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Speech by Prince Aly S. Khan to the Council for Islamic Affairs, New York 1958-05-27
Posted November 14th, 2020 by librarian-hdIslam – A Liberating Force
Speech by Prince Aly S. Khan to The Council of Islamic Affairs, New York
May 27, 1958
It is one of the paradoxes of history that the West, and the Islamic world which have so many beliefs and values in common, should have lived in antagonism for centuries. When we consider the great contribution of the Islamic peoples to modern Western civilization, particularly in the realm of scientific enquiry, philosophic thought and mysticism, wherein the religious spirit is lifted to the sublime, the paradox of conflict becomes all the more striking
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Mawlana Hazar Imam delivers keynote address Rockefeller celebration: 1989-10-27
Posted October 7th, 2020 by librarian-hdHazar Imam gave a keynote address at Rockefeller Foundation at a dinner hosted by the Rockefeller family at their Pocantico Hills, N.Y. home on the occasion of the 150th birthday of John D. Rockefeller. Hazar Imam was introduced by his former classmate at Harvard, Mr. David Rockefeller Jr. (Senator Rockefeller)
Mawlana Hazar Imam delivers keynote address Rockefeller celebration:
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Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize Recipient: SOS-Kinderdorf Internationa 2002-10-14
Posted October 2nd, 2020 by librarian-hdThe Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize was established by the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation in 1996. The annual one million dollar award honors a charitable or non-governmental organization that has made extraordinary contributions toward alleviating human suffering anywhere in the world.
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Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Hadrian Award 1997-10-24
Posted September 5th, 2020 by librarian-hdSpeech by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Hadrian Award
The Plaza Hotel
24th October 1997
Mr. Culver, Mr. Bronfman, distinguished guests,
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Speech by His Highness The Aga Khan at the Hadrian Award Ceremony 1996-10-25
Posted September 5th, 2020 by librarian-hdThe Plaza Hotel, New York
October 25, 1996
Your Excellencies, Distinguished Guests,
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Mayor Johnson accepts donations from Aga Khan Council 2020-05-14
Posted May 16th, 2020 by librarian-hdThe Aga Khan Council for Central United States, a social governance body of the Ismaili Muslim community, will donate 10,000 surgical masks, 10,000 pairs of gloves, and 1,000 bottles of hand sanitizer to the City of Dallas. Those donations will be distributed to City of Dallas first responders and front-line workers.
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Food drive helps area nonprofits-Ismaili Volunteers Help in food drive
Posted April 28th, 2020 by librarian-hdDozens of volunteers took time out of their Saturday at the Ismaili Jamatkhana and Center in Sugar Land to help several Fort Bend County nonprofit organizations replenish food and hygiene supplies that have been needed during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The “Share Your Blessings” food drive was a joint effort between the Aga Khan Council of the Southwest United States, the city of Sugar Land and Fort Bend Interfaith Community. Volunteers were on hand accepting food and hygiene items to support Fort Bend ISD, East Fort Bend Human Needs Ministry and Richmond-Rosenberg Helping Hands.
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Introduction of His Highness the Aga Khan by Vartan Gregorian, 16th President of Brown University 1996-05-26
Posted March 30th, 2020 by librarian-hdAt the Class of 1996 baccalaureate service, Brown President Vartan Gregorian introduced His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan IV, leader of the Ismaili Muslims, who delivered the baccalaureate address. The University's 232nd baccalaureate service was held at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, May 26, in the Meeting House of the First Baptist in America, near the Brown University campus in Providence, R.I. The text of the President Gregorian's introduction follows.
In the name of Brown University and the 231 previous baccalaureate speakers, I greet you.
Ladies and Gentlemen, members of the Class of 1996:
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AKU & Columbia U announce dual master’s degree 2020-03-12
Posted March 13th, 2020 by librarian-hdColumbia University’s Middle East Institute in New York and the Aga Khan University’s Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations in London have signed an agreement at Columbia University to mark the launch of their dual master’s degree.
The unique degree brings together two of the world’s leading universities and gives students the opportunity to study a topic of global significance while based in London and New York.
“At this moment in history, such an endeavour is especially important”
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Statement by Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, UNHCR, to the 3RD Committee of the U.N. 1967-11-20
Posted February 19th, 2020 by librarian-hdMadam Chairman,
As this is the first time that I am addressing the General Assembly this year, I should like, first of all, to offer you my sincere congratulations on your election and to congratulate the other officers of the Third Committee, the distinguished Vice-Chairman and Rapporteur.
Madam Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen, I also wish to say how happy I am to be here in the Third Committee once more.
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SPEECH BY HIS HIGHNESS PRINCE KARIM AGA KHAN KEYNOTE ADDRESS AT THE 1987 INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE
Posted February 12th, 2020 by librarian-hdam grateful to Mr. McPherson for his kind and generous introduction, and I welcome this opportunity to share with a concerned and well-informed audience some thoughts on the Third World today. To do so in the presence of my old friend Brad Morse gives me particular pleasure. To me Mr. Morse is a symbol of a new pragmatism in development thinking that I sense in both the industrialized states and among the heterogeneous group of countries that are confusingly lumped together as the Third World. That term reminds me of a speaker who was explaining the role of UNDP.
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Ismaili Jamatkhana and Center hosts Fort Bend Interfaith Community’s Youth Day of Service 2020-01-24
Posted January 27th, 2020 by librarian-hdThe Aga Khan Council for the Southwest United States hosted the Fort Bend Interfaith Community for its second annual Youth Day of Service Monday, Jan. 21, at the Ismaili Jamatkhana and Center in Sugar Land. Youth volunteers representing a variety of faiths including Christianity, Islamic and Jewish religious communities among others, gathered for community service activities.
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AJFF Brings Muslims and Jews Together at Jamat Khana in Norcross, Atlanta 2019-10-30
Posted October 30th, 2019 by librarian-hd“El Gusto” tells the story of an old Algerian orchestra, which included both Muslim and Jewish musicians, reborn.
Like a mythical phoenix rising from its ashes, the documentary “El Gusto” tells the story of an old Algerian orchestra reborn to a new life. The film, which was first released in 2012, was screened by the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival before a warmly appreciative audience at the Ismaili Jamatkhana, an Islamic religious center in Norcross.
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Princess Zahra receives Huffington Award 2019-10-10
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Princess Zahra presented with Huffington Award by Asia Society Texas Center
Posted October 12th, 2019 by librarian-hdOn 10 October 2019, Princess Zahra, accompanied by her daughter, Miss Sara Boyden, was honoured with the Asia Society Texas Center’s Huffington Award in Houston, USA. Princess Zahra was honoured for her outstanding contributions that have furthered international understanding, uplifted lives, and advanced health and education through her work with the Aga Khan Development Network.
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Princess Zahra arrives in Houston, Texas, to receive Huffington Award 2019-10-10
Posted October 11th, 2019 by librarian-hdPrincess 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.
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Aga Khan University Selects MEDITECH for International EHR Partnership
Posted September 19th, 2019 by librarian-hdWESTWOOD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Global pioneer in healthcare and research to deploy system across multiple countries
MEDITECH has further extended its global presence by partnering with Aga Khan University, an international institution of distinction providing health services to millions of people in the developing world, to deploy Expanse, the company's state-of-the-art, web-based Enterprise Health Record (EHR). The initial deployment will be at Aga Khan’s academic medical center and clinics in Nairobi, Kenya with a subsequent deployment in Karachi, Pakistan.
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Aga Khan Again Brings Message of Engaged Islam to Atlanta 2018-03-26
Posted June 19th, 2019 by librarian-hdSpiritual leader heads a vast development network supported in part by thousands of Ismaili Muslims in Georgia, a community he first visited in 2008
When the Aga Khan’s private jet touched down in Atlanta, he must have had an inkling of the type of reception he would receive.
The spiritual leader of the Ismaili Muslims, a Shia sect with an estimated 15-20 million adherents worldwide, had visited the city a decade ago during his 50th anniversary year.
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