Whenever I visit my grandmother’s house during Muharram, a holy month for Shia Muslims, I see its members handing out food and sweets. The group has branches in most mosques across Iran: within a ...

Hussein ibn ‘Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib (a s) (Arabic: حسين بن علي بن أﺑﻲ طالب (ع)‎)‎ (3rd Sha‘bān 4 AH - 10th Muharram 61 AH; 8 ...

A Muslim must know about the exact Islamic date today or chand ... Islamic months are as follow Muharram, Safar, Rabi ul Awal, Rabi Al-Akhir (Rabi' al-Thani), Jumada Al-Awwal (Jumada al-Ula), Jumada ...

June 27 Hijra (New Year) – Islam This is the first day of the month of Muharram which marks the time in 622 C.E ... August 5-6 Ashura – Islam The Day of Ashura commemorates, for Shi’a Muslims, a day ...

Spiritual leader and business magnate Prince Karim Aga Khan, considered by his followers to be a direct descendant of the Prophet Muhammad, was remembered fondly by admirers in Pakistan and Lisbon on ...

He was designated as the Aga Khan V, the 50th hereditary imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims, in his father's will. His father died Tuesday in Portugal. The Aga Khan is considered by his followers ...

Mumbai: Prince Rahim Al-Hussaini Aga Khan V has been named as the 50th hereditary Imam or spiritual leader of the Shia Ismaili Muslims, following the unsealing of the Will of his late father ...

At the age of 20, Prince Karim Al-Hussaini inherited the reins of a Shia Muslim lineage and used his entrepreneurship to become one of the world’s richest hereditary rulers. By Alan Cowell The ...

Davos [Switzerland], February 5 (ANI): Karim Al-Hussaini, Aga Khan IV, the 49th hereditary Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims and a direct descendant of the Prophet Muhammad, passed away in Lisbon ...

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 ...

Prince Rahim Al-Hussaini Aga Khan V has been named the 50th hereditary Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims, following the passing of his father, Prince Karim Al-Hussaini Aga Khan IV, in Lisbon ...