Rahim lives in Switzerland and has two sons with former American fashion model Kendra Spears, whom he married in 2013. Spears converted to Islam and was known as Princess Salwa Aga Khan until the ...

Considered by followers to be a direct descendant of the Prophet Muhammad, His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan IV was a student when his grandfather picked him to lead the Shia Ismaili Muslim diaspora.

FILE - The Aga Khan, spiritual leader to millions of Ismaili Muslims, addresses an audience, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2015, at the Memorial Church on the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass ...

(The Conversation) — Aga Khan, the religious leader of the Ismailis – a sect of Islam – established the Aga Khan Foundation in 1967. It has served millions around the world since then.

Religion; speed read The Aga Khan, billionaire spiritual leader, dies at 88. Prince Karim Al-Hussaini's philanthropy funded hospitals, housing and schools in some of the world's poorest places.

Half-British prince Rahim al-Hussaini has been named the new Aga Khan, becoming the spiritual leader of the world’s Ismaili Muslims and taking over a philanthropic empire worth $13 billion.

Newly named Aga Khan V to lead 'nearly completed' Ismaili Center in Houston The sprawling Ismaili Muslim community hub is slated for a 2025 completion date. By Eric Killelea , Religion Reporter ...

Pakistan has extended deepest condolences at the passing away of Prince Karim Al-Hussaini Aga Khan IV. In a statement today, the Foreign Office said spiritual leader, statesman, ... His life was ...

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 ...

The Aga Khan, imam of the Ismaili Muslims and head of a major development aid foundation, died Tuesday in Lisbon at the age of 88, his foundation announced.