Aga Khan IV, Spiritual Leader of Ismaili Muslims, ... The current Imam of the Nizari Ismailis is . Aga Khan IV (Prince Karim Aga Khan), who has led the community since 1957.

The Aga Khan Development Network and the Ismaili religious community announced earlier that His Highness Prince Karim Al-Hussaini, the Aga Khan IV and 49th hereditary imam of the Shiite Ismaili ...

Rahim, 53, became the fifth Aga Khan and the 50th imam of the Nizari Ismaili branch of Shia Islam, whose leaders claim descent from the Prophet Muhammad.

The Aga Khan, whose full title is His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan IV, is the current Imam of Ismaili Muslims. He has an estimated 15 million followers in more than 25 countries.

THE Aga Khan is one of the world’s most generous philanthropists and the spiritual leader of more than 15 million Ismaili Muslims worldwide. He has spent the last 60 years beautifully bridging ...

And now, he has just granted his successor the title ‘His Highness’. After the unsealing of Prince Karim’s will, his half-British son, Prince Rahim Al-Hussaini, was named Aga Khan V. Aged 53, Prince ...

This is the Aga Khan's 60th year as imam, and he and the Ismaili community are celebrating his diamond jubilee. It is a year of service as much as celebration, all leading up to his visit this week.

Aga Khan is a title given to the Imam (leader) of the Nizari Ismāʿīli Shias. The Imam serves as the spiritual leader of the Ismaili branch of Shiite Islam. The current Aga Khan is 83-year-old ...

(THE CONVERSATION) 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 ...

The Aga Khan is a Muslim leader of global stature who rarely appears on the airwaves. He usually prefers to keep his distance from the media -- not least because the press has generally proved ...