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Around the world there are approximately 15 million Ismaili Muslims, who belong to the Shia branch of Islam. Their spiritual leader is the Aga Khan, who traces his ancestors directly back to the Prophet Muhammad. A wealthy philanthropist, he has made it his mission, based on his faith, to fight poverty, encourage peace, and promote religious understanding. We spoke with him in Toronto, where the Aga Khan Museum, the first art museum in North America devoted to Islamic art and culture, recently opened to the public last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“Islam believes fundamentally that the spiritual and material worlds are inextricably connected. Faith is a force that should deepen our concern for our worldly habitat, for embracing its challenges, and for improving the quality of human life.” More →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":72,"featured_media":26615,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6569],"tags":[17877,417,17876,8381,2687,4591,1285],"class_list":["post-26534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-videocast","tag-aga-khan","tag-islam","tag-ismaili-muslims","tag-prophet-muhammad","tag-shia","tag-shia-sunni-conflict","tag-social-justice","topics-religious-leaders","faith-muslim"],"yoast_head":"\nThe Aga Khan | July 31, 2015 | Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly | PBS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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