Aga Khan IV
Aga Khan IV
Prince Shah Karim Al Hussaini, Aga Khan IV, KBE, CC was born on 13 December 1936, in Geneva, Switzerland. He is the 49th and current Imam of Nizari Ismailism, a denomination of Isma'ilism within Shia Islam consisting of an estimated 15 million adherents. The Aga Khan is a British business magnate, racehorse owner and breeder. He has held this position of Imam, under the title of Aga Khan IV, since 11 July 1957, when, at the age of 20, he...
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth13 December 1936
CityGeneva, Switzerland
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My duties are wider than those of the Pope. The Pope is only concerned with the spiritual welfare of his flock.
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You cannot take one set of issues from one country and apply it to another. They are all different, in terms of history, and the religious compositions of the populations involved.
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The Pope is only concerned with the spiritual welfare of his flock.
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There appears to be momentum towards more and more misunderstandings between religions, a degradation of relations.
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Pluralist societies are not accidents of history. They are a product of enlightened education and continuous investment by governments and all of civil society in recognizing and celebrating the diversity of the world's peoples.
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Islam is probably the one that places the greatest emphasis on knowledge. The purpose is to understand God's creation.
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None of these situations are identical. You cannot take one set of issues from one country and apply it to another. They are all different, in terms of history, and the religious compositions of the populations involved.
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We try to avoid the single-building syndrome. You have to look at the big picture. If you try to put social and cultural development ahead of economic development, it doesn’t work. You have to do it all together.
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A proper home can provide the bridge across that terrible gulf between poverty and a better future.
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There are many interpretations of Islam within the wider Islamic community, but generally we are instructed to leave the world a better place than it was when we came into it.
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Canada has for many years been a beacon to the rest of the world for its commitment to pluralism and for its support for the multicultural richness and diversity of its peoples
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The Islamic ethic is that if God has given you the capacity or good fortune to be a privileged individual in society, you have a moral responsibility to society.
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Canada has an experience of governance of which much of the world stands in dire need. It is a world of increasing dissension and conflict in which a significant contribution is the failure of different ethnic, tribal, religious, or social groups to search for, and agree upon, a common space for harmonious co-existence.
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The Aga Khan Awards for Architecture seeks to make a better place in physical terms. This means trying to bring values into environments, buildings, and contexts that improve the quality of life for future generations.