Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Ismaili Center, Houston is shown during a tour on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025. (Melissa Phillip/Houston Chronicle) After nearly ...

The recently opened Ismaili Center, Houston—the first in the U.S. and the seventh worldwide—will serve as both a place of religious congregation for Shia Ismaili Muslims and a welcoming space for the ...

After nearly a decade of planning and development, the Ismaili Center Houston — the first center of its kind in the United States — is now open to the public ...

The number seven, as in other Abrahamic faiths, is considered sacred among Ismaili Muslims, a branch of Shia Islam that emphasizes values of tolerance, volunteerism, and pluralism. The new Ismaili ...

Thirteen-year-old me stared up at my religious-education teacher, puzzled, and then back down at the jumble of materials strewn across the ground: white poster board, popsicle sticks, cotton balls, ...

After nearly two decades of planning and construction, a vacant property near Buffalo Bayou has been transformed into a majestic, 150,000-square-foot Ismaili Center - a new cultural and religious ...