Baghdad Manifesto
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The manifesto of Baghdad was a testimony ordered by The Abbasid Caliph Al-Qadir in response to the growth of the Fatimid Supporting Nizari Ismaili sect of Islam within his borders.[1]
The Nizari Ismailis viewed the Fatimids, who were descendents of Ali, as their rightful spiritual and political leaders. Threatened by a possible rebellion within his empire, the Abbasid Qaliph forced esteemed scholars and Jurists to issue an edict claiming that the Fatimids were not descended from Ali. With this, he intended to de-legitimize the Nizari Ismaili allegiance to the rival Fatimid domain on the basis of their claimed descent. [2].
The manifesto--similar to the famed anti-semitic, and also politically-motivated Protocols of the Elders of Zion, have been used to attack the widely-persecuted Nizari Ismaili sect of Islam, and their spiritual leader the Aga Khan, who is descended from the Fatimids. The document is part of the general assertion of Islamic Fundamentalists that the Ismailis are kaffirs, or non-believers.
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