A member of an Ismaili sect found mainly in western India.
霍加派（主要分布在印度西部的穆斯林支派成员）
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They announced the fact of their separation in the newspapers and became known as Ithna Ashari Khojas.
Zanzibar was witness to all the chaos and entanglement that had befallen the Khojas of that era.
The marriage, divorce, and funeral customs of the Khojas differ from the general law and customs of Islam.
The Ismaili Khojas number over 270 thousand and there are still a handful of Sunni Khojas.
The Khojas today represent an integral part of the Nizari communities scattered in more than twenty-five countries.
My father is an Arab, my mother a Gujarati Khoja with a memsahib upbringing.
But Bohras and Khojas have their own respective leaders they call Imams and give religious value to them.
How many of us really know the culture and traditions of the Memons, Khojas, Cheliyas or the Moplahs?
He is credited with the conversion of the Khojas from the Hindu caste of the Lohanas.
In the 19th century some Khojas emigrated to East Africa, where Khoja communities remain today.
The Nizari and Mustali-Tayyibi Ismailis of South Asian origins have been more commonly designated, respectively, as Khojas and Bohras.
The majority of Khojas are also converts from Hinduism and their customs are a reflection of this.
The Khojas were all engaged either in retail trade or commerce, and doing well in both.
Like the Pope, who retains all the powers to control Roman Catholic Christians, the Bohara and Khojas are under strict control of their respective priestly hierarchy.
Origin
Early 17th century (in the sense 'Muslim scribe or teacher'): from Turkish hoca, from Persian.