When Sunni rebels toppled Bashar al-Assad last December, they vowed to form an inclusive Syrian government by March. Sunnis ...

The Muslim denominations were the Barelvi, Deobandi, and Shafi movements within Sunni Islam and the Ismaili and Bohras ...

According to Muslim tradition, Muhammad’s prophetic status was well-established among his followers before his death. However ...

Here are five keys to better understanding the religious tradition. Ismaili Islam is a branch of Shia Islam. According to the Shiites, temporal and spiritual power is vested in the imams ...

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 ...

When his grandfather Sir Sultan Mahomed Shah Aga Khan died in 1957, he became the imam of the Ismaili Muslims, a branch of Shia Islam, at the age of 20. I am deeply saddened by the news that ...

World Assembly issued a message of condolences on the passing of Hujjat-ul-Islam Allama Sayyed Naim Abbas Abedi, the founder ...

the fourth Rightly Guided Caliph of Islam and the first Shia Imam. Throughout their 1,400-year history, the Ismailis have been led by a living, hereditary Imam. The Ismailis live in over 35 countries ...

Aga Khan was the 49th hereditary Imam of the 15 million Ismaili Muslims, a branch of Shia Islam. He was considered a direct descendant of Prophet Muhammad through his cousin and son-in-law ...

It’s unclear who will lead the sect of Ismaili Muslims, a branch of Shia Islam. The Aga Khan was a long-term friend of Queen Elizabeth II and the pair, both ardent fans of horse racing ...

The leader of the Catholic Church in England and Wales has welcomed an historic agreement signed by Britain’s Muslim and ...