Aga Khan IV Quotes
We cannot make the world safe for democracy unless we also make the world safe for diversity.
Aga Khan IV, Hereditary Imam. Shia Inami Ismali Muslims, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada, May 19, 2004
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Prince Shāh Karim al-Husayni (شاه كريم الحسيني Shāh Karĩm al-Ḥussaynĩ), known by the religious title Mawlana Hazar Imam within Ismaili Muslim circles and as Aga Khan IV (آقا خان or آغا خان) elsewhere, is the 49th and current Imam of Nizari Ismailism, a denomination of Isma'ilism within Shia Islam. He has held this position of Imam since 11 July 1957, when, at the age of 20, he succeeded his grandfather, Sir Sultan Muhammad Shah Aga Khan III. Aga Khan claims to be a direct lineal descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad through Muhammad's cousin and son-in-law, Ali, considered Imam in Shia Islam, and Ali's wife Fatima, Muhammad's daughter from his first marriage.