Who are Ismaili Muslims and how do their beliefs relate to the Aga Khan’s work?
The Ismaili sect split into two branches in 1094. Aga Khan was the leader of the Nizari branch, which believes in a living imam or leader. The second branch – Musta'lian Tayyibi Ismailis – believes ...
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Newly named Aga Khan V to lead 'nearly completed' Ismaili Center in Houston
Work has resumed on the massive Ismaili Center near Buffalo Bayou after the death of the Aga Khan IV, the leader of the world's millions of Shia Ismaili Muslims known for his civic service in Houston.
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Aga Khan, the leader of Ismaili Muslims, laid to rest in Egypt during private burial ceremony
The death of Prince Karim – the 49th hereditary imam of the Shiite Ismaili Muslims – was announced Tuesday by the Aga Khan Development Network and the Ismaili religious community. His son ...
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The Aga Khan, spiritual leader of Ismaili Muslims and a philanthropist, dies at 88
PARIS — The Aga Khan, who became the spiritual leader of the world’s millions of Ismaili Muslims at age 20 as a Harvard undergraduate and poured a material empire built on billions of dollars ...
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Aga Khan, the leader of Ismaili Muslims, laid to rest in Egypt during private burial ceremony
People carry the coffin of Prince Karim Al-Hussaini, the Aga Khan IV and 49th hereditary imam of the Shiite Ismaili Muslims, who died Tuesday in Portugal, to be buried at the Aga Khan mausoleum ...
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Aga Khan V takes over role of spiritual leader of Ismaili Muslims
His Highness Prince Rahim Aga Khan V has formally assumed his role as the new spiritual leader of the Shia Ismaili Muslims community. The accession ceremony took place at the Diwan of the Ismaili ...
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Spiritual leader of Ismaili Muslims, Aga Khan IV is dead
Aga Khan IV, Prince Shah Karim Al Hussaini, the spiritual leader of Nizari Ismaili Muslims worldwide, is dead. He passed away in Lisbon at the age of 88, his development network said on Tuesday.