Interview
CBC Interview One-on-One with Peter Mansbridge (Toronto, Canada)
Posted December 26th, 2016 by librarian-hdPeter Mansbridge: Welcome again, to Canada, Your Highness.
His Highness the Aga Khan: Thank you very much.
PM: This place [the Ismaili Centre in Toronto], it’s going to be wonderful. It’s quite spectacular to look at. What do you hope will be accomplished inside these walls?
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Interview with His Highness the Aga Khan, with The Globe and Mail. 2002-01-30
Posted December 19th, 2016 by librarian-hdGM: Your Highness, thank you very much for seeing us, we really do appreciate it. These opportunities come few and far between.
AK: Well maybe they didn't mention this, but I've had a long-standing regard and respect for the Globe and Mail. You may not know it, but you actually helped me create what is East Africa's biggest media group.
GM: Really!? How is that?
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Text of conversation between H.H. The Aga Khan and Christina Paxson the President of Brown University at Ogden Hall 2014-02-19
Posted September 30th, 2016 by librarian-hdTEXT OF CONVERSATION BETWEEN HIS HIGHNESS THE AGA KHAN AND CHRISTINA PAXSON THE PRESIDENT OF BROWN UNIVERSITY AT OGDEN HALL
FEBRUARY 19, 2014
Christina Paxson: Your Highness, thank you so much for a wonderful talk. And it’s just such a privilege to have you back at Brown again, and with your family and your colleagues and it’s just a real privilege. So thank you very much.
His Highness the Aga Khan: Thank you, President.
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Text of conversation between H.H. The Aga Khan and Rt.Hon Adrienne Clarkson at the Global Citizenship Award 2016-09-21
Posted September 25th, 2016 by librarian-hdDiscussion between Madame Adrienne Clarkson (A.C.) and His Highness the Aga Khan (Aga Khan) at Koerner Hall following the presentation of the Adrienne Clarkson Prize for Global Citizenship on September 21st 2016
Toronto, Canada
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The Age Interview, Geoffry Barker, ‘Aga Khan: Enigma of East and West’ Melbourne, Australia 1979-10-31
Posted September 5th, 2016 by librarian-hdInterviewer: Geoffrey Barker in Aiglemont
From the Sunday Nation, Nairobi, which republished the interview
His Highness the Aga Khan recently gave a candid interview to the Melbourne newspaper, “The Age,” on a variety of topical issues. He is due to visit the Australian city at the end of October for the climax of the spring racing carnival and to be guest speaker at a “Racehorse of the Year” presentation jointly sponsored by the newspaper and the VRC [Victoria Racing Club]. He was interviewed By Geoffrey Barker.
From The Age, Melbourne, as published by the Sunday Nation
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Excerpts of Interview of AgaKhan with Lucky Severson on pbs.org [nid:31941]
Posted August 1st, 2015 by librarian-hd(excerpts of article}
SEVERSON: It is very rare for the Aga Khan to grant interviews. We caught up with him in Toronto:
(speaking to the Aga Khan): You are a spiritual leader, a businessman, treated like a head of state. I think you were just with the prime minister yesterday. Which of those hats are most important to you?
AGA KHAN: The institutional hat, which is the hat I inherited from my grandfather.
SEVERSON: As a spiritual leader?
AGA KHAN: As the imam of the Ismaili community, by far.
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Entretien avec Karim AGA KHAN IV - 2010
Posted May 19th, 2015 by librarian-hdJean-Jacques Lafaye - Votre Altesse, en tant que chef spirituel des communautés ismaéliennes du monde entier, vous exercez une influence indiscutable sur la scène internationale. Pourtant, vous ne souhaitez pas être considéré comme un acteur politique...
Karim Aga Khan - ...ou comme un politicien. De mon point de vue, même si la foi et les États doivent entretenir des rapports de collaboration et d'estime, le religieux et le politique sont deux choses bien distinctes.
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Aga Khan, l’imam philanthrope 2014-06-12
Posted June 25th, 2014 by librarian-hdBelow is the Google English translation)
Gilles Maarek / Gaetane Morin: How faithful are you planning in France and in the world?
His Highness the Aga Khan: Some 5,000 Ismailis live in France after fleeing domestic unrest in their countries of origin.
Worldwide, there are about 15 million. Our structure radiates worldwide. It is governed by a Constitution, which adapts to local laws.
Imam that I was responsible to interpret Islam and to ensure the quality of life of those who refer to me.
GM/GM: How do you do?
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Interview with Globe and Mail 2014-02-28
Posted March 2nd, 2014 by librarian-hd[Aga Khan: ‘Without a doubt, I am seriously worried’ about the world
John Stackhouse
Toronto — The Globe and Mail
Published Saturday, Mar. 01 2014, 12:06 AM EST
Last updated Saturday, Mar. 01 2014, 12:08 AM EST
The Aga Khan, spiritual leader to the world’s 15 million Ismaili Muslims and an honorary Canadian, visited Canada this week to speak to a rare joint session of Parliament, and inspect the new Ismaili centre in Toronto, due to open this summer. He also sat down with The Globe and Mail’s Editor-in-Chief John Stackhouse for an hour on Friday.
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The Aga Khan’s Earthly Kingdom, Vanity Fair 2013-02-01
Posted December 27th, 2013 by librarian-ajMulti-billionaire son of a notorious playboy, His Highness Prince Karim, the fourth Aga Khan, enjoys his jets, yachts, and Thoroughbreds. But since the age of 20, he has also been the spiritual leader of 15 million Shia Ismaili Muslims, building a hugely effective global development network. In Chantilly, home to France’s most prestigious horse race, James Reginato explores how the press-shy, Harvard-educated prince, at 76, fuses two worlds.
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Walk The Talk with His Highness Aga Khan 2013-10-05
Posted October 8th, 2013 by librarian-hdThis week we travel to outskirts of Hyderabad to interview His Highness The Aga Khan, spiritual leader of the Ismaili Community and Founder and Chairman of The Aga Khan Development Network. He speaks about how he bridges the east and the west and brings different communities together. He says that the modern world suffers from ignorance rather than civilization. He also speaks about how his academy is devoid of caste, religion and sect. And about how his life changed after the World Trade Centre plane crash in 2001.
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Interview with H. H. Prince Karim Aga Khan IV: THE POWER OF WISDOM - 2010-Spring
Posted November 15th, 2010 by heritageInterview with His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan IV
THE POWER OF WISDOM
(translated from french)
Interview by Jean-Jacques Lafaye
Prince Karim Aga Khan IV
Spiritual leader of the Ismailis since 1957
Jean-Jacques Lafaye
Author and journalist. Founder of the association « Éthique et politique » (1988) Publications include: Saint-Just, l’ombre des chimères, Rocher, 2007; David Shahar, le sacre de l’écriture, Michalon, 2007; Dialogue pour un monde meilleur, Alban, 2008.
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Entrevue avec L'Aga Khan: LA FORCE DE LA SAGESSE - 2010-Printemps
Posted November 15th, 2010 by heritageJean-Jacques Lafaye - Votre Altesse, en tant que chef spirituel des communautés ismaéliennes du monde entier, vous exercez une influence indiscutable sur la scène internationale. Pourtant, vous ne souhaitez pas être considéré comme un acteur politique...
Karim Aga Khan - ...ou comme un politicien. De mon point de vue, même si la foi et les États doivent entretenir des rapports de collaboration et d'estime, le religieux et le politique sont deux choses bien distinctes.
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INTERVIEW: The Aga Khan’s world view - 2010-05-28
Posted May 29th, 2010 by heritage‘I’d like to see Canada more vigorous,’ he says in a Globe interview covering everything from Canada’s involvement in Afghanistan to the importance of pluralist societies
The Aga Khan, spiritual leader of the world’s 15 million Ismaili Muslims and renowned philanthropist, spoke to The Globe and Mail Friday in a conversation that ranged from the prospects for Afghanistan to his profound admiration of Canadian pluralism.
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THE DILEMMA THAT FACES THE ISMAILIS - 1965-12-01
Posted March 24th, 2010 by heritageQ- Am I right that the Ismaili Faith is an esoteric one, that's to say, only real scholars and experts have read all the crucial texts that enable them to understand the inner nature of your religion?
A- "Yes, this is so."
Q- Do you consider yourself expert in these?
A- "Certainly. I think my grandfather ensured that we had a thorough knowledge of the important books."
Q- Do you think if you hadn't become Aga Khan you might have made a successful engineer? Or businessman?
A- "Who can tell?"
Q- Do you feel happier here in the West, or in the East?
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Interview of H. H. The Aga Khan Given to and Telecast by Pakistan Television Corporation- 1985-11-12
Posted March 24th, 2010 by heritageAH-Men have different reasons for serving humanity and their country. What are yours, Your Highness?
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Islam, The Most Multi-Racial Faith - 1970-11-01
Posted March 24th, 2010 by heritageThe first question Mansoor asked Mowlana Hazar Imam was how had His Highness met the Begum.
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Profile of the life and philosophy of the Aga Khan - UNLIKELY PATRIARCH - 1987-02-01
Posted March 24th, 2010 by heritageThe Ismaili sect, with its social and theologically liberal outlook, is probably the most progressive in the Islamic world. Spread over four continents its adherents are guided by their high profile Imam, Prince Karim Aga Khan.
Pranay Gupte profiles the life and philosophy of the unlikely patriarch. And his image of a new world order based on free enterprise.
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Karim Aga Khan: The Imam with the Golden Heart - Paris Match Interview - 1994-12-15
Posted March 24th, 2010 by heritageThe spiritual leader of 15 million Ismailis - of which 2500 live in France - has made his 24 year old daughter Zahra his privileged partner. The princess grew up in Paris, was schooled in Switzerland, then obtained her degree in Economic Development in the Third World at Harvard. During her trip to Pakistan with her father, the Aga Khan reserved a comprehensive social action program for her. The man who is called the 'richest man in the world', invests around 140 million dollars (700 million French Francs) in the third world each year.
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Interview of Begum Salimah - 1979-11-07
Posted March 24th, 2010 by heritageSome time ago, Anne Matheson of the Australian Women's Weekly interviewed Begum Salimah in London just before Her Highness's visit with Mowlana Hazar Imam to Australia where they were invited as specia guests of honour for the 1979 Melburne Cup.
Here is a condensed version of the interview and a glimpse into the life of Begum Sahiba as wife, mother and worker.
At her Paris house, the oldest known building within the shadow of Notre Dame cathedral and once an abbey, photographer Alec Murry and I went up a circular stone staircase from the monastic entrance below street level.
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