Excerpt: When we asked our hosts about the Aga Khan they spoke of him with quiet devotion and gratitude. Ismaili Muslims don’t have mosques, they pray at home. We witnessed several times that while the rest of the family continued with their daily business or chatted to us, one member of the family would quietly go to one side to pray.
Pamiri houses are themselves a form of devotion. The main room of each home has five pillars: the largest one represents Muhammad, at two other corners are Ali, his cousin and son-in-law, and Fatima, his daughter, Ali’s wife. Two smaller ones at the last corner of this square within the room, opposite the main entrance, represent Ali and Fatima’s sons, Hassan and Hussein.
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