"Ismailis have a modernist outlook," said John Mock, a scholar of South Asia at the University of California at Santa Cruz. "the Aga Khan promotes modernism."

加州大学圣克鲁斯分校研究南亚的学者John Mock说：伊斯玛仪派有一套现代主义的观点，阿加汗主张现代主义。

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Ismailis, concentrated in Salamiya, north-east of Homs, have joined the anti-Assad fray.

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The development organization of Prince Aga Khan, the spiritual leader of the Ismailis, who owns the Serena hotel outside Khorog, also helped in the evacuation.

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