Islam
- Ismaili Shī‘ism
- Dawoodi Bohras – Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin (1965–present)
- Nizari (Isma`ilia) –
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- Aga Khan IV, 49th Imam (1957–present)
- Ahmadiyya Islam
- Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
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- Khalifatul Masih IV, Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad (1982–2003)
- Khalifatul Masih V, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad (2003–Present)
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Famous quotes containing the word islam:
“Awareness of the stars and their light pervades the Koran, which reflects the brightness of the heavenly bodies in many verses. The blossoming of mathematics and astronomy was a natural consequence of this awareness. Understanding the cosmos and the movements of the stars means understanding the marvels created by Allah. There would be no persecuted Galileo in Islam, because Islam, unlike Christianity, did not force people to believe in a “fixed” heaven.”
—Fatima Mernissi, Moroccan sociologist. Islam and Democracy, ch. 9, Addison-Wesley Publishing Co. (Trans. 1992)
“Sooner or later we must absorb Islam if our own culture is not to die of anemia.”
—Basil Bunting (1900–1985)
“The exact objectives of Islam Inc. are obscure. Needless to say everyone involved has a different angle, and they all intend to cross each other up somewhere along the line.”
—William Burroughs (b. 1914)