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1. Article: Ritual, Evan M. Zuess (Encyclopaedia of Religion, First Edition)
2. Article: Ritual, Catherine M. Bell (Encyclopaedia of Religion, Second Edition)
3. Article: Faith, Jane I. Smith (Encyclopaedia of Qur’an)
4. Book Chapter: The Nature of Shi‘ism in Its South Asian Context (from Religious Performance in Contemporary Islam), Vernon James Schubel
5. Excerpts of Speeches of Mawlana Hazar Imam
6. Article: "Nizari Ismailis: Doctrines and Practices" (excerpt from What is Shi‘a Islam?), Farhad Daftary and Azim Nanji
7. Article: Religious Festivals, Rites, and Ceremonies, Gulam Abbas (Ilm, December 1989)
8. Article: “The Nizari Isma‘ili Ceremony of Ghat-Pat” (excerpt from “Ritual and Symbolic Aspects of Islam in African Contexts,” in Islam in Local Contexts, 1982), Azim Nanji
9. Article: Ab – Water in Muslim Iranian culture, Ismail K. Poonawala (Encyclopaedia Iranica)
10. Article: The Water is One, but the Flowers are Coloured: Pluralism and Piety in the Muslim World, Rizwan Mawani (The Ismaili Canada, March 2010)
11. Book Chapter: Introduction (from Shimmering Light: An Anthology of Ismaili Poetry), Faquir M. Hunzai
12. Book Chapter: The Ginans as Devotional Literature (from Ecstasy and Enlightenment: The Ismaili Devotional Literature of South Asia), Ali Asani
13. Curriculum: Faith and Practice in Islamic Traditions (IIS Secondary Curriculum)
14. IIS Reading List: Muslim Rituals and Practices
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