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Italian authorities are searching for Swiss footballer Florijana Ismaili, who has been confirmed missing after a “swimming accident” in Lake Como, northern Italy.
The body of missing Swiss soccer player Florijana Ismaili has been found, days after she went missing following a swimming accident in Lake Como, northern Italy.
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 ...
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 tithes ...
FILE – The Aga Khan, spiritual head of Ismaili Muslims, listens to a speech during the inauguration of the restored 16th century Humayun’s Tomb in New Delhi, India, Sept. 18, 2013.
The lights on the Omni symbolized how far the American Ismaili community — my community —had come in the past few decades. Growing up in a post-9/11 era, I felt immense pressure to defend my ...
Rahim al-Hussaini, the new spiritual leader of Ismaili Muslims, was named as the successor to his father, who died at 88. By Amelia Nierenberg Reporting from London Prince Rahim al-Hussaini, a son ...
In 2015, more than 40 members of the Ismaili community were killed in Karachi, Pakistan, when gunmen opened fire on a bus. Jundullah, a Taliban splinter group, claimed responsibility for the attack.
In 1095 an Ismaili prince named Nizar was in line to rule Cairo. When he was passed over in favor of his younger brother, Nizar briefly seized and ruled Alexandria but was executed. His followers ...