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Independent UK - AGA KHAN PLANS ISLAMIC ART MUSEUM IN TORONTO - 2002-10-09
Posted July 9th, 2009 by heritageAga Khan takes Islamic museum plan to Canada after losing fight for London siteOne of the world's richest men, the Aga Khan, has failed in his attempt to build an Islamic museum and cultural centre on one of London's most prized sites.
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More - AGA KHAN FOUNDATION WORK PRAISED IN UK - 2003-04-09
Posted July 9th, 2009 by heritageAga Khan Foundation work is praised in UK The Aga Khan Development Network has been praised in London for its 'outstanding work' in Kenya.
In a debate in the House of Lords on Monday night, which discussed a whole range of development issues across East Africa, Baroness Rawlings said the Network was one of the 'finest organisations' in the field of development assistance.
'The AKDN comprises private development agencies to improve living conditions and opportunities in East Africa and other specific regions of the developing world,' Baroness Rawlings said.
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Re: Simon O'Hagan's 'The Aga Khan: A Near Myth' - AGA KHAN PROPOSAL A BOON FOR TORONTO - 2002-10-10
Posted July 9th, 2009 by heritageFrom the finest racehorses to the devotion of 15 million followers, he is used to every privilege and defers to nobody. But it's not necessarily a recipe for contentment and, when his plans are thwarted, there is always a price to pay
Nobody likes to be rejected, but when you are a billionaire spiritual leader unused to having people stand in your way, the consequences tend to be dramatic. Such is the case with the Aga Khan, who for the second time in 13 years has reacted to a perceived slight by turning his back on Britain and looking elsewhere for a welcome.
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Cartier Horse of the Year Dalakhani, winning the French Derby - DALAKHANI TOPS CARTIER AWARDS - 2003-11-13
Posted July 9th, 2009 by heritageCartier Awards: Dalakhani is European Horse of the YearThe Aga Khan's Dalakhani, winner of the Grand Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (Fr-I) and French Derby (Fr-I), was named Europe's Horse of the Year when the Cartier Awards were presented in London on Wednesday. The ceremony was held at London's Four Seasons Hotel. A 3-year-old Darshaan colt trained by Alain de Royer Dupre, Dalakhani won eight of nine career starts, including four group I races, before being retired at the conclusion of his 2003 campaign.
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Aga Khan plans Islamic centre in London - ISMAILIS' TRADITION OF CHARITY - 2002-04-26
Posted July 9th, 2009 by heritageThe Aga Khan outlined plans on Friday to build the English-speaking world's biggest Islamic academic centre in the historic heart of London.
'It's a gift to London, it would bring a real enrichment of the city's cultural life,' his private affairs director Iain Cheyne told Reuters, confirming a 24 million pound ($35 million) offer to develop the prime site on London's river Thames.
Prince Karim Aga Khan, 66, heads a largely Third World-orientated network of charitable institutes and businesses. Now he wants to make his mark on London.
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Aga Khan threatens to take Islamic art overseas - ISMAILIS' TRADITION OF CHARITY - 2002-04-26
Posted July 9th, 2009 by heritageThe hopes of one of the world's richest men to build a museum on one of London's most prized sites suffered a blow yesterday when the site owner said it would prefer to sell to the NHS.
The Aga Khan had selected Block Nine, a disused Victorian hospital building on the Thames opposite the Houses of Parliament, to house the largest collection of Islamic art in the English-speaking world.
Boasting some of the finest examples of Middle Eastern painting over the centuries, the museum would be the latest multimillion-pound addition to the string of cultural complexes lining the South Bank.
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Interview by Aga Khan upon the opening of the London Ismaili Centre - 1985-04-24
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Commencement Address by Prince Rahim Aga Khan at lIS Graduation, London 2007-09-10
Posted May 18th, 2009 by librarian-hd10th September 2007
Commencement Address by Prince Rahim Aga Khan at lIS Graduation, London
Bismillah-ir-Rahman-ir-Rahim
Distinguished guests; governors, faculty, staff and students of The Institute of Ismaili Studies, families and very young children of the graduates; ladies and gentlemen,
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London: Darkhana Jamatkhana, United Kingdom
Dua time : Mon - Sat 7:00 pm, Sun - 6:30pm, Daily 4:00am
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London Jamatkhana, Ontario, Canada
Daily congregation: Mon - Fri 7:30 pm Sat 7.00 pm
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UK Speech by H.H. Prince Karim Aga Khan 2008-07-03
Posted October 30th, 2008 by librarian-hdSpeech by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Banquet (London, United Kingdom)
July 3, 2008
Bismillah-ir-Rahman-ir-Rahim
Baroness Thatcher
Secretary of State John Denham
High Representative Solana
Your Excellencies
My Lords
Ladies and Gentlemen
What a great pleasure it is for me to welcome you tonight - to greet so many friends, old and new - and to acknowledge how much your friendship - and that of this country - has meant to me.
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2008-07-04-london001
Prime Minister Gordon Brown met the Aga Khan this week, at the start of the Aga's 50th anniversary of becoming the Imam of the Shia Ismaili community
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