I read Mihir Bose's book called The Aga Khans and although I am a non-muslim and not an expert on Islam, seems to me the last three Aga Khans hardly folowed any principles of Islam that even I know. The whole life of Aga Khans seem to be devoted to collecting money from their followers and spending it lavishly on their own pleasures. Hardly any Aga Khan recently has even married a Muslim woman. Their wives have been gori aurate from Europe. They hardly ever lived in India and still called themselves Indian. Aly Khan's wife, a divorced gori, gave birth to their son Karim Khan only 7 months after their wedding.
How a bunch of goras can fool an otherwise smart business community such as Khojas, is beyond me.
many ppl write many books criticizing the ismaili imams... we don't really care to reply... i've explained most of what mihir bose objects but since u haven't read the previous pages of this thread, let me go over it again... out zakat (also called daswond by gujarati khojas) is collected in jamatkahans and is used for the welfare of poor ppl.. our imam has inherited whatever he spends and he has businesses too (not the aga khan organization)... marrying ahle-kitab i.e jewish or christian women is allowed for muslim men given that they live decent lives after marriage (which all imam's wives did as it is a known fact).. as far as being indian is concerned, what's living abroad got to do wid being indian.. i live abroad but i still consider myself pakistani and i love my country.. what a stupid accustaion.. just for the record,our previous imam Sultan Muhammad Shah (aga khan III) was one of the leaders of independence movement of pakistan... and as far as the birth of imam karim-al-hussayni (whom u called karim khan) is concerned, why don't u give me a reference from his family about his birth rather than providing me wid mihir bose's book's reference..
also, plz don't call my imam gora.. i don't know what u got against my religion(or you are just frustrated about somethin else), but this is no way to pass comments without knowing the reality.. as far as khojas being ismailis is concerned, it's their own choice, no one forces them.. i'm happy for them that they escaped the dirty caste system and embraced islam..majority of khojas were oppressed and poor as low-caste hindus... where they are today is all because of the imam's efforts (he gave a lot from his own pocket too to uplift his followers apart from zakat money).. now u know where the zakat money goes..:)