“My position, since 1957 as Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims bears no political mandate, it is an independent one from which I can speak to you openly. Today in the occident, the Muslim world is deeply misunderstood by most. The West knows little about its diversity, about the religion or the principles which unite it, about its brilliant past or its recent trajectory through history.”
Extract from Baccalaureate Address at Brown University
His Highness the Aga Khan
May 26, 1996 Providence, Rhode Island, USA
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