AGA KHAN URGES CORRECT USE OF KORAN TEACHINGS - 2003-10-23

LONDON - The Aga Khan at the weekend spoke about freedom of interpretation as a 'generosity which the Holy Koran confers upon all believers'. He also spoke of what was needed to assure 'the growth of future generations of our intelligentsia, so that we strengthen our own capacity to determine our destiny'. In a keynote address at an international meeting entitled 'Word of God, Art of Man: The Koran and its Creative Expressions,' the Aga Khan, spiritual leader of the the Shia Ismaili Muslims, said: 'The revelation granted to the Holy Prophet Muhammad opened new horizons and released new energies of mind and spirit.'