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Who is Aga Khan (Karim Shah), whom the Ismailis residing in France and Syria follow?

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The person responsible for it is Karim al-Agha Khan IV, the leader of the Agha Khaniyya sect, one of the Nizari Isma'iliyya sub-sects. It emerged in Iran in the 19th century and is now spread across several countries. This sect is misguided and deviant due to the corrupt beliefs mixed into its doctrine, which stem from philosophy, ancient Persian and Buddhist beliefs. Among their beliefs are the denial of Allah's attributes, the concept of transmigration of souls, and the permissibility of incest. Absolute permissiveness, the removal of the hijab, the legalization of prohibitions, and the denial of religious laws have been reported from them.

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