Source: translated via Google
More than two thousand people received the Prince Aga Khan, spiritual leader of Muslims and institutional ismailis, their arrival at the airport of Figo Maduro, Lisbon, for a four day visit to Portugal at the invitation of the Government.
The Aga Khan’s visit to Portugal, which runs until next Monday, he comes in a series of visits to various parts of the world to mark the year of his Golden Jubilee of the 50th anniversary since it became the Imam (leader spiritual) of Muslims Shia Imami Ismailis, a community of 15 million Muslims, eight thousand of which reside in Portugal.
The spiritual leader, who for their followers is a direct descendant of the Prophet Muhammad through his cousin and son-in-law Ali, the first Imam, and his wife Fatima, the daughter of the Prophet, was received with military honors by the Minister of Justice, Alberto Costa, the spokesman for the PS, Vitalino Canas, and responsible for several of that religious community in Portugal.
The hereditary Imam of the Shia Imami Ismailis Muslims afternoon will be received by President of the Republic, Aníbal Cavaco Silva, who will offer a luncheon in his honor in the Palacio de Belem, Lisbon.
The Aga Khan also hold meetings with the Prime Minister, José Sócrates, the chairman of the Assembly of the Republic, Jaime Gama, the Portuguese Foreign Minister Luis Amado, as well as the Justice Minister, Alberto Costa.
For this afternoon is also scheduled a meeting with the High Commissioner of United Nations Alliance of Civilizations and former president of the Republic, Jorge Sampaio.
Waiting at the airport spiritual leader of the military were more than two thousand people.
I was in portugal in 1978. what a beautiful city and its beautiful people.
Visit with Hazar Imam on Imamat Day will always last within me.
I was very fortunate. I will never forget this.
My Mubarakh badi to you all.
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