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 came to be known ...
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PARIS (AP) — The Aga Khan, who became the spiritual leader of the world’s millions of Ismaili Muslims at age 20 as a Harvard undergraduate and poured a material empire built on billions of dollars in ...
Rahim al-Hussaini Aga Khan V was named the new spiritual leader of Shiite Ismaili Muslims on Wednesday, following the death of his father, Karim Al-Husseini Aga Khan IV in Lisbon. Mr Rahim, 53, will ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Ismaili Center, Houston is shown during a tour on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025. (Melissa Phillip/Houston Chronicle) After nearly ...
The American Academy of Religion (AAR), the largest academic organization for religious study, named a book written by a Georgetown professor at the Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Center for ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Prince Karim Aga Khan at an event on Oct. 2, 2019, in London. Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images Prince Karim Aga Khan, who died on Feb ...