Death of the Aga Khan: What is Ismailism, the esoteric branch of Shia Islam? Karim Al-Hussaini, also known as the Aga Khan, died on Tuesday, February 4, aged 88. A colossally wealthy ...

What caused the Sunni-Shia divide? The Sunni-Shia conflict is 1,400 years in the making, dating back to the years immediately after the Prophet Mohammed’s death in 632.

This concept is part of Twelver Shia Islam, the largest branch of Shia Islam. In theory, it holds that Shia jurists should have control of at least some social and religious life.

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.

Twelver Shia (Ithnā'ashariyyah) is the largest branch of Shia Islam and the term Shia Muslim is often taken to refer to Twelvers by default.

Iran's nuclear obsession can be explained through three key facts: deterrence failure, religious incentives for apocalyptic ...

Over the past two decades, al-Houthi transformed the once-ragtag group — which is made up of mostly Zaydi Muslims, a branch of Shia Islam — into an Iran-backed militia that controls most of Yemen.

Faith-based community enrichment and educating the ASU community about Islamic values are at the forefront of the Al-Mahdi Association, an organization created last semester to establish a space for ...

The Ismailis are a branch of Shia Islam, which itself is one of the two main sects of Islam (the other being Sunni Islam). Ismailis trace their lineage to Imam Isma'il ibn Jafar, the son of the ...

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.