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Interview: Khaleej Times Interview – ‘Aga Khan stresses investment in people’
On the whole, though the Ismaili community wherever it exists is well tolerated by the majority community. Is it because a low profile is deliberately maintained? Or that it does proselytise [sic]? Read more
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Interview: Pakistan and Gulf Economist Interview – ‘Aga Khan’s Three-point Strategy for Third World’
How would you comment on the notion popularised by Western critics that scientific and technological progress is incompatible with the practice of Islam? Read more
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Speech: Opening Remarks, Seventh Seminar, ‘Reading the Contemporary African City’, AKAA
It is quite logical to presume that it is easier at the periphery of the vast experience of Islam to identify those ways in which, and the degrees to which, this experience has inserted itself into such highly differentiated socio-cultural milieux as China and Black Africa How does each national cul… Read more
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The private sector in economic development
Date: 1982-10-07 00:00:00 Location: Speaker: Source URL: https://the.ismaili/gb/en/speech/private-sector-economic-development Source: Ismaili website Full Text It is a double pleasure to address so distinguished an audience of Kenyan Government and business leaders this afternoon: doubled because this is also the first visit of my world tour to celebrate the 25th anniversary of my accession to the Imamat.… Read more
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The conference “The role of hospitals in primary health care”
Date: 1981-11-22 00:00:00 Location: Speaker: Source URL: https://the.ismaili/gb/en/speech/conference-role-hospitals-primary-health-care Source: Ismaili website Full Text My remarks today focus on three critical interdependent areas: reinforcing hospital-community partnerships, expanding preventive care infrastructure, and leveraging technology for holistic care delivery. A central challenge is transforming hospitals from acute care centres to community health anchors. This requires establishing bidirectional communication… Read more
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Speech: Opening Remarks, Sixth Seminar, ‘The Changing Rural Habitat’, AKAA
Somehow ways have to be found to make the countryside itself a more desirable place to live in, which in turn demands an ability to earn more and to save enough, as individuals or families or communes to begin the process of self-generated economic growth and thus social well-being. The Aga Khan Awa… Read more
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Interview: Pakistan TV Interview
[W]ould you care to identify one single area in which you think that certain countries need to undertake great effort which could act as a catalyst or a pivot to advance overall programmes? Read more
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Speech: First Aga Khan Award for Architecture Prize Ceremony
We may well ask whether the premiated projects truly represent the great traditions of Islamic architecture. There are no mosques among them, no madrasah, no palace, no garden, no mausoleum, none of the monuments which are visited by millions of tourists, cherished by those who live near them, and u… Read more
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Speech: Closing Remarks, Fifth Seminar, AKAA
Much has been said at the seminar about influencing decision makers, and there are no more important decision makers in Jordan than the King, the Crown Prince, the Prime Minister and the cabinet ministers who attended the opening session. This is the first time in the five pre-Award seminars that th… Read more
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Speech: Opening Remarks, Fifth Seminar, ‘Places of Public Gathering In Islam’, AKAA
Major public buildings and spaces are often large, easily identifiable and have considerable symbolic and physical presence within the environment. They are generally designed to last, and may involve a substantial commitment of public funds. Their design therefore constitutes an important demonstra… Read more