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What should have been brotherhood has become rivalry, generosity has been replaced by greed and ambition, the right to think is held to be the enemy of real faith, and anything we might hope to do to expand the frontiers of human knowledge through research is doomed to failure for in most of the Muslim world, there are neither the structures nor the resources to develop meaningful intellectual leadership.
Address at the 25th Anniversary Graduation Ceremony of The Institute of Ismaili Studies 2003-10-19
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iis.ac.ukHis Highness the Aga Khan
Le Meridien Grosvenor House Hotel
October 19, 2003
Bismillah a-Rahman al-Rahim
Distinguished guests,The faculty, staff and students of The Institute of Ismaili Studies,Ladies and gentlemen,
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