A stunning new addition to Houston’s cultural landscape is set to open to the public this Saturday, December 13 — the double-decades-in-the-making Ismaili Center, a grand architectural project led by the late Prince Karim Aga Khan IV (1936 to 2025). The center is coming to life under the leadership of Khan’s son and successor Prince Rahim Aga Khan V. Funding, no doubt a princely —yet undisclosed — sum, came from The Ismaili Imamat, the office occupied by Aga Khan, with some support from the local Ismaili community.

Ismaili Center, Houston — the first such center in the United States and the seventh worldwide — stands as a powerful and graceful emblem of pluralism and connection at 2323 Allen Parkway. While it will serve a place of worship for those of the Shia Ismaili Muslim faith, the c

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