By bnm Tehran bureau Prince Rahim al-Hussaini has been named the new Aga Khan, becoming spiritual leader of 15mn Ismaili ...

Hussaini, son of Prince Karim Al-Hussaini Aga Khan IV, has been named in his father’s will as his successor to lead the ...

Here are five keys to better understanding the religious tradition. Ismaili Islam is a branch of Shia Islam. According to the Shiites, temporal and spiritual power is vested in the imams ...

The Aga Khan, the spiritual leader of the world’s millions of Ismaili Muslims and a major philanthropist, has died. His son ...

Just as counterfeit products flood the market, so too have counterfeit interpretations of religious texts that have emerged ...

He was 88. His Aga Khan Development Network and the Ismaili religious community announced that His Highness Prince Karim Al-Hussaini, the Aga Khan IV and 49th hereditary imam of the Shia Ismaili ...

Spiritual leader and business magnate Prince Karim Aga Khan, considered by his followers to be a direct descendant of the Prophet Muhammad, was remembered fondly by admirers in Pakistan and Lisbon on ...

Of these some 5% are Shia, the rest are Sunni. The historical split occurred 1400 years ago, following the death of Muhammad in Medina, in modern day Saudi Arabia. Muslims who wanted to select his ...

Ismaili Muslims said a last goodbye on Saturday to their late spiritual leader, Aga Khan IV, at a private funeral ceremony in ...

the Aga Khan IV and 49th hereditary imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims, died Tuesday in Portugal surrounded by his family. They said an announcement on his successor would come later. Considered by ...