The Aga Khan IV, whose teachings on the significance of pluralism and the centrality of civil society inspired my career and my nonprofit’s work, had died. I had been bracing myself for this news. His ...

The Aga Khan IV, accompanied by his wife, Princess Salimah, right, greets his French jockey Yves Saint-Martin, winner of the Prix du Jockey Club, at the Chantilly Racecourse in France on June 3 ...

People carry the coffin of Prince Karim al-Hussaini, the Aga Khan IV and 49th hereditary imam of the Shiite Ismaili Muslims, who died Feb. 4 in Portugal, to be buried at the Aga Khan mausoleum, in ...

Relatives of Prince Karim Al-Hussaini, the Aga Khan IV and 49th hereditary imam of the Shiite Ismaili Muslims, who died Tuesday in Portugal, walk during a funeral ceremony at the Aga Khan ...

FILE – Karim Aga Khan, his wife the Begum Salima, and their son, Prince Rahim are seen in Geneva, Feb. 9, 1972. The baby was born October 12, 1971, in Geneva.

The late Prince Karim Al-Hussaini Aga Khan IV, who died on Tuesday in Lisbon after nearly seven decades as the spiritual leader of the global Ismaili Muslim community, will be buried in Egypt on ...

(RNS) — The Aga Khan IV was often referred to as a philanthropist, but the description ignores the spiritual impetus for his work. (RNS) — On Tuesday (Feb. 4), Shah Karim al-Hussaini, Aga Khan ...

FILE – The Aga Khan, spiritual head of Ismaili Muslims, listens to a speech during the inauguration of the restored 16th century Humayun’s Tomb in New Delhi, India, Sept. 18, 2013.

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 ...

ASWAN – 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 ...