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The News
Saturday October 18, 2003 -- Sha'aban 21, 1424 A.H.
ISSN 1563-9479
Aga Khan links heritage to life quality
DJENNE, MALI: His Highness the Aga Khan Imam (spiritual leader) of the
Shia Ismaili Muslims on Friday addressed a crowd of over three thousand
people who had gathered at the Great Mosque of Djenne, a stately
edifice dating back to the 14th century. Mali’s Prime Minister Ahmed
Mohamed Ag Hamani accompanied the Aga Khan. Addressing the
gathering he said "Today, we face a delicate situation in which all
Muslims need to unite to present to the world the true face of Islam,
which consists of peace, unity intelligence and conviction." He said, "I
see the great mosques of the Ummah as symbols of the past but also as
hopes for the future. "We should not forget the great periods of Muslim
history have always been marked by intelligence, by competence and by
knowledge-of science, for the quality of life of men and women of the
Ummah."