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Hazar Imam announced the institution of an international prize for Muslim architecture on the lines of the Nobel Prize, to be adjudicated and awarded in Pakistan. Mowlana Hazar Imam addressed National Council of Culture and Arts at Karachi. In an impassioned speech, Hazar Imam said: 'I fear the day when Islam will be our Faith, yet its outward manifestation in the buildings we work and live in, the works of art we behold and the music we listen to, will be dominated by foreign cultures .' Two years later, Hazar Imam established a Foundation called Aga Khan Awards.

Au terme de sa 4e journée de séjour en terre malgache, la délégation de SAR Aga Khan a quitté le pays pour rallier l'Ouganda qui sera sa prochaine destination. Quatre jours qui ont permis à la délégation, malgré le caractère strictement privé de sa visite, de discuter avec les plus hauts responsables politiques du pays dont le président du Sénat Rajemison Rakotomaharo, représentant le Président de la République Marc Ravalomanana, et le Premier ministre Jacques Sylla.

Portugal. Visited the Gulbekian Foundation and Museum in Lisbon. (photo). Portugal's Foreign Minister, Mr. Vasco Futscher Pereira, paid tribute to the Ismaili community in his speech at the dinner he hosted. He said, 'It is with satisfaction that today we see the activities of the Portuguese Ismailis and thus witness to their spiritual leader deep appreciation of the Portuguese Government for their qualities of hard work, entrepreneurial spirit and their capacity for integration, contributing in this manner to the development of the country which has received them as friends.'

Kitzbuehel, Austria January 23, 2020

Prince Aly Muhammad Aga Khan, son of Prince Karim Aga Khan and his half-sister Princess Theresa of Leiningen during the Schwarznegger climate initiative charity dinner prior to the Hahnenkamm Ski Races (Hahnenkammrennen) at Country Club in Kizbuehel, Austria

His Highness Prince Karim, the Aga Khan, is many things.

“Virtually a one-man state,” as Vanity Fair once put it, he’s the spiritual leader of the world’s 15 million Shia Ismaili Muslims and a unique embodiment of the potential for East blending with West. He inherited from his Indian-born grandfather a dynasty that spans the Muslim world, but he is a British citizen, born in Switzerland, raised in Kenya, educated at Harvard, and lives in a French chateau.

Paris, France: H.H. Aga Khan attends the opening ceremony of the conference on global ecological governance at the Elysee Palace in Paris. Quebec Premier Jean Charest is seated next to Him. Four seats to the left of the Aga Khan is Prince Albert of Monaco. Credit: PATRICK KOVARIK/REUTERS

January 1970 was the start of a significant tour in Pakistan. It was also the launching year of the Aga Khan Programme for Islamic Architecture.

Deborah Ahenkorah (Ghana), the Center for Social Integrity (Myanmar) and 'Learning History That Is Not Yet History' (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia) recognized as outstanding leaders promoting inclusion worldwide

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OTTAWA, Oct. 15, 2019 /PRNewswire/ - Today, the Global Centre for Pluralism announced the three winners of the 2019

Arrived in Nairobi to attend opening ceremony of the Platinum Jubilee Hospital extension by President Jomo Kenyatta. Video link here: https://youtu.be/cENB1eSIIdg?t=14

Bismillah al-Rahman al-Rahim

Your Excellencies, Your Worship, Distinguished Scholars and Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen,

Signed a Memorandum of Agreement with President Bok between the Aga Khan Foundation and Harvard University to mutually cooperate in the health and medical education development of the Third World. 'We are tring to to establish relationships in which we can learn from both Northern and Southern institutions.' Hazar Imam said (quoted by New York Times (click here)

More than 60 architects, scholars and critics attended the seminar in Malta organised by the Aga Khan Award. In his inaugural remarks, the acting President of Malta, His Excellency Mr. Paul Xuereb paid tribute to Mowlana Hazar Imam's 'dedication to Architectural excellence..' This was not just an aesthetic pursuit, but 'a commitment to a proper environment worthy of human beings,' he said.

H H Prince Karim Aga Khan left Chitral in a satisfied disposition. At Garam Chashma and Booni, the Aga khan told his followers to live with goodwill and in harmony with their other Muslim brethren.

His Highness the Aga Khan, Chairman of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) and Chancellor of Aga Khan University (AKU) today inaugurated the US $8.4 million Ibn Zuhr Building for Oncology Services at AKU

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December 2, 1926 - Princess Theresa Magliano, second wife of Sir Sultan Mohamed Shah, Aga Khan III and the mother of Prince Aly Khan, passed away. She was a well- talented sculptor, widely known in aristocratic circles of Europe under her professional name of Yla.

Depuis son divorce en 1995, l'ex-épouse de l'Aga Khan consacre la plus grande partie de son temps à promouvoir l'association Village d'enfant SOS. A l'occasion de son voyade à Dharamsala, auprès des réfugiés tibétains, elle a été nommée ambassadrice internationale de cette oeuvre...

President Syed Mohammed Sheikh of the Comoros conferred the 'Grand Cross of the Green Crescent' on Mowlana Hazar Imam.

Begum Salimah toured the Overlea Boulevard Secondary School (now known as Marc Garneau Collegiate). Mowlana Hazar Imam and Begum Salimah attended a grand banquet held in their honour. Banquet was attended by Government leaders, politicians, businessmen and diplomats and numerous important public figures at the Metropole Hotel.

2007, November 20:His Highness the Aga Khan, spiritual leader (Imam) of the Ismaili Muslims, praised Mozambique as a model of successful post-conflict development and hailed the country's economic performance and tenacity in overcoming difficulties. [Press Release] [Speech] [Article] [Article 2] [ Forum Mozambique] See links in http://ismaili.net/timeline/2007.html

Mowlana Hazar Imam was Chief Guest at the 60th anniversary of the Aga Khan Maternity Home (Janbai), Kharadhar, Karachi. He presented a special award for the longest service at leadership level to Varasiani Dr. Shirin Lakhani. Hazar Imam also gave medals to volunteers, some of whom had given up to 50 years of voluntary service, to the Janbai Maternity Home. Hazar Imam said, 'The role of our volunteers in keeping that spirit of service alive, and in materially enabling our institutions to maintain their fabric and improve their facilities is beyond praise.' (photo)

2007, November 13:The Aga Khan today delivered a keynote address at a conference entitled, 'Central Asia and Europe: A New Economic Partnership for the 21st Century' hosted by the German Federal Foreign Office and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECA). The conference was the first major international gathering to review prospects for partnership in the region. [Speech] [Europe Channel] [German Text] [Full Text] [More Photos]

Princess Zahra and her daughter, Miss Sara Boyden, arrived in Houston, Texas, earlier today at the invitation of the Asia Society Texas Center. Princess Zahra is being honoured with the Huffington Award at the annual Award Dinner being held later tonight.

She will be recognised for her outstanding contributions that have furthered international understanding, uplifted lives, and advanced health and education on a global scale through her work with the Aga Khan Development Network.

President Francois Mitterand of France said; 'France pays homage to a long continuity of eminent service rendered to humanity' when presenting Hazar Imam with the award of 'Commander of the Legion d'Honneur', the highest honour established by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1802. (photo)

Hazar Imam and Begum Salimah attended a Tea Party at 5:45 p.m. In his speech, Hazar Imam said; 'We spent our 10th wedding anniversary flying from Paris to Dacca and I think not many men can offer their wives a less inspiring anniversary at 42,000 feet' (click here)

Bishkek - at 10 AM a Keynote Speech was given by H.H. The Aga Khan on 'Building partnerships for sustainable mountain development. According to Kabar News, 'The work of the Bishkek Global Mountain Summit is continued at the plenary meeting in the Government House. After the speech of His Highness Aga Khan, Chairman of the Aga Khan Development Network, many participants of the programme 'International Partnership for Sustainable Development of Mountain Regions' expressed their opinions on significance of partnership for mountain regions in the modern world.