Within one generation of Muhammad’s death two successive Muslim caliphs, Umar and Uthman, had been assassinated brutally by other Muslims. According to Muslim tradition, Ali had accepted the ...

Hazrat Ali, the fourth Rightly Guided Caliph of Islam and the first Shia Imam,” the Aga Khan Development Network said in a statement. “Throughout their 1,400 year history, the Ismailis have ...