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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 the Aga Khan Development Network to conceptualise and implement a recovery, reconstruction and long-term development programme that will span many regions … Read more
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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] are more modern, modern in the Western sense? Read more
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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 of this historical memory for the Ummah in the contemporary world with its many and varied challenges? How can we look back and reinvigorate aspects of it… Read more
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Interview: Le Monde Interview
[Google translation] Indeed, military intervention [in Afghanistan] may not be limited. In a country like Afghanistan where the Taliban decided to resist mountain by mountain, valley by valley, the war may last longer. But I repeat that the reconstruction work must begin now. It passes through the c… Read more
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Interview: Corriere della Sera Interview – ‘I am amazed by the ignorance on Islam’
[Translation] In fact, in the Shiite credence, one exalts the value of the intellect, of the spiritual guide, therefore of interpretation. But Western thought tends to confuse the bond between spirituality and secularism with a sort of compromise between State and Church. These are different levels,… Read more
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Speech: Archon Award Ceremony of Sigma Theta Tau International
More than twenty-five years ago, these were some of the central concerns that led to the establishment of the Aga Khan University in Karachi and its School of Nursing…. Given the state of health services in Pakistan at that time, I felt it particularly important to create an institution in the count… Read more
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Speech: Association of American Universities Centenary Celebration
But quality is not enough to justify the support of donors, society and the authorities in a developing country; a university’s offerings must also be relevant. Following a study carried out with the assistance of Harvard, AKU’s Board decided to focus its initial efforts on addressing the very poor … Read more
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Speech: Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association Awards’ Dinner
If interpretation is well founded and based on good observation, it can then be used as logic. Measured across the nearly 80 years of my family’s thoroughbred breeding in Europe, and the large number of bloodlines which we have managed and developed, I feel bold enough to say that logic has played a… Read more
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Speech: Remarks at the White House Conference on Culture and Diplomacy
At present there is a great deal of apprehension about the future of local and national cultures in most countries in the developing world. What can the cultural diplomacy of the United States do to address these anxieties and replace them with a sense of confidence through new and shared initiative… Read more
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Interview: PTV Interview – ‘A Vision of Hope and Faith’
But I must tell you very frankly that there is absolutely no hidden agenda other than answering a critical national situation. I would say that this was not specific to Pakistan. Eastern Tajikistan, i.e. the mountain communities in the Pairs have lived the same difficulty. It’s admittedly in a diffe… Read more