a ruler it was the divine right personified in the legitimate heir that counted". As a result, the events of 1094b1095 caused a bitter and permanent schism in the Isma'ili movement that continues to the present. While al-Musta'li was recognized by the Fatimid elites and the official Isma'ili religious establishment (the da'wa), as well as the Isma'ili communities dependent on it in Syria and Yemen, most of the Isma'ili communities in the wider Middle East, and especially Persia and Iraq, rejected it. Whether out of genuine conviction, or as a convenient excuse to rid himself of Ca ------------------------------ End of alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V14 #8941 **********************************************