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Where terror and hope converge: A town in Syria that once was home to the lead hijacker in the Sept. 11 attacks also hosted the awards for the Islamic world's most forward-thinking architecture
The Vancouver Sun Sat 06 Apr 2002
Page: D11
Section: Mix
Byline: Trevor Boddy
Source: Vancouver Sun

He didn't attract as much attention as the Dalai Lama. He rarely does. But by the time he had slipped in and out of Ottawa on his private jet, the Aga Khan, spiritual leader of the world's 15 million Imami Ismaili Muslims, had given the city, and the country, a major gift.
The Geneva-born imam, who is now based just outside Paris, has announced the creation of the Global Centre for Pluralism, which will be based in Ottawa.

Kyrgyzstan's President Askar Akayev and the Imam of Ismailites, Prince Aga Khan IV signed on Tuesday in Bishkek an agreement envisaging the strengthening of bilateral cooperation in the humanitarian and economic areas.Akayev told reporters the agreement will help step up Kyrgyzstan's cooperation with the organisation of Aga Khan IV in the area of economy, health services, education, culture, the social area, as well as in the development of Kyrgyzstan's rural districts.

Prince Karim Aga Khan arrived in Islamabad Tuesday evening. He would meet President Musharraf and Prime minister Jamali, before leaving on a one day visit of Chitral on Thursday. At Chitral the Aga Khan is scheduled to address his followers at Garam Chashma and Booni, besides attending a luncheon arranged by the district administration at the Scouts Officers Mess. Though the Aga Khan is scheduled to return to Islamabad the same day but incase of bad weather, he would be staying at the Hindukush Heights Hotel, as learnt here.

President Emomali Rahmonov of Tajikistan, joined His Highness the Aga Khan, Imam (spiritual leader) of the Ismaili Muslims on 6th July, in laying the foundation stone of the Khorog campus in Tajikistan - the first of three campuses of the University of Central Asia (UCA). The Vice-President of Afghanistan, Nematullah Shahrani also attended the ceremony. The second campus of the UCA was inaugurated in Naryn, Kyrgyz Republic on 8th July, by His Excellency the Prime Minister of Kyrgyz Republic, Mr. Tanaev, in the presence of Prince Amyn Aga Khan and Governor Salymbekov.

Pour la promotion des affaires, notre pays a accueilli hier, le patron du Réseau Aga Khan : Karim Aga Khan. Cette visite, sur invitation officielle de son excellence Amadou Toumani Touré, s'inscrit essentiellement dans le cadre d'une étroite collaboration entre le Gouvernement du Mali et le Réseau Aga Khan.

Produit par l'Initiative Aga Khan pour la musique en Asie centrale, agence du Trust Aga Khan pour la culture, ...Via Kaboul est un spectacle musical aux allures de voyage à travers les traditions musicales des peuples indo-iraniens de l'Asie centrale. Quelles soient ouzbeks ou baloutchis, afghanes ou tadjiks, il est un lien culturel fort qui unit profondément les musiques de l'Asie centrale.

Billionaire racehorse owner the Aga Khan has been presented with a prestigious award for philanthropy.
He was one of six people handed the Andrew Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy during a ceremony at the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh.

Kwik-Fit founder Sir Tom Farmer also received the accolade, regarded as the philanthropy world's equivalent of the Nobel Prize. Also honoured in the awards was Agnes Gund, chair of the New York Museum of Modern Art, the Cadbury chocolate family and the Hewlett and Packard families.

Work has begun to rehabilitate and preserve one of Afghanistan's most historical sites to its original splendour. The tomb of the 16th century Mogul emperor, Babur, and the grounds surrounding it in the Afghan capital Kabul, are to be restored to their former glory by Afghans themselves, with help from the Aga Khan Foundation and the United Nations Development Programme's (UNDP) Recovery and Employment Afghanistan Programme (REAP), funded by the Japanese government.

Billionaire racehorse owner the Aga Khan holds his trophy after being presented with a prestigious award for philanthropy, at the Scottish parliament, in Edinburgh, Scotland, Tuesday Oct. 4, 2005. The Aga Khan recieved the Andrew Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy, an accolade widely regarded as the philanthropy world's equivalent of the Nobel Prize. The ceremony was the first time the event, inaugurated in 2001 and held every two years, had taken place outside the United States.

Les états-Unis ont débloqué un budget de 30 millions de dollars pour financer la construction d'un pont qui reliera le Tadjikistan à l'Afghanistan en enjambant le fleuve Piandz.

THE Aga Khan, the spiritual leader of Shia Ismaili Muslims and a prominent investor in the East African region, has backed the planned regional customs union. The Aga Khan, chairman of the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED), said the planned East African customs union would not only widen the market and growth potential but also 'refine and strengthen efficiencies' in the member countries. The Aga Khan said this at the opening of a US$7.2m Alltex apparel manufacturing plant in Kenya recently.

CaixaForum Madrid muestra una época en la que cristianos, judíos y musulmanes convivieron y compartieron una aventura intelectual y espiritual

Madrid. (EFE).- Los ciento noventa tesoros procedentes de la colección del Aga Khan exhibidos en la exposición 'Los mundos del Islam' abren la puerta al conocimiento de catorce siglos de historia de arte islámico, desde la Península Ibérica hasta el lejano Oriente.

Los Reyes y el príncipe Aga Khan han inaugurado este mediodía en Caixaforum de Madrid la exposición "Los mundos del Islam", que a través de 190 objetos muestra catorce siglos de arte y en la que se exhiben objetos muy representativos de Al Andalus.

Los ciento noventa tesoros procedentes de la colección del Aga Khan exhibidos en la exposición "Los mundos del Islám" abren la puerta al conocimiento de catorce siglos de historia de arte islámico, desde la Península Ibérica hasta el lejano Oriente.

La muestra, que inauguran hoy el Rey Juan Carlos y el Príncipe Aga Khan en las salas de exposiciones de CaixaFumun Madrid, pretende además de acercar al público objetos artísticos de gran belleza, la mayoría de ellos nunca exhibidos en España, subsanar el gran desconocimiento que existe con respecto al islám.

OTTAWA -- Parliamentarians have voted to grant the Aga Khan honorary Canadian citizenship in what the prime minister describes as a recognition of his leadership in promoting "development, pluralism and tolerance around the world."

Honorary Canadian citizenship is bestowed by the Governor General and requires the unanimous approval of all voting MPs.

Born in Geneva, Shah Karim al-Hussayni is the fifth person to be named an honorary Canadian citizen.

Madrid is currently hosting the exhibition "The Islamic Worlds in the Aga Khan Museum Collection" which shows some of the greatest treasures of Islamic art, from ancient al-Andalus to India.

The exhibition, available until September 6, 2009, will travel several other cities such as Barcelona, Onculture.eu said.

The art, the history, the traditions and the geographies of the Islamic world from the Far East to the Iberian Peninsula are the subjects of the exhibition The Worlds of Islam in the Aga Khan Museum Collection.

Cambridge, United Kingdom, 12th June 2009 - His Highness the Aga Khan, Imam (spiritual leader) of the Shia Ismaili Muslims and Founder and Chairman of the Aga Khan Development Network, today received an Honorary Doctorate of Divinity from the University of Cambridge’s Pembroke College – the third oldest of the Cambridge colleges.

The Aga Khan becomes the first Muslim to receive the distinction in the University’s 800 year history.

Quelques morceaux choisis du discours de Christine Albanel, ministre de la Culture et de la Communication, prononcé à l'occasion de la cérémonie de remise des insignes de « Grand mécène » et de « Grand donateur » du ministère de la Culture à Son Altesse l'Aga Khan le jeudi 28 mai 2009.

Christine Albanel a remis, le 28 mai, les distinctions de « Grand Mécène » et de « Grand Donateur » du ministère de la Culture à Son Altesse l'Aga Khan IV. L'Aga Khan est le 49e imam héréditaire des musulmans chiites ismaéliens, chef spirituel d'une communauté de 15 millions de personnes réparties dans vingt-cinq pays sur les cinq continents.

Un mécénat exceptionnel en faveur du domaine de Chantilly. L'Aga Khan est à l'origine de la « Fondation pour la sauvegarde et le développement du domaine de Chantilly », créée en 2005 et reconnue d'utilité publique.