Hussaini, will oversee the plans to open the million-dollar Ismaili Muslim community hub after his father's recent passing.

Prince Karim, 88, was given the title of “His Highness” by Queen Elizabeth in July 1957, two weeks after his grandfather, the ...

The spiritual leader, who is widely regarded as a builder of bridges between Muslim societies and West, died in Portugal on ...

Aga Khan V. (Hussein Rashid, Ph.D., is an independent scholar based in New York and an Ismaili Muslim. The views in this commentary do not necessarily reflect those of RNS.) RNS believes that ...

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 ...

In his inaugural address, he “pledged to dedicate his life to care for the spiritual ...

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 ...

The Aga Khan IV was laid to rest on Sunday at a private ceremony in Aswan, Egypt. The death of Prince Karim – the 49th hereditary imam of the Shiite Ismaili Muslims – was announced Tuesday by ...

The Aga Khan IV, who became leader of the world’s Ismaili Muslims while still a university student and built a global network of business projects and philanthropy while expanding his hereditary ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A burial service for Aga Khan IV, the 49th hereditary imam of the Shiite Ismaili Muslims, was held in the ...

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. There are only 12 million to 15 million ...