Editing Ismailism (section)

==Inclusion in Amman Message and Islamic Ummah==
The [[Amman Message]], which was issued on 9 November 2004 (27th of Ramadan 1425 AH) by [[Abdullah II of Jordan|King Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein of Jordan]], called for tolerance and unity in the Muslim world. Subsequently, the "Amman Message" Conference took place in Amman, Jordan on 4–6 July 2005, and a three-point declaration was issued by 200 Muslim academics from over 50 countries focusing on the three issues of:

# Defining who is a [[Muslim]];
# Excommunication from [[Islam]] (''takfir''); and
# Principles related to delivering religious edicts (''[[Fatwa|fatāwa]]'').

The three-point declaration (later known as ''The Three Points of the Amman Message'')<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ammanmessage.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=91&Itemid=74 |title=The Official Website of The Amman Message - The Three Points of The Amman Message V.1 |publisher=Ammanmessage.com |access-date=2012-12-26}}</ref> included both the [[Ja'fari jurisprudence|Ja'fari]] and [[Zaydi]] Shia ''madhāhib'' (schools of jurisprudence) among the eight schools of jurisprudence that were listed as being in the Muslim fold and whose adherents were, therefore, to be considered as ''Muslim by definition'' and therefore cannot be excluded from the world community of Muslims.{{cn|date=May 2022}}

The [[Aga Khan IV|Aga Khan]], the 49th Imam of the Nizari Ismailis, was invited to issue a religious edict for and on behalf of the Ismailis, which he did by a letter explicitly stating that the Ismailis adhered to the Ja'fari school as well as other schools of close affinity including the Sufi principles concerned with a personal search for God.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ammanmessage.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=22&Itemid=48 |title=Letter by His Highness the Aga Khan endorsing the Amman Message and the fatwa |access-date=2012-07-29}}</ref>

The summarization by [[Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad]] explicitly delineates on page 11 the place of the Ismailis as being ''within'' the Ja'fari school as stated by the Aga Khan.<ref name="ammanmessage.com">{{cite web |url=http://ammanmessage.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15&Itemid=29&limit=1&limitstart=10 |title=Introduction by HRH PRINCE GHAZI BIN MUHAMMAD |access-date=2012-07-29}}</ref>