Nizarite Ismailis in Kenya

Abstract

Nizarite Ismailis in Kenya form a community that is open to the modern world, quick to seize opportunities, adjust and innovate. About 8,000 in number, it is only less than 0.3 % of the Kenyan Muslim population (about 3,000,000 people). Mainly urban, it is seen as the elite and actually holds a leading position in business, industry, finance and intellectual professions. This chapter aims to outline how the Ismaili society is organized. However, a historical detour while dwelling more on the ..