Reza Shah-Kazemi

Dr. Reza Shah-Kazemi studied International Relations and Politics at Sussex and Exeter Universities before earning his PhD in Comparative Religion from the University of Kent in 1994. He subsequently served as a consultant to the Institute for Policy Research in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He is a Research Associate at the Institute of Ismaili Studies in London, where his projects have included a new annotated translation of Nahj al-Balagha, the discourses of Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib. He is the founding editor of the Islamic World Report. His authored works include 'The Spirit of Tolerance in Islam' (IIS/IB Tauris, 2012), 'Spiritual Quest: Reflections on Qur'anic Prayer according to the teachings of Imam Ali' (IIS/IB Tauris, 2011), 'Common Ground Between Islam and Buddhism' (Fons Vitae, 2010), 'Paths to Transcendence: According to Shankara, Ibn Arabi and Meister Eckhart' (World Wisdom, 2006), 'Justice and Remembrance: Introducing the Spirituality of Imam Ali' (IIS/IB Tauris, 2006), and 'The Other in the Light of the One: The Universality of the Qur'an and Interfaith Dialogue' (Islamic Texts Society, 2006).