Caption with image at source Racehorse billionaire and Islamic spiritual leader the Aga Khan makes a speech at the inauguration of the renovated Musee du Cheval (The Museum of the Horse) in Chantilly, north of Paris, on its reopening day on June 15, 2013. Closed ten month for renovations, the museum reopened in 15 rooms tracing the history of the horse, ...
Almost 90 years ago -- decades before the more recent interest in health, diet and exercise -- Sir Sultan Mahomed Shah, Aga Khan III, wrote this short but lovely article on keeping healthy opening it with the remark that "all my life I have been keenly interested in the kindred subjects of exercise and diet, and their influence on the general ...
In welcoming Kofi Annan this evening, I want to emphasise what his personal example has meant to all of us. He has truly been an inspiration, demonstrating the power of patience and persistence, of a willingness always to listen and a refusal to give up hope.... As Kofi Annan has taught us, pluralism requires constant dialogue, a readiness to compromise, and ...
For all of these journeys [of cultural projects], the development process has been long and complex, but filled with stimulating lessons. Let me briefly summarise five of them. First, these cultural projects depend upon an ethic of partnership. This means that traditional separations between public and private domains must be set aside. The concept of public-private partnership is an essential keystone ...
Almost 70 years ago -- within a year of the Allies' World War II victory, the establishment of the United Nations and the partition of India -- Sir Sultan Mahomed Shah, Aga Khan III, noting that 'what is history except on rare occasions one long, long story of war and warfare?', delivered this sweeping, global assessment outlining out potential contributions the ...
Reconciling Islamic values and traditions with modern times is a critical issue which faces the whole Muslim world. In this four part series, the NanoWisdoms Archive is pleased bring selected quotes from His Highness the Aga Khan outlining his views on the issue as well as his suggestions for addressing it. In this final instalment, the Aga Khan asks: "Modernity cannot ...
Two years ago today, on April 14th, 2011, the NanoWisdoms Archive of Imamat Speeches, Interviews and Writings was granted the distinct honour of special permission by Aiglemont to publish His Highness the Aga Khan's speeches and writings. As a unique website dedicated to the Ismaili Imamat's knowledge, tens of thousands have visited the Archive, many of whom who also subscribe to ...
Reconciling Islamic values and traditions with modern times is a critical issue which faces the whole Muslim world. In this four part series, the NanoWisdoms Archive is pleased bring selected quotes from His Highness the Aga Khan outlining his views on the issue as well as his suggestions for addressing it. Building on the first two instalments, "Islam is for all ...
Reconciling Islamic values and traditions with modern times is a critical issue which faces the whole Muslim world. In this four part series, the NanoWisdoms Archive is pleased bring selected quotes from His Highness the Aga Khan outlining his views on the issue as well as his suggestions for addressing it. Building on the first instalment, "Islam is for all places ...
Reconciling Islamic values and traditions with modern times is a critical issue which faces the whole Muslim world. In this four part series, the NanoWisdoms Archive is pleased bring selected quotes from His Highness the Aga Khan outlining his views on the issue as well as his suggestions for addressing it. In the first instalment, "Islam is for all places and ...
The NanoWisdoms Archive of Imamat Speeches, Interviews and Writings wishes all Navroz Mubarak. In keeping with the theme of our Navroz card, we would like to share with you some important quotes of His Highness the Aga Khan and from the Qur'an on conflicts and resolving them. Please click on the link below: POSSIBLY RELATED READINGS (GENERATED AUTOMATICALLY) ...
This instalment's selection is His Highness the Aga Khan's 2008 book Where Hope Takes Root - Democracy and Pluralism in an Interdependent World. Published in 2008, Where Hope Takes Root is a collection of 13 of the Aga Khan's principal speeches, made between 2002 and 2006, along with his important 2006 interview with the CBC's Peter Mansbridge. Focused on the theme ...
The NanoWisdoms Archive of Imamat Speeches, Interviews and Writings wishes all happy New Year. In keeping with the theme of our New Year's card, we would like to share with you some of our favourite, previously published, quotes of His Highness the Aga Khan on thinking independently and searching for new knowledge -- the spirit of adventure. Please click on the ...
The NanoWisdoms Archive of Imamat Speeches, Interviews and Writings wishes all Salgirah Mubarak. POSSIBLY RELATED READINGS (GENERATED AUTOMATICALLY) ...
[S]topping a productive initiative simply because it might go on another six months or it might require additional financing, is extremely short sighted. What is important, is to complete it, to complete it well ... AKDN.ORG The first lesson we learnt, is that these spaces -- historic cities, open spaces -- these are the spaces where the poorest people of society ...
NanoWisdoms is pleased to announce its e-mail new Quote and Reading Service for our visitors not on Facebook or Twitter. Several times a week, the NanoWisdoms Quote and Reading Service e-mails a short or extended quote from His Highness the Aga Khan speeches, interviews, or writings -- or from earlier Shia and Ismaili Imams (pbut), the Holy Prophet (pbuh) or the ...
Over the past two years the NanoWisdoms Twitter quote service has broadcast several hundred quotes from His Highness the Aga Khan's speeches, interviews and writings. We are pleased to announce this collection of short quotes is now available on-line at NanoWisdoms, catalogued and organised by theme together with all sources as shown below. Combined with our extended quotes, published on Facebook, ...
[I]n the last decades I have come to an important conclusion about governance, about the fragility of governance in the developing world, and what people can do to protect themselves from governance which is not effective. And I think that history is beginning to show that civil society, in its complexity but also in its ability to impact the way people ...
People coming together around a common purpose are much stronger, for example, in eliminating corruption. When an individual faces corruption, that's a problem. When a village community faces corruption it's a totally different issue. And in fact, corruption in civil society is probably one of the most damaging forces that we are trying to deal with everyday.... And what we've found ...
There is one more dimension of our future vision that deserves to be mentioned before we conclude. I refer to an exciting plan to create, on the land adjacent to this site, a great new Kabul International Medical Centre -- a Centre of Excellence for providing tertiary care services and medical education of the highest quality. This new complex will be ...
This week's selection is His Highness the Aga Khan's 2009 Acceptance Address on his Investiture as a Foreign Member to the Academy of Sciences of Lisbon. In this enlightening speech, the Aga Khan notes that those in public offices of developing countries tasked with building well governed nations states and competently managed economies, were hampered by an "enormous knowledge deficit." Consequently, ...
The second point I would make is that this project has not stopped at the delivery of energy. It is investing in education, it is investing in healthcare, it is investing in social development, it is investing in all those aspects which improve the quality of life of people who live within the ambit of the project. And I think this ...
This week's selection is His Highness the Aga Khan's 1996 Brown University Commencement Address. In this broad, candid and important speech, made a few years after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of the Cold War, the Aga Khan discusses extensively the West's ignorance about Islam and highlights "powerful reasons" why "the West and the Muslim world must ...
On 12 December 1965, The Sunday Times of London published Nicholas Tomalin's extensive and candid interview of His Highness the Aga Khan. Although widely read and regarded by some as one of the Aga Khan's most important interviews, what is not generally known is that a week later, on 19 December 1965, The Sunday Times published, under the title "Our Future ...
The Archive is a unique website dedicated solely to the Ismaili Imamat's speeches, interviews and writings and has been granted special permission to reproduce His Highness the Aga Khan's speeches. It brings together readings from akdn.org, iis.ac.uk, theismaili.org, aku.edu, archnet.org, pluralism.ca, institutional publications, printed materials, media Web sites and other sources. With over 500 readings it is the most comprehensive, public ...
This week's selection is Sir Sultan Mahomed Shah, Aga Khan III's Daily Sketch interview answer,'Is Religion Something Special?' In his extensive answer, the Aga Khan contrasts the Christian view of religion with the Muslim view, illustrating how Islam's all-encompassing outlook permeates a Muslim's every thought and action with a practical example and concludes by explaining that "when I say that religion ...
[Google translation] This magnificent heritage deserved a public-private partnership and specific joint program. My experience of social issues, philanthropy and the fact that I live in the area have prompted various actors ask me to be the president of the Foundation for the Protection and Development of the Chantilly Domain, to manage and restoring the side of the Institut de France ...
This week's selection is His Highness the Aga Khan's 1983 Connoisseur Magazine interview with Paul Chutkow,The Aga Khan's Vision, London, United Kingdom. In this important interview, a week before the second Aga Khan Award for Architecture award ceremony, the Aga Khan discusses at length the rational, need and objectives for the Award and his view that architecture can be "an instrument ...
The NanoWisdoms Archive is a unique website dedicated solely to the Ismaili Imamat's speeches, interviews and writings and has been granted special permission to reproduce His Highness the Aga Khan's speeches. The Archive brings together material from akdn.org, iis.ac.uk, theismaili.org, aku.edu, archnet.org, pluralism.ca, institutional publications, printed materials, media Web sites and other sources. With over 500 readings it is the most ...
[Google translation] When I was asked to participate in the rescue of the racetrack [at Chantilly], I immediately thought it would be possible to improve the entire area. There were several agencies that were involved in this wonderful site, but the components were neither organized nor productive. We created the Foundation for the preservation and development of the field of Chantilly ...
In the course of my work over the past half-century, I have become convinced that finding ways for diverse societies to live peacefully together is one of the principal challenges of the contemporary world. It has led me to the conclusion that pluralism as an ethic of respect for diversity is an essential building block of successful and prosperous societies. Her ...
Following the very successful inaugural webinar last week, NanoWisdoms is pleased to announce it will be holding two additional webinars in May. The 60 minute presentations will cover the Archive's history, its collection, tips on how to use it effectively, the supplementary quote services and documents and also simple ways you can help increase awareness of the Archive in your jamat. ...
The NanoWisdoms Archive of Imamat speeches, interviews and writings is a unique website which last week celebrated its first anniversary and we at Amaana.org are privileged to interview the Archive's founder and editor, Mohib Ebrahim, as part of those celebrations. His unique all-encompassing perspective is truly inspirational in helping us grasp how the Archive, and projects like it, fit in the ...
The NanoWisdoms Archive of Imamat speeches, interviews and writings is pleased to announce its Thematic Quote Browser, the first on-line reference of quotes by His Highness the Aga Khan, and earlier Ismaili Imams, organised by theme. New quotes are continuously posted to the collection and broadcast via e-mail and Facebook. Quotes are also available in an attractive PDF format for posting ...
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I thought that you would be pleased to know that I have selected Singapore as one of our partners in looking at development opportunities in the future, not only in the Far East, but globally.... What do we share with Singapore? First of all, I think we share a very strong commitment to human knowledge. To the notion of competence. To ...
Historically, architecture was one of the most powerful expressions of our cultures. And yet 35 years ago, in my view, we had disappeared from the world's architecture. Our buildings had become books on coffee tables. Our schools of architecture had no architects trained in Islamic architecture. Our historic buildings were not being maintained. Historic cities were allowed to disappear, out of ...
This week's selection is His Highness the Aga Khan's 1963 Presidential Address at the First Anniversary of Mindanao University, Manilla, Philippines. In this seminal speech, the Aga Khan reflects on the critical role education played in sustaining the Caliphates during Islam's golden age, contrasting the state of education in the Ummah then to today. He notes that "during the two Caliphates, ...
This week's selection is His Highness the Aga Khan's 1981 Opening Remarks to the Aga Khan Award for Architecture's Sixth Seminar, The Changing Rural Habitat held in Beijing, People's Republic Of China. Although made in 1981, this extensive speech on the plight of rural peoples and strategies for rural development is as relevant today as it was then. Noting that 80% ...
This week's selection is His Highness the Aga Khan's 1984 Preface to the book Cairo, Revitalising a Historic Metropolis by Stefano Bianca and Philip Jodidio. Noting that at "a time when our heritage, the anchor of our identity and source of inspiration, is being threatened with destruction by war and environmental degradation, by the inexorable demographic and economic pressures of exploding ...
