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 ...

In terms of “Zakat,” or charity – the third pillar of Islam, which Muslims are required to follow – Ismailis differ in two ways. They give it to the leader of their faith, Aga Khan ...

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 ...

Following the death of his father the Aga Khan IV, Prince Rahim Al-Hussaini has been announced as the new Aga Khan—the spiritual leader of the world’s Ismaili Muslims, a branch of Shia Islam.

The Aga Khan's first marriage was to a British woman, Sarah Croker Poole, who converted to Islam, changed her name to Salimah Aga Khan, and assumed an aristocratic title of begum upon her marriage.

He was not only a voice for the global Muslim community representing Islam as a thinking, pluralistic and peaceful faith but also a visionary leader whose work through the Aga Khan Development ...

was named the Aga Khan V as the new leader of Ismaili Muslims, a branch of Shiite Islam with about 15 million followers concentrated in Central Asia, Iran, Pakistan and East Africa. Born Prince ...

The Tuesday death of the Aga Khan, the spiritual leader of the world ... the fourth Rightly Guided Caliph of Islam and the first Shia Imam," the Diwan of Ismaili Imamat said Wednesday.

Its work in Pakistan earned the Aga Khan the wrath of Sunni Taliban militants who accused the foundation's schools of "brainwashing" men and women to stay away from Islam. In his youth he had ...

Its work in Pakistan earned the Aga Khan the wrath of Sunni Taliban militants who accused the foundation's schools of "brainwashing" men and women to stay away from Islam. During his lifetime, the Aga ...

By Alan Cowell The Aga Khan IV, who as the leader of the world ... a branch of the Shiite tradition of Islam with a following of 15 million people in 35 countries. An imam, or leader of his ...