The culture, priorities and advancements of the group do not reflect tho

se of a community of killers. Prior to being known as the Assassins the group reigned as the caliphs of the Fatimid Dynasty, its capital, Cairo became the de facto center of science, art, and philosophy. This achievement was of great importance to Shi’ism as a whole because this marked the first time since the time of Ali that a Shia imam was given political leadership of an entire Muslim state, also the Ismaili imams who were the Fatimid caliphs were treated as the official voice of Shi’ism. The Fatimids established a vast network of trade and commerce after settling down in Egypt. In direct rivalry with the Abbasids who used the Persian Gulf for trading purposes, the Fatimids successfully developed another trade route to India passing through the Red Sea. In fact, they soon came to control all international trade between the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean. A group who puts so much emphasis on science, art, philosophy and commerce are not likely to practice acts of terror.

The stories surrounding the Nizari Ismailis are clearly fabricated because of the group’s culture and priorities, therefore the legends are a product o

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