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H.H. THE AGA KHAN TO RECEIVE U OF T HONORARY DEGREE</I> - 2004-06-17

Posted July 10th, 2007 by heritage
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TORONTO (CP) - If University of Toronto education students get a 'holier than thou' feeling from their convocation speaker this year, it's only because it is his Highness, the Aga Khan, a direct descendent of the Prophet Muhammed. The Muslim spiritual leader will be in Toronto on Friday to receive an honorary doctor of laws from the university for his 'outstanding contributions to community service, higher education and philanthropy,' university officials said.

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H.H. Prince Karim Aga Khan IV
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Speech by HH the Aga Khan Convocation of the University of Toronto-2004-06-18

Posted December 2nd, 2009 by librarian-ap
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University of Toronto

Chancellor Poy,
President Birgeneau,
Dean Gaskell,
Members of the Governing Council,
Faculty,
Students and Parents,
Fellow Graduates,

I thank you for your warm welcome, and am deeply moved by the honour that this renowned institution of learning has done of conferring upon me the degree of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa. I accept this award with much happiness, but also a profound sense of humility, cognisant that many men and women, of higher distinction and more notable achievements, are also being recognised, joining an illustrious line of previous recipients.

Speech by President Robert Bigerneau-2004-06-18

Posted December 2nd, 2009 by librarian-ap
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U of T

His Highness the Aga Khan

Born Prince Karim, in Geneva, Switzerland in 1936, the present Aga Khan spent some of his early childhood in Nairobi, Kenya. He was actually a student at Harvard when, in 1957, he succeeded his grandfather, Sir Sultan Mahomed Shah Aga Khan to the Imamat of some 15 million Shia Ismaili Muslims. Following a year’s leave of absence for official visits to Muslim communities around the world, the Aga Khan returned to Harvard as an undergraduate to complete his AB honours degree in Islamic History.

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HIS HIGHNESS THE AGA KHAN TO RECEIVE U OF T HONORARY DEGREE - 2004-06-17

Posted February 25th, 2010 by heritage
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His Highness the Aga Khan will receive an honorary doctor of laws degree at the University of Toronto's spring convocation Friday, June 18, at 2:30 p.m. in Convocation Hall, 31 King's College Circle.Media must register in advance by calling 416-978-2105 or e-mailing jessica.whiteside@utoronto.ca by Monday, June 14. Tickets will not be available to the public for this convocation as the Hall is reserved for the members of the graduating class and their guests.

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Aga Khan urges wide civil society partnership-2004-06-26

Posted December 2nd, 2009 by librarian-ap
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Prince Karim Aga Khan has called for a "wide civil society partnership" between the developed world and the developing world, saying that it was "especially critical where governments are weak or non-performing, as in situations of failed democracies or post-conflict reconciliation and reconstruction."

Aga Khan urges wide civil society partnership-2004-06-26

Posted December 2nd, 2009 by librarian-ap
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www.jang.com

Prince Karim Aga Khan has called for a "wide civil society partnership" between the developed world and the developing world, saying that it was "especially critical where governments are weak or non-performing, as in situations of failed democracies or post-conflict reconciliation and reconstruction."

Aga Khan urges civil society partnership-2004-06-22

Posted December 2nd, 2009 by librarian-ap
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www.financialexpress-bd.com

His Highness the Aga Khan, the 40th hereditary spiritual leader (Imam) of the Shia Ismaili Muslims, and founder of the Aga Khan Development Network, today called for a "wide civil society partnership" between the developed world and the developing world.

University of Toronto to confer honorary degree on the Aga Khan-2004-06-17

Posted December 2nd, 2009 by librarian-ap
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If University of Toronto education students get a "holier than thou" feeling from their convocation speaker this year, it's only because it is his Highness, the Aga Khan, a direct descendent of the Prophet Muhammed.

The Muslim spiritual leader will be in Toronto on Friday to receive an honorary doctor of laws from the university for his "outstanding contributions to community service, higher education and philanthropy," university officials said.

His Highness the Aga Khan is the 49th hereditary Imam, or spiritual leader, of the Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims.

HIS HIGHNESS THE AGA KHAN TO RECEIVE U OF T HONORARY DEGREE - 2004-06-17

Posted February 25th, 2010 by heritage
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His Highness the Aga Khan will receive an honorary doctor of laws degree at the University of Toronto's spring convocation Friday, June 18, at 2:30 p.m. in Convocation Hall, 31 King's College Circle.Media must register in advance by calling 416-978-2105 or e-mailing jessica.whiteside@utoronto.ca by Monday, June 14. Tickets will not be available to the public for this convocation as the Hall is reserved for the members of the graduating class and their guests.

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