His Highness Karim Aga Khan IV – widely regarded as ... Muslims in Canada with the help of Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan - the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees at the time – and ...

The Aga Khan III mausoleum, a rectangular mosque-like building on ... He has contributed to the New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle and the UN news site IRIN ...

PRINCE KARIM AGA KHAN, the 49th hereditary imam of the Ismaili Muslims ... He received 44 international awards, including the UN Champion for Global Change award, and 24 honorary degrees from leading ...

Further reading: Achoura: A celebration for Sunnis, a mourning for Shias UN Secretary-General António Guterres expressed that he was “deeply saddened” by the news of the Aga Khan’s passing.

Fast cars, yachts and racehorses are not the usual accoutrements of religious leaders, but they fitted the lifestyle of the Aga Khan, the spiritual leader of the world’s 12 million Ismaili ...

The family traces their descent directly from Prophet Muhammad and the Aga Khan is treated as a head of state. The late Aga Khan III was very clear about his choice. He had written in his will: ...

The teachings of the late Aga Khan IV, spiritual leader of Ismaili Muslims, point to role of civil society as a bulwark ...

The world mourns the loss of His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan, a luminous figure whose impact transcended borders, faiths, and generations. A visionary leader, humanitarian, and beacon of wisdom ...

LAHORE: Governor Punjab Sardar Saleem Haider Khan, accompanied by senior PPP leader, Hassan Murtaza, visited the Jamat Khana of the late Prince Karim Aga Khan in Lahore, where he offered “Fateha ...

Al-Hussaini is now Aga Khan V, a title given to the 50th imam of the Nizari Ismaili branch of Shia Islam. Although the Ismaili Muslim community is estimated to include only 12 to 15 million people, ...

Investing in Education: A Key to Development One of Aga Khan’s greatest contributions was in education. Through the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), he established top-tier schools and ...

Aswan also holds a historical significance for the Aga Khan family as it pays homage to the Fatimid dynasty, from which the Ismaili Imams trace their lineage. With the burial of Aga Khan IV in ...