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Hazar Imam in Portugal for the AKAA Awards 2013

His Highness the Aga Khan and Portuguese President Cavaco Silva arrive at the Castle of São Jorge in Lisbon for the presentation ceremony for the 2013 Aga Khan Award for Architecture.
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His Highness the Aga Khan honoured in Portugal with the Gra-cruz da ordem de Liberdade
Posted July 25th, 2017 by librarian-hd20 July 2017
Portugal’s President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa today presented the Aga Khan with the Gra-cruz da ordem de Liberdade in recognition of his service to uplifting lives around the world. Earlier in the day, the Aga Khan received an Honorary Doctorate from the Universidade NOVA de Lisboa.
Portugal’s President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa bestowed the Aga Khan with this honour during a ceremony held at Lisbon’s Belem Palace.
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Acceptance Speech by His Highness The Aga Khan for the Honorary Doctorate from Universidade NOVA de Lisboa 2017-07-20
Posted July 20th, 2017 by librarian-hdBismillah-ir-Rahman-ir-Rahim
Your Excellency President Professor Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa
Your Excellency Vice-President of the Parliament Jorge Lacão
Honorable Rector of the NOVA University, Professor António Rendas
President of the NOVA University’s General Council, Professor Arantes e Oliveira
Patron of the Doctorate, Francisco Pinto Balsemão
Members of the Diplomatic Corps
Excellencies
Distinguished Guests
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Aga Khan receives presidential honour in recognition of his service to humanity
Posted July 20th, 2017 by librarian-hdLisbon, Portugal, 20 July 2017 - His Highness the Aga Khan today received one of Portugal’s highest honours – the Gra-cruz da ordem de Liberdade, or Grand Cross of the Order of Liberty – in recognition of his service to uplifting lives around the world. Portugal’s President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa bestowed the Aga Khan with this honour during a ceremony held at Lisbon’s Belem Palace.
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Aga Khan receives honoris causa PhD from New University of Lisbon
Posted July 20th, 2017 by librarian-hdThe leader of the Ismaili community, Prince Aga Khan, is to receive the title of Doctor Honoris Causa from the New University of Lisbon today, with the Portuguese president and the former prime minister Pinto Balsemão in attendance.
The distinction will be bestowed by New University António Rendas as part of the Aga Khan’s Diamond Jubilee of his 60 years as a hereditary imam (spiritual leader) of the Shia Ismaili Muslim community.
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Universidade NOVA de Lisboa in Portugal has honoured Mawlana Hazar Imam with a doctorate honoris causa 2017-07-20
Posted July 20th, 2017 by librarian-hdUniversidade NOVA de Lisboa in Portugal is honouring Mawlana Hazar Imam with a doctorate honoris causa that was presented to him on Thursday, 20 July 2017.
In his acceptance remarks, Hazar Imam said, "I have always felt at home in Portugal and now ever more so since the signing in 2015 of an historic agreement between the Ismaili Imamat and the Portuguese Republic to establish the Seat of the Ismaili Imamat in this country. An important milestone in the 1400 year history of the Ismaili Imamat."
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Hazar Imam at Universidade NOVA de Lisboa in Portugal

Universidade NOVA de Lisboa in Portugal honoured Mawlana Hazar Imam with a doctorate honoris causa that was presented to him on Thursday, 20 July 2017.
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Aga Khan contributes 500,000 euros towards victims of fire in central Portugal
Posted June 19th, 2017 by librarian-hdLisbon, Portugal, 19 June 2017 - His Highness the Aga Khan today announced a contribution of Euros 500,000 towards the support of victims of the deadly forest fire in Pedrógão Grande in central Portugal. The fire left more than 60 people dead and several more injured.
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Hazar Imam in Portugal

His Highness the Aga Khan and Portugal’s Minister of State and Foreign Affairs Rui Machete sign a landmark agreement establishing a formal Seat of the Ismaili Imamat in Portugal.
AKDN / Gary Otte
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Hazar Imam in Portugal

His Highness the Aga Khan and Portugal’s Minister of State and Foreign Affairs Rui Machete sign a landmark agreement establishing a formal Seat of the Ismaili Imamat in Portugal.
AKDN / Gary Otte
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President of the Portuguese Republic, visits the Ismaili Centre, Lisbon
Posted June 3rd, 2017 by librarian-hdHis Excellency Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, President of the Portuguese Republic, visited the Ismaili Centre, Lisbon on 29 April 2017, where he received a warm welcome from hundreds of members of the Portuguese Jamat.
Ismaili Girl and Boy Scouts lined a red carpet at the entrance of the Ismaili Centre, where President Marcelo was greeted upon his arrival by Rahim Firozali, President of the Ismaili Council for Portugal, Nazim Ahmad, Diplomatic Representative of the Ismaili Imamat to the Portuguese Republic, and senior officials of the Seat of the Ismaili Imamat.
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ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SEAT OF THE ISMAILI IMAMAT IN PORTUGAL 2015-06-03
Posted July 29th, 2015 by librarian-umedThis Agreement establishes the privileges, immunities and facilities extended by the Portuguese Republic to the Ismaili Imamat.
CHAPTER II SEAT OF THE ISMAILI IMAMAT Article 3
Seat
The Portuguese Republic shall ensure the conditions for the establishment of the Seat of the Ismaili Imamat within its territory as well as for the exercise of its functions , in accordance with the present agreement
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Agreement between the Portuguese Republic and the Ismaili Imamat 2009-05-08
Posted July 28th, 2015 by librarian-umedAGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC AND THE ISMAILI IMAMAT
WHEREAS the 1976 Constitution of the Portuguese Republic and the Religious Freedom
Act enshrine, and Portugal acknowledges, the social importance of the religious
phenomenon, the commitment to the principle of non discriminatory treatment for the
different churches and religious communities and the need to establish enabling conditions
for all citizens to enjoy the freedom of conscience and the right to freely practise religion
and worship;
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Universidades vão tirar "amplo partido" de acordo com Aga Khan - 2015-06-03
Posted June 4th, 2015 by librarian-umedEnglish Google Translation below text
Política
Universidades vão tirar "amplo partido" de acordo com Aga Khan
É uma das maiores agências privadas para o desenvolvimento em todo o mundo. Sede formal do Ismamat Ismaili passará a funcionar em Portugal e inclui um investimento na investigação académica
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RUI MACHETE ASSINA ACORDO SOBRE SEDE DA COMUNIDADE ISMAILI EM PORTUGAL 2015-06-02
Posted June 2nd, 2015 by librarian-umedEnglish translation on Google - see below text!
O Ministro de Estado e dos Negócios Estrangeiros, Rui Machete, recebe no dia 3 de junho, pelas 13h25, o líder da Comunidade Ismaili, Príncipe Aga Khan, para um almoço de trabalho seguido da assinatura do acordo entre a República Portuguesa e o Imamat Ismaili.
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Aga Khan admite investir em Portugal nos próximos cinco anos 2015-06-02
Posted June 2nd, 2015 by librarian-umed02/06/2015 - 17:18
See English google translation below the Portuguese text
Áreas de aposta serão saúde e protecção social. No nosso país ficará, também, a residência oficial do príncipe.
O príncipe Aga Khan admite investir na saúde e em serviços de protecção social em Portugal. O PÚBLICO sabe que no discurso que o líder da comunidade Ismaili profere ao princípio da tarde desta quarta-feira no Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros, após a assinatura do acordo que estabelece a sede global da sua comunidade em Portugal, essa questão será referida.
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Remarks by His Highness the Aga Khan at the North-South Prize Ceremony, Senate Hall, Parliament, Lisbon 2014-06-12
Posted January 2nd, 2015 by librarian-ldBismillah-ir-Rahman-ir-Rahim
President of the Republic of Portugal
President of the Parliament
Secretary-General of the Council of Europe
Government Ministers and Members of Parliament
President of the Portuguese Parliament’s Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
Chair of the Executive Committee of the North‐South Centre
Fellow laureate, Suzanne Jabbour
Excellencies
Ladies and Gentlemen
It is a singular pleasure for me to be here with you and to tell you how deeply honoured I am by this remarkable award.
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Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Award Ceremony for the 12th Cycle of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2013-09-06
Posted October 14th, 2013 by librarian-hdBismillah-ir-Rahman-ir-Rahim
Your Excellency President Cavaco Silva
Your Excellency Vice-Prime Minister Paulo Portas
Honourable Mayor António Costa
Members of the Diplomatic Corps
Excellencies
Distinguished Guests
Ladies and Gentlemen
It is a special joy for me to welcome you this evening, and to thank you for being a part of this most auspicious ceremony, in this most appropriate place.
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