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 ...

The Tuesday death of the Aga Khan, the spiritual leader of the world’s millions of Ismaili Muslims, and the Wednesday announcement of his successor struck a deep chord with Houston’s sizable Ismaili ...

The history of this small Shiite sect includes assassinations, persecution, and periods of adherence to pluralism. This is the second of a two-part series on Ismailism, a branch of Shiite Islam. To ...

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 ...