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December 23, 1910 Interview with 'The Times of India' which was printed in 'The civil and Military Gazette', Lahore on December 25, 1910. Sir Sultan Mohamed Shah, Aga Khan III talked about the importance of the Aga Khan III had come to London to attend the funeral of King Edward VIII and the ways of maintaining this harmony, the forthcoming visit of the King to India, the mosque in London, and an opportunity of creating a Muslim University.
With regards to unity between Hindus and Muslims, Mowlana Sultan Mohamed Shah said, They were all partners in the mightiest and most glorious empire the world had ever seen, they were component parts of a body politic, and creatures of one God. Hindus and Mahomedans were like two arms of a nation - they could not sacrifice nor injure one without weakening the other.

In regards to the establishment of a Moslem mosque in England, Mowlana Sultan Mohamed Shah said Moslems had rightly decided to commemorate the brilliant rule of the greatest monarch of the present, or, for that matter of any age, by construction of a great mosque in London. Lord Ronaldshay and Lord Lamington had already signified their intention to associate themselves in promoting the movement, and Lord Minto would be requested to be president of a committee which was composed of very influential persons.(Aziz; 344)