Word: ismailis
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...Highness Aga Khan III, had died, and his will named Karim—fondly known by his classmates as ‘K’—as his successor, making him Aga Khan IV. And so, at 20 years old, Karim became the leader of the Ismaili Muslims, a sect of Shia Islam with over 15 million followers who consider him a direct descendant of the Prophet Muhammad...
...Khan shows that you can be Western, and you can be transnational, and you can still be Muslim,” said Asani, who is an Ismaili...
...role of a spiritual leader believed to be descended from the Prophet Muhammad is exclusive to the Ismaili tradition in Islam...
...Asani, the Harvard professor who specializes in the Ismaili tradition, says that members of the sect have often lived as refugees and in hiding, giving the community a pluralistic mindset...
...about teaching and learning in the developing world—came dressed in a dark suit instead. Khan, director of the Social Welfare Department at the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), is the eldest child of The Aga Khan ’59, the current Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims. AKDN, founded by The Aga Khan, promotes social and economic development of societies in various regions of Africa and Asia, “focusing on the needs of the poor and ultra-poor,” according to Professor Ali S. A. Asani ’77, who studies...