The World of the Fatimids, a new exhibit at the Aga Khan Museum in Ontario, Canada, has pieced together the fragments of this unusual dynasty. ‘The World of the Fatimids’ (10 March – 8 July) exhibit explicitly attempts to showcase the extraordinary tolerance of this distant dynasty. Given that the Aga Khan Museum’s ambition is to be a ‘centre of education and of learning’ acting ‘as a catalyst for mutual understanding and tolerance’, the tolerance of the Fatimids seems important to the Museum’s mission.