mazharshah wrote: I came to know; mostly all central Asian Ismailis, all Arab Ismails,
Chinese Ismailis, Ismailis from Chitral, Hunza, Punjab, Ismailis from late east Pakistan, and many African Ismailis do believe in Quran as word of Allah. They don't say Quran is altered or out dated. Only problem is with some khojas/mominas of subcontinent, rest of all Ismails believe in Quran as it is.
MHI tells us in his Farmans there is strength in diversity. Therefore we as a diverse Jamat can learn good aspects of life from each other and illuminate each other. Wisdom and knowledge from one tradition can benefit other traditions.
Over the past few centuries, the khoja Jamat has had relative freedom to express their beielfs in the open and to seek knowledge from wherever. Other jamats especially from Central Asia did not have that priivilege until very recently. Hence these Jamats can benefit from the knowledge and wisdom of the Khoja Jamats.
Pir Shahbudin in his work: "The True Meaning of Religion" has told us that the Qur'an has been corrupted. So it is not that the Khojas are saying these things to create problems. Perhaps you as a community worker can educate the other other Jamats about this. Perhaps they were not aware of it. But it is more important for yourself to know that the Qur'an was corrupted. Below is the link.
"It is recorded in all histories, and every one knows how the Coran was
written down. It was not yet in the form as it is now. Every one possessed some portions of it, which he recited. Under 'Uthman the authorities selected some portions, rejecting others. It would be too long to narrate this in detail. Then they seized by force all the other copies, and burnt them.2 Thus the knowledge of the original Coran, which was really left by the Prophet, and which remains in the hands of his 'itrat, or legitimate successors, was taken from the people."
http://www.ismaili.net/Source/0693.html