Speeches and Interviews of Aga Khan IV
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Interview: La Croix Interview
[Translation] [O]ne must ask oneself the question as to what one wishes to achieve in a post-Saddam Hussain Iraq. Whether the United Nations will…
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Interview: Spiegel Online Interview (1st) – ‘Only those who help people serve God’
[Google translation] I do not deny that in some defects in the Muslim world’s political leaders are in. But I refuse, the American model…
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Speech: Bishkek Global Mountain Summit Keynote Address
AKDN’s work in mountain communities has shown that attention to a combination of critical elements at the field level can make a powerful difference.…
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Speech: Aga Khan School Opening Ceremony
I am sure that all of you here today will agree that we live in a time of rapid change — change that is…
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Speech: Banquet in Honour of the Governor of Texas
What we are now witnessing is a clash of ignorance, an ignorance that is mutual, longstanding, and to which the West and the Islamic…
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Interview: Pakistan Television Interview
I think first of all, Pakistan should seek to diversify its economy further, because at a certain stage, whether it is Pakistan or any…
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Interview: Architectural Record Interview
There are many, many interpretations of Islam within the wider Islamic community, but I think one on which there is greatest consensus, is the…
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Interview: Globe and Mail Interview (3rd)
I have to tell you this is my own direct experience, many, many of these situations [of conflict] can be avoided [if] addressed in…
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Interview: CNN Interview
I think there is a much better understanding of the sensitivity of these conflicts and how they become internationalised, how they go far beyond…
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Writing: International Conference on Reconstruction Assistance to Afghanistan
His Highness the Aga Khan would like to announce today a multi-year financial commitment, which will be no less than U.S. $75,000,000, to enable…
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Video Interview: Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International Interview
[Translation] Why is it that we have that impression — and it’s good, I think it is an advantage — that they [the Ismailis]…
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Speech: Eighth Aga Khan Award for Architecture Prize Ceremony
Many Muslims today, of which I am one, carry with them a memory of the historical achievements of Islamic civilisations. What is the significance…
