Ottawa Citizen: Aga Khan joins prime minister’s neighbourhood

The Aga Khan opens the new Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat on Sussex Drive. Chris Mikula for Ottawa Citizen
The Aga Khan opens the new Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat on Sussex Drive. Chris Mikula for Ottawa Citizen

Elizabeth McMillan Canwest News Service Saturday, December 06, 2008

OTTAWA – The Aga Khan, the Ismaili Muslim spiritual leader, opened a new $50-million architectural landmark on Ottawa’s famed Sussex Drive on Saturday.

The new building will be a link between the spiritual dimensions of Islam and the cultures of the West, the Aga Khan said.

His Highness the Aga Khan with Stephen Harper“It affirms our intent to share, within a western setting, the best of Islamic life and heritage,” he said. “It will be a site for robust dialogue, intellectual exchange and the forging of new partnerships” with the Canadian government, academics and international organizations.

94871-347081Prince Karim Aga Khan IV, known as the Aga Khan, was speaking at the opening ceremony of the Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat, which will serve as his office in Canada as well as a conference centre, and will be home to the Aga Khan’s development agencies. The organization has partnership programs with the Canadian International Development Agency and several Canadian universities.

Complete at the source. – The Star Phoenix

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