“I am fortunate to lead an international community with a strong social conscience. Bridging North and South, East and West, the Ismailis have a long tradition of philanthropy, self-reliance and voluntary service.Wherever they live, they faithfully abide by the Quranic ethic of a common humanity and the dignity of man. They willingly pool knowledge and resources with all those who share our social ethic to help improve the quality of life of less fortunate men, women and children.
This is the impulse that drives the Aga Khan Development Network, the AKDN. To understand this dimension of the religious office I hold, one must appreciate that Islam encompasses both the spiritual and the secular. This unity underpins an unrelenting effort towards an equitable order, where the vulnerable are helped to regain the dignity of self-fulfilment. “
Extract from the Remarks made by His Highness the Aga Khan
upon Receiving the Die Quadriga 2005 Prize
in Recognition of the Work of the Aga Khan Development Network
Ismailimail 
THE ACTIVITIES OF AKDN THROUGHOUT THE WORLD IS A LIVING EXAPPLE OF SELFLESSNESS IN BRINGING UP THE STATUS OF PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT WALKS OF LIFE SPECIALLY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES TO LIVE WITH THIN THE MODERN TIMES.THIS HAS BEEN ACCLAIMED BY THE DEVELOPED COUNTRIES AS WELL. THE SORRY STATE OF AFFAIRS IS THAT MAJORITY OF SHIAS IN THE PROMINENT SECT AS WELL AS SUNNIS HAVE NOT YET REALIZED THAT SERVICE TO HUMANITY, WHICH IS ALSO CREATION OF GOD, NEED TO BE FIRST AND FOREMOST STEP IN SERVING GOD. IT WILL TAKE TIME WHEN THEY DO REALIZE WHAT HAZAR IMAM IS DOING AND HOW THE ISMAILIS IN THEIR INHAUSTIVE SPIRIT ARE TAKING PART IN A VARIETY OF PROJECTS RUN BY AKDN. THANK YOU.
abdul mohamed
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