Some people may feel that this school and the one which we propose to build later at Kharadhar ore too large and expensive to justify their existence, but I think it is important to point out that when our new institutions are complete, we will not be able to cater to all the children of school going age in my community. ...
September 7, 1962 (Karachi): Muhammad Girls' Academy Opening CeremonySeptember 8, 1962 (Karachi): Jan Bai Maternity Home, Kharadhar, Dispensary and Day Nursery Opening Ceremony. SOURCESAs above from ismaili.net. POSSIBLY RELATED READINGS (GENERATED AUTOMATICALLY) ...
On the occasion of the opening ceremony of the Muhammedi Girls' Academy, I congratulate officers and members of the Ismailia Youth Services for the truly wonderful work which they have been doing for my Jamats and the youth of Pakistan. The Ismailia Youth Services have set an example in courageous endeavour, single mindedness and ambition to achieve worthy goals. I hope ...
As this is the Annual Dinner of the Pakistan Society I cannot think of a more appropriate time to say a few words about my Community in Pakistan. Everyone knows that we are a small minority in a vast population. We are also Shia Muslims in a majority which is Sunni. However, I think it is a very great tribute to ...
A continent which in sheer size equals the United States, Western Europe, China and India put together is awakening from the slumber of centuries. Two hundred million people speaking at least 700 different languages, divided literally into thousands of different tribal entities are groping, reaching, grasping for a brave new world. What the shape of this world will be, even the ...
If we sincerely seek to build a country which, under African rule, permits people of different races to live happily, the page to Start it is in the School. If Mohammed, and Jonathan and Njoroge can take school certificate together and play football together, the chances are that they would get to know and understand each other far better than their ...
His Highness the Aga Khan emphasised the need to help the cause of Islam at one stop on the tour.October ??, 1961: Other functions and events the Aga Khan attended where speeches may have been made, during the visit are unknown. SOURCESismaili.net POSSIBLY RELATED READINGS (GENERATED AUTOMATICALLY) ...
If it is not already the case, it will certainly be true in a few years' time that the majority of states at the United nations will be uncommitted. They will need immense wisdom and singleness of purpose to be able to influence the two power blocs without being committed to either one. Mr. Chairman, Chief Minister, Your Worship the Mayor, ...
Wherever you have one section of the community which is less well-off and less well-equipped to meet the competition of their compatriots, you have a source of grievance and possibly trouble. For, as the years go by, the disparity between rich and poor, the well-educated and non-educated, is about to increase, a kind of second class citizen is created who must ...
I hope we will be able to establish in this school one sound principle, Children should not learn of the word race but should learn of the word friendship. I would like them to start their education here and to move on through the stages to primary, secondary and I hope, university education with students of all different races but forgetting ...
The mainly European or Asian businesses cannot exist in isolation from the main political and social trends of the country. They must become part of it. That calls for considerable imagination, perseverance and patience but please do not imagine that I under-estimate the difficulties. I simply believe they have to be overcome. His Royal Highness Prince Aga Khan on 10 May ...
For the families whom we have not been able to provide flats, we discussed this question on my last visit two years ago and I must admit that as yet we still have not found the ideal solution for those families who cannot provide the 10% initial deposit or even those who cannot provide any deposit whatsoever. ... Building Committee and ...
May I say, however, that I am most grateful to the Government for contributing both the land and some money to help us build this institution. Two years ago I discussed the idea of building such a school with the representative of the Government who told me then that this should be considered as a luxury. Perhaps indeed this school is ...
(Nairobi): Aga Khan Nursery School, Fort Portal, Foundation Stone Ceremony.(Nairobi?): Met with the press.(Nairobi): Attended a lunch in his honour by the Speaker of Kenya's Legislative Council, Mr. Humphrey Slade.(Nairobi): Attended a lunch in his honour by the Commissioner for Pakistan in Nairobi, Mr. F.K. Shoban.(Nairobi): Spoke on "The British Commonwealth Nation" at a dinner organised by Kenya branch of Commonwealth ...
Interviewer: Unknown At Chantilly, surrounded by his wonderful horses, Karim Aga Khan receives Pierre Dumayet. He talks about his love for the Arab people and Muslim countries, discusses his role of religious leader who seemed naturally compatible with a human life of the world, "international star". Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio ...
Director: Robert Drew A virtually-unknown documentary feature from 1961 looking at the early period of Prince Karim Aga Khan as the Imam of the Ismailis. This film follows the Aga Khan at a time when he is just 25 years old and dealing with the challenges of being the new Imam. SOURCES POSSIBLY RELATED READINGS (GENERATED AUTOMATICALLY) ...
As I have said, I am a sincere supporter and admirer of all that the Commonwealth stands for today. It is a living example of the British genius for compromise and adaptability in the swiftly changing circumstances of the 20th Century. But I think you would be wise to face the fact now that the Commonwealth cannot survive indefinitely on its ...
I certainly like to see most friendly relations between all the Muslim states of the world. I think one of the most important factors in this is that most Muslim States have a major problem which is to raise the standard of living of their people, and so long as they have this common problem perhaps they could unite around it ...
Interviewer: Unknown Associated Press Correspondent In September/October 1960, His Royal Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan toured all Pakistan. Many foreign and local correspondents and photographers accompanied him on this colourful tour made in a Special Train called the 'Aga Khan Express' in West Pakistan. In the northern-most picturesque part known as Hunza Valley, His Royal Highness went in jeep and on ...
The atmosphere in your University is one of sound intellectual pursuit and you know well what you are aiming at, when you enter the gates of this college and when you leave it. [His Royal HIghness Prince Karim] hoped that further building of the University would be done "brick by brick" pointing out that that was the process with all great ...
A university is such a complex institution that it must be fully planned and conceived in every detail before its construction begins. If we wish to become a success in this framework, I feel that it will be necessary to study the present Pakistani university situation so that our project can take its right place amongst its sister institutions. May I ...
With reference to the use of the Reading Room, I believe that in the years to come, you will find that it is more of a habit than a discipline if you can encourage the students to make it a habit to come and do their home work in the Reading Room for a certain number of hours, either in the ...
Throughout history, when the great empires broke up, whether it be the fall of the Roman or Byzantine empires, or of the Caliphate, you will find that the youth had lost its dynamism, its personality and its imagination.... More than anything else, it is Islam which must unite us. Everywhere our standards and general practises in our daily lives must be ...
We have felt that everywhere that we start an institution for health today, it is more important to give the highest standard for medicine rather than to keep the costs perhaps lower than it would be if we were to give moderately good service. The most important thing for us is to set a standard so that the new things that ...
September 21, 1960 (Malir): Ismailia Youth service project, Mohamedi Girls' Academy, Malir, Foundation Stone Ceremony.September 22, 1960 (Karachi): Donated the "Aga Khan School" for refugee children Liaquatabad, Karachi, to the Education Minister of Pakistan.September 30, 1960 (Karachi): Technical high school Foundation Stone CeremonyOctober 2, 1960 (Karachi): Garden Jamatkhana Foundation Stone CeremonyOctober 5, 1960 (Sultanabad): High school Foundation Stone Ceremony.October 8, 1960 ...
I feel very strongly that if we are to set standard for our future educational buildings, we should keep this standard all the way through. In our new development, not one institution should fall below the aim we are setting ourselves, and all the more so, I would like this school, which is right in the centre of this particular area, ...
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The first time my father put me on a horse, I fell off and I haven't been much interested in horses since. The 23 years-old spiritual leader of 20 million Muslims (Ismailis) talked as earnestly yesterday about hospitals as his father does about horses. Aga Khan IV, the son of Prince Aly Khan, told a National Press Club luncheon audience in ...
Most of [the Ismailis in Iran] are farmers and craftsmen for whose welfare some steps must be taken. The government has done much work and I hope to give the necessary assistance which is possible for me. The number of Ismailis in Iran is about forty thousands. On 1st November there took place a Press Conference at the Officers Club where ...
October 24, 1959 (Tehran): Receives the title of His Royal Highness from His Imperial Majesty the Shah of Iran.November 1, 1959 (Tehran): Offered donation of £50,000 to Tehran University for hostel construction and scholarships, and £2,000 per year for five years to Red Lion and Sun Society of Iran for hospital and health work.October 24 to November 3, 1959 (Tehran, Ishfahan, ...
From the Ismaili teachings, what is there that could be of value to the peoples of East Africa - living in harmony perhaps? I think perhaps the greatest asset, which the community has proved so often here in East Africa, and in other parts of the world, is self-help. The people who are well-off help the people who are poor. The ...
Ismaili students in Tanganyika should always consider the territory as their home, (His Royal Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan told pupils of the Aga Khan Boys' School) He said that in choosing a career they should not only consider the present situation, but should look ten or twenty years to the future. He was pleased to hear that many of the ...
His Highness the Aga Khan IV delivers a speech at the Students' Conference in Bombay. SOURCESismaili.net POSSIBLY RELATED READINGS (GENERATED AUTOMATICALLY) ...
Speaking at a Civic Luncheon in his honour at Nairobi City Hall on Saturday, the Aga Khan said he had been struck forcibly on this visit by the powerful role newspapers could play in providing the means of communication between the different peoples who lived in the territories. Many distinguished Africans whom he had met, both in Kenya and Uganda, had ...
His Royal Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan paid a tribute to the "gallant gesture" of the Governor of Kenya, Sir Evelyn Baring, in saving the life of an Asian girl who was in danger of drowning at Malindi early this month. In a speech at the opening ceremony of the new swimming pool at the Aga Khan Primary School in Nairobi, ...
The message I will always give is that humanity cannot deal with present day problems without a basis of religion. At a press conference in Kampala, His Royal Highness, reiterated that he would not give advice of a political nature to his followers other than that they should identify themselves with the development of the countries of their adoption and be ...
As spiritual leader of the Ismailis I have neither the wish nor the means to dabble in politics. Twenty million of my community are scattered throughout the world living peaceably and quietly beneath the flags of many nations. The only political advice I shall ever offer to them is that they should remain absolutely loyal to the countries of their adoption, ...
September 23, 1959 (Kisumu, Kenya): Aga Khan Nursery School, Kisumu, Opening Ceremony.October 2, 1959 (Mombasa, Kenya): Nursery school at Mombasa Foundation Stone Ceremony. SOURCESSpeeches II, pp. 8-11 [Text verified and/or corrected from this source by NanoWisdoms]ismaili.net POSSIBLY RELATED READINGS (GENERATED AUTOMATICALLY) ...
The New York Herald Tribune reported His Highness the Aga Khan as saying in response to a question, "The primary function is the Imamat itself. That is the link which holds together our people, who live in so many different kinds of cultures and speak so many different languages." SOURCESismaili.net POSSIBLY RELATED READINGS (GENERATED AUTOMATICALLY) ...
[F]rom the initial phase of the project would come a major contribution to the medical services of East Africa, but it is from the improvement of the communities health, the training of nurses and doctors that my spiritual children will find their greatest reward. Reporter Many people asked why the Ismaili community should have committed themselves to such a large undertaking ...
