Isma'ilism rose at one point to become the largest branch of Shia Islam, climaxing as a political power with the Fatimid Caliphate in the 10th through 12th centuries. Ismailis believe in the oneness of God, as well as the closing of divine revelation with Muhammad, whom they see as "the final Prophet and Messenger of God to all humanity".

The official website of the Ismaili Muslim community

The Shia Ismaili Muslims are a community of ethnically and culturally diverse peoples living in over 25 countries around the world, united in their allegiance to His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan (known to the Ismailis as Mawlana Hazar Imam), the 49th hereditary Imam (spiritual leader) and direct descendant of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon ...

Jun 17, 2019 · In Persia, Syria, Central Asia and South Asia, Ismaili communities endured widespread persecution, which forced them in the following centuries to present themselves outwardly as Sunnis, Sufis and other kinds of Muslims, depending on the area’s religious authority. The line of Ismaili imams continued uninterrupted, however, with every imam ...

Feb 5, 2025 · Ismāʿīliyyah, sect of Shiʿah Islam that was most active as a religiopolitical movement in the 9th–13th century through its constituent movements—the Fāṭimids, the Qarāmiṭah (Qarmatians), and the Nīzarī s.

Feb 6, 2025 · Rahim Al-Hussaini was named Wednesday as the new Aga Khan, spiritual leader of the world’s millions of Ismaili Muslims, following the death of his father.

Feb 5, 2025 · The Ismaili community’s website said the late Aga Khan’s burial will be held in the coming days, followed by an homage ceremony. Considered by his followers to be a direct descendant of the Prophet Muhammad and treated as a head of state, he was a student when his grandfather named him as successor to lead the diaspora of Ismaili Muslims ...

Keywords: Ismaili, Shi‘a, taqiyya Precautionary dissimulation of one’s religious beliefs, especially in time of persecution or danger, a practice especially adopted by the Shi’i Muslims., Imamah, Imam ‘Ali, Caliphate, Fatimid, Abbasid, Ahl alBayt, da‘wa, shari‘a, dawr al-satr Lit. ‘period of concealment’. Al-Qāḍī al-Nuʿmān (d. 974) uses the term dawr al-satr to refer to ...

Representing the second largest Shīʿī Muslim community after the Ithnāʿasharīs, or Twelver Shīʿīs, the Ismāʿīlīs have had a complex history dating back to the formative period of Islam. In medieval times, the Ismāʿīlīs established states of their own, the Fāṭimid caliphate and the Nizārī Ismāʿīlī state of the Alamūt period.

The second-largest Shiʿa community in the world, the Ismailis are settled in over 35 countries across Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Europe, North America and Australia. Like the ummah (global Muslim community) as a whole, the Ismailis represent a rich diversity of cultures, languages and nationalities.