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CELEBRATION AT FREER-SACKLER

2002, June 28 -THE WASHINGTON TIMES: "I only do what I'm told," joked His Highness the Aga Khan, the guest of honor at Wednesday's annual Freer-Sackler galleries gala, when asked whether, as rumored, it had been his decision to make the affair "black-tie optional." [More]


ISLAMIC CENTER OPENS IN SUGAR LAND

2002, June 26 -The Fort Bend/Southwest Star: "Nine eleven has scarred America, but not just America. It has scarred the Islamic world, and hundreds of millions of devout and practicing Muslims for whom the word of the Quran is the word of God. We have clarity and direction enough when the Quran affirms that to a life is, as if, to save humankind altogether." [More]


AGA KHAN SLAMS MULSIM EXTREMESTS

2002, June 25 - LOS ANGELES - Dawn International: Prince Karim Aga Khan on Monday condemned Muslim extremists for tarnishing the community's image around the world. "Unfortunately, there are forces at work in the Islamic world that seek to force others to conform to a rigid standard," he said. [More]


TEXAS GOVERNOR HELPS ISLAMIC LEADER OPEN HOUSTON CULTURAL CENTER

2002, June 24 - Texas News: SUGAR LAND, Texas (AP) - Texas Gov. Rick Perry joined the 49th descendant of the Prophet Muhammad, Prince Karim Aga Khan, in opening a new Ismaili Muslim worship and cultural center Sunday just south of Houston. [More]


PERRY JOINS MUSLIM CELEBRATION

2002, June 24 - Dallas News: SUGAR LAND, Texas – Gov. Rick Perry joined the 49th descendant of the Prophet Muhammad, Prince Karim Aga Khan, in celebrating the opening a new Ismaili Muslim worship and cultural center Sunday just south of Houston. [More]


PLACE OF SEARCH, ENLIGHTEMENT

2002, June 23 -Chronicle : SUGAR LAND -- Prince Karim Aga Khan, spiritual leader of world's 15 million Ismaili Muslims, dedicated a new center here Sunday to "peace, humility, reflection and prayer." The Aga Khan, one of the world's wealthiest men, attended the opening of the Ismaili Jamatkhana and Center, along with Sugar Land Mayor David Wallace, Gov. Rick Perry and other state leaders. [More]


CULTURAL LANDMARK

2002, June 21 -"The words `Muslim' and `Islam' have themselves come to conjure [up] the image of anger and lawlessness in the collective consciousness of most Western culture," and there "are powerful reasons that we cannot overlook, for which the West and the Muslim world must seek a better mutual understanding." [More]


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