Founder Aga Khan holds the claim that he is an heir of Muhammad through Muhammad's cousin and son-in-law, Ali, considered an imam in Shia Islam, and Ali's wife Fatima, Muhammad's first wife. A ...

Karim al-Hussaini Aga Khan IV, in Lisbon aged 88, earlier this month. Ismaili Muslims are a sect within Shia Islam with a distinct interpretation of the Quran. The 53 year-old is the eldest son of ...

The Ismaili Community, of which the Aga Khan is the leader, is a sect of Islam which broke off from the main religion shortly after its founding. In announcing the gifts, Pusey said, "The ...

Following the death of his father the Aga Khan IV, Prince Rahim Al-Hussaini has been announced as the new Aga Khan—the ...

Prince Rahim Al-Hussaini Aga Khan V has been named the 50 th spiritual ... the fourth Rightly Guided Caliph of Islam and the first Shia Imam. Throughout their 1,400-year history, the Ismailis ...

When Prince Karim Aga Khan IV attended the 170th Prix de Diane ... religious fundamentalism or Sunni-Shiite tensions. Islam is not a faith "of conflict or social disorder, it's a religion of ...