Great. I guess this offshoot of Shiite Ismaili islam are more "good muslims," right?
Couldn't really say. I can say that Ismailis are persecuted and slaughtered as heretics/apostates throughout the Sunni Muslim world. They're probably preferable to the moderate Islamists in the Free Syrian Army, though. Again, supporting weak Muslim sects against the 1b strong Sunni Muslims responsible for 9/11 makes good strategic sense, just as supporting Stalin against Hitler made sense during WWII.