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The Aga Khans have extensively intermarried into people's with European ancestry. Their founders were descended from Sayyids, the Qajar dynasty in Iran, they have Iranian, and South Asian ancestry as well.

Salam, brothers and sisters! I came across an article titled "The Philosophy of Life in the Rasail Ikhwan al Safa: Ishq & Love " and found a disturbing paragraph in the article. For those who donot know what Ikhwan us safa is, let me elaborate on what little knowledge i have about it. The risail of Ikhwan us safa is a collection of rasail's ( manuscripts ) that the ismailis claim to have been written and compiled by their imams ( later ones ). They include knowledge about this world and the hereafter and have insight on topics such as ilm,soul, music, philosophy , math and others. So ikhwan us safa are the writers of the rasail ( meaning their imams ) Anyways, i found this article on a site called " fatemidawat.com " ( a site by dawoodi bohras ) When i read the paragraph i got the idea that it might be talking about reincarnation. I will share the excerpt as well as the article link here. Need your opinions on the matter. Paragraph: "If the individual soul fails to attach itself to the Imam and is not purified, upon death that soul is not freed from the fetters of matter, but remains bound within the world of generation and corruption. It will have to traverse through the cycle of nature and rise in the levels of the muwalladaat, created things, until it once again reaches human form. This according to the Ikhwan al Safa is true hell. " Article link: https://www.fatemidawat.com/assets/images/Published Works/Ikhwanus Safa/ikhwanus-safa-rasail-ishq.pdf P.s. The specific para i pointed out is on page 3 of the article ( the last paragraph ) Wassalam! May Allah guide all of us to the straight Path! Ameen

In Pakistan, there is a Nizari Ismaili dissident named Nasiruddin Hunzai (a.k.a. Nasir al-Din Hunzai). Official websites: http://monoreality.org/ http://hubeali1.wordpress.com/ http://www.burushaskiresearchacademy.org http://hub-e-ali.blogspot.ca/ His work can also be found on some Nizari Ismaili websites, for example: http://ismailimail.w...asir-i-khusraw/ Here is his official biography: Some pictures of Nasiruddin Hunzai's operations can be seen here and here. Here are some pics of him operating, for example: By ruwayd at 2012-07-14 By ruwayd at 2012-07-14 By ruwayd at 2012-07-14 By ruwayd at 2012-07-14 By ruwayd at 2012-07-14 Nasiruddin Hunzai is at least somewhat of a dissident in the Nizari Ismaili community, apparently. Many Nizari Ismailis regard him as heretical. However, he has not been publicly refuted by any Nizari Ismailis to my knowledge, and many Nizari Ismailis still think highly of him. Also, Nasiruddin Hunzai also still very much considers himself a Nizari Ismaili and a devout follower of Nizari Ismailism. Additionally, his many books and articles are somewhat widely read within the Nizari Ismaili community to this very day, as well as the books and articles of his supposed successor, Faquir Muhammad Hunzai. For instance, one can search online and find many works by Nasiruddin Hunzai and Faquir Muhammad Hunzai, especially on Nizari Ismaili websites. Here is what one Nizari Ismaili wrote about Nasiruddin Hunzai: On the other hand, here is what another Nizari Ismaili wrote about Nasiruddin Hunzai: Also, here is a short biography of Nasiruddin Hunzai's supposed successor, Faquir Muhammad Hunzai, who is currently working at the Aga Khan owned "Institute of Ismaili Studies" in London, England: Uploaded with ImageShack.us

Salamalykum wa Ya Ali madad, recently I discovered that some years ago Hezbollah were against other shias: the druzes considering them as kuffar. This is unbelievable. As shias we should not be against people who believe in the same Allah, in the same prophet Muhammad * and in same Imam Ali,as, I cannot understand similar behaviour, what do you think about it? Also I am in touch with eminent scholars from Lebanon and people should know that Al Darazi, the person who was in the beginning an ismaili missionary for jealousy to Hamza Ibn Ali he added evil things in books people have thought are the original texts of druze (mouwahhidoun) muslims. In internet we have even a misguiding website that is against ismailis (I am one of them) who is telling many lies, I hope anybody is going to reply to all these falsehood about http://mostmerciful.com/?page_id=20&cat_id=23