2 Most are Imami Shia Muslims, recognizing the leadership of a succession of twelve Imams beginning with the Prophet Muhammad's son-in-law Ali. A minority are Ismaili Shia, who look for leadership ...

Few in the country now know that its founding leader, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, was born an Ismaili and embraced Shia practice.

As the 49th Hereditary Imam (spiritual leader) of the Shia Ismaili Muslims, His Highness the Aga Khan is present in the world. In the 8th century, however, the Ismaili sect began to split from Shia ...

Qaida, has made efforts to soften its sectarian image and, possibly, ideology. H A Hellyer, a senior associate fellow of the Royal United Services Institute, said careful management of relations with ...

Khoja-Moolji’s grandmother found refuge within the Shia Ismaili Muslim community, a minority within a minority, being an ethnic group only holding a marginal presence within the fifteen percent of ...

Studies in Oriental Sources, p. 75. This book explores the evolution of a Shia Ismaili identity and crucial aspects of the historical forces that conditioned the development of the Muslim modern in ...

Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, Vol. 24, Issue. 3, p. 353. This book represents the first serious consideration of Ismaili-Shia esotericism in material and architectural terms, as well as of pre ...

Dr Saifuddin is the spiritual leader and 53rd Da'i al-Mutlaq of one million Dawoodi Bohras, a subgroup of the Tayyibi, Mustaali, Ismaili Shia branch of Islam. Mr Chebukati was awarded Order of the ...