Interview
AGA KHAN LAUDS PAKISTANS EFFORTS FOR PROGRESS. - 1970-02-15
Posted March 24th, 2010 by heritageTHE AGA KHAN MEETS THE PRESS AGA KHAN LAUDS PAKISTAN'S EFFORTS FOR PROGRESS.
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H. H. The Aga Khans Interview With Aroon Purie The Editor Of India Today - 1989-02-01
Posted March 24th, 2010 by heritageH. H. The Aga Khans Interview With Aroon Purie The Editor Of India Today During H.H. The Aga Khans Recently Holy Visit To India.
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Aga Khan Interview - All India TV-Radio - A Doordarshan Presentation - 1989-02-01
Posted March 24th, 2010 by heritageQ. Your Highness, you are the Imam of the Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims. It s a hereditary title. Have you ever felt burdened by being so, the 49th hereditary Imam? You are the direct descendent from the Prophet; you became the Imam at the age of 20. Did it ever come up for you where you were a reluctant Imam in any way?
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H.H. The Aga Khan TALKS ON T.V. - 1981-02-18
Posted March 24th, 2010 by heritageOn Wednesday 18th February 1981, His Highness Prince Karim Agakhan was interviewed on television by Mr. Javed Jabber, a well known personality in television and advertising. Some important questions were spotlighted to seek Hazar Imam's assessment on them and we reproduce hereunder the interview ad-verbatim for our readers-EDITOR:
T.V. INTERVIEW
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PRINCE OF DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES - 1991-08-12
Posted March 24th, 2010 by heritagePERSONAL FILE 1936 Born in Geneva as Prince Karim. Educated at the College du Rosey, Switzerland, and Harvard University 1957 Becomes Aga Khan, Imam of the Ismaili Moslems, on the death of his grandfather, Sultan Mahomed Shah Aga Khan III 1967 Establishes the Aga Khan Foundation 1983 Founds Aga Khan University, Pakistan 1984 Establishes Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development 1990 Named Commander of French Legion d'Honneur for eminent services to humanity'
PRINCE OF DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES
The Aga Khan speaks to William Dawkins and Edward Mortimer
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Karim Agha Khan, prince de lislam et homme daffaires - 1967-10-15
Posted March 24th, 2010 by heritageJeune Afrique, hebdomadaire international
Karim Agha Khan, prince de l'islam et homme d'affaires
(Propos recueillis par Anne Loesch)
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FACE A FACE avec l'Aga Khan - 1975-03-01
Posted March 24th, 2010 by heritage(L'Expansion, mars 1975)
J'imaginais - comme beaucoup de Français, sans doute - l'Aga Khan tel son grand-père et son père: une personnalité très parisienne, bien rodée aux charmes de la "High Society", logé dans un luxe riant et menant une vie joyeuse et en grande partie oisive.
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In Him, East and West Meet. - 1983-12-01
Posted March 24th, 2010 by heritageIn a recent interview in New York, the Aga Khan answered question from LIFE reporter Margot Dougherty and Managing Editor Richard B. Stolley.
I don't think the public has a very good idea of what you do. Perhaps you could start with what we call a job description. The Imamate is a hereditary office, and the Imam is responsible for guiding the practice of the faith of the Ismaili community. In matters of faith he makes the decisions. In the matters if everyday activity, he has a large network of everyday institutions and structures that answer to him.
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Elle - Mystère de l'Aga Khan - Heritage - Interview - 1969-08-20
Posted March 24th, 2010 by heritageElle - Mystere de l'Aga Khan - Heritage - Interview
Elle Magazine (France) 20 Aout 1969
Paul Giannoli l'a rencontré pour ELLE: aujourd'hui, il n'appartient plus aux mille et une nuits mais c'est un jeune homme bien inséré dans son époque. Karim Aga Khan est moins un "dieu vivant", qu'un homme d'affaires et un chef religieux responsable de millions d'âmes qui n'a presque plus de temps pour les plaisirs de la vie.
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The Aga Khan: A Man of His Time - 1978-11-24
Posted March 24th, 2010 by heritageEven at 7:15 on the morning after a banquet, with breakfast and an interview to be got through before an 8:30 meeting with Premier William Davis, the Aga Khan easily lives up to the promise of his own press release: 'A man who possesses in full measure the charm and wit shared with the rest of his family.'
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The Aga Khan: Islam and us - 1995-12-28
Posted March 24th, 2010 by heritageForty ninth Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims, Karim Aga Khan, at 59 years of age, is the spiritual leader of 20 million faithful. His religious mission ties-in with [H]is humanitarian concerns. Considered one of the richest men in the world, [H]e allocates 700 million Francs each year to the Muslim Third World by means of [H]is development network. He also travels regularly to the twenty-five countries in which the Ismailis are spread out, often accompanied by [H]is daughter, Princess Zahra, whose presence symbolizes the new role of the modern woman in the Islamic world.
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Radio Times of Kenya Interviewn of Aga Khan - 1959-10-14
Posted March 24th, 2010 by heritageH.H. THE AGA KHAN INTERVIEWED BY KBS
RADIO TIMES OF KENYA
OCTOBER 14, 1959
INTERVIEWED BY CHARLES HAYES
On the eve of his departure after his East African tour, His Highness the Aga Khan gave a microphone interview to Charles Hayes.
This 'question and answer' report is published in response to many requests from listeners to this interview which was first broadcast on Wednesday, 14th October at 8 p.m.
Q. How do you see the future of the Ismaili people in the development of East Africa?
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Interview of a Young Imam - 1958-05-02
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Mowlana Hazar Imam and the London Newspapermen on television.
May 2nd, 1958 "Press Conference"
115 Questions answered with artistry and insight.
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INTERVIEW: H. H. The Aga Khan - 1981-10-30
Posted March 24th, 2010 by heritageThe problem of the rural habitat is one of the most difficult problems'...
An interview held at Urumchi, Xinjiang, on Friday, October 30th, 1981 by Xinhua News Agency and representatives of the 'Xinkiang Gizetti' with Mawlana Hazar Imam, to elicit Mawlana Hazar Imam's views and comments on the holding in Beijing of the international seminar 'The Changing Rural Habitat' and on Mawlana Hazar Imam's subsequent visit in China.
What are the achievements of the seminar 'The Changing Rural Habitat'? and what is Your Highness' evaluation of these achievements?
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The Quiet Prince of Islam - 1979-05-27
Posted March 24th, 2010 by heritageAnthony Mann: (Commentary) One day in the twenties my father and a senior British official were strolling on the Nile bank near Cairo with a personage of world-wide fame. This was His Highness Sir Sultan Mohammed Aga Khan III, 48th Imam and spiritual leader of the Nizari Ismaili sect of Shia Moslems, whose services the the British Crown had earned him an imposing string of decorations, a sect on the Privy Council, and a salute of 22 guns.
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TV5 Entrevue - 2005-07-30
Posted February 25th, 2010 by heritageThe French interview of The Aga Khan, as well as comments of the speaker have been transcribed and translated in English by the Heritage Staff for the members of www.ismaili.net. - English translation is on http://www.ismaili.net/heritage/node/26079
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Un imam des chiites ismaéliens appelé empêcher la famine en Afghanistan - 2001-10-31
Posted February 25th, 2010 by heritagehttp://www.lemonde.fr/rech_art/0,5987,239159,00.html
Un imam des chiites ismaéliens appelle à empêcher la famine en Afghanistan
LE MONDE | 31.10.01 | 13h59
Selon Karim Agha Khan, imam des chiites ismaéliens, "il faut d'abord empêcher que des gens meurent de faim en Afghanistan, puis reconstruire une société civile".
"quel est votre plan pour l'avenir de l'afghanistan ?
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L'ethique de l'islam guide toute mon activite - 2005-09-18
Posted February 25th, 2010 by heritageA la fois chef spirituel, mécène, homme d'affaires et philanthrope, le 49e imam héréditaire des chiites ismaéliens consacre son temps et sa fortune à l'amélioration des conditions de vie des populations défavorisées. Le réseau d'institutions caritatives qu'il dirige agit en Asie et sur tout le continent.
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Celebrating Beauty - 2004-11-27
Posted February 25th, 2010 by heritageINTERVIEW: Celebrating Beauty
The award was instituted as it was felt by the Aga Khan that the gap between past accomplishments and current practice in Islamic architecture was massive. Has that gap been bridged after the award was instituted?
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English translationis here - AGA KHAN: 'I AM SURPRISED BY THE IGNORANCE ON ISLAM' - 2001-10-22
Posted February 25th, 2010 by heritageThe Aga Khan: 'I am amazed by the ignorance of Islam'.Says the leader of the Ismaelits: this is not a conflict between civilisations but of reciprocal prejudices and stereotypes.'.
The Taliban: 'Through the Koran, they condemn themselves. The Koran prohibits the enforcement of a religious practice or of a faith. This is why the regime of the Taliban condemns itself, but it is not right to associate it with Bin Laden and to associate Bin Laden with Islam.'.
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