The death of Karim Al-Hussaini Aga Khan IV, the 49th Imam of Ismaili Muslims, known for his philanthropic work and heritage conservation projects in India, is an occasion to revisit the fascinating ...

The Nizari Ismailis have some claim to inventing terrorism. Born of a split in the Shia Ismaili sect when their candidate for imam, Nizar, was rejected, the Nizari went on to form a mini-empire ...

Having spent 12 years working for a language development and cultural research organisation in East Africa (mainly Uganda and Tanzania) I had the opportunity to develop friendships with Ismaili ...

How do we account for forces and events that paved the way for the emergence of Islamic State? Our series on the jihadist group’s origins tries to address this question by looking at the interplay of ...

“The Imam is dead, long live the Imam!” With these words, Prince Aly Khan, the man who would have been Imam, embraced his son, the 20-year-old Prince Karim Al-Hussaini, and solemnly acknowledged his ...

Prince William welcomed The Aga Khan V, Prince Rahim Al-Hussaini, to Kensington Palace this morning for a formal meeting. The encounter took place just one day after King Charles hosted the ...