Prince Karim Aga Khan, who died on Feb. 4, 2025, served as the religious leader of Ismaili Muslims around the world since being appointed as the 49th hereditary imam in 1957. He came to be known ...

Rahim al-Hussaini, the new spiritual leader of Ismaili Muslims, was named as the successor to his father, who died at 88. By Amelia Nierenberg Reporting from London Prince Rahim al-Hussaini, a son ...

Essay: In the Ismaili Muslim community, a foundation of service and plurality shine beyond Ramadan By Jaundréa Clay , Staff Writer Updated April 24, 2022 11:53 a.m.

In 1095 an Ismaili prince named Nizar was in line to rule Cairo. When he was passed over in favor of his younger brother, Nizar briefly seized and ruled Alexandria but was executed.

The Aga Khan Museum will house some 1,000 artifacts spanning a millennium of Islamic history. The adjacent Ismaili Centre, Toronto, will include a prayer space and rooms for social, educational ...

The Ismaili community’s website said he was born on Dec. 13, 1936, in Creux-de-Genthod, near Geneva, the son of Joan Yarde-Buller and Aly Khan, and spent part of his childhood in Nairobi, Kenya ...

Omar Samji, a spokesperson for the Ismaili Council for the U.S.A, based in Houston, said the death of the Aga Khan IV and the announcement of his successor, the Aga Khan V, is both sad and joyous ...

Prince Amyn Aga Khan, left, and Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner participate in a tree-planting ceremony at the site of the under-construction Ismaili Center Houston on Monday, Oct. 23, 2023.

In 2015, more than 40 members of the Ismaili community were killed in Karachi, Pakistan, when gunmen opened fire on a bus. Jundullah, a Taliban splinter group, claimed responsibility for the attack.

(The Conversation) — Aga Khan, the religious leader of the Ismailis – a sect of Islam – established the Aga Khan Foundation in 1967. It has served millions around the world since then.