His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan – Congratulations on Seventy-Fifth Birthday
Hon. Mobina S. B. Jaffer: Honourable senators, yesterday Ismaili Muslims around the world celebrated the seventy-fifth birthday of His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan. The Aga Khan is the devoted spiritual leader and forty-ninth imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims.
As a proud Ismaili Muslim, every morning I wake up knowing that I am a beneficiary of the Aga Khan’s infinite knowledge, wisdom and guidance.
When my family and my community were exiled from Uganda, when we lost everything and feared for our lives, the Aga Khan protected us. He helped us rebuild our entire lives and seek refuge in this great country, Canada.
When I was a young woman and I faced societal pressures that told me that women could only be nurses and teachers and not lawyers or doctors, the Aga Khan taught me that your gender did not define who you are or which profession to pursue. He emphasized the importance of educating girls, and he continues to ensure that young girls around the world are afforded the same opportunities as young boys.
Honourable senators, the truth is that we are all beneficiaries of the Aga Khan’s philanthropy. In 1967, the Aga Khan founded the Aga Khan Foundation, which is one of the largest private development agencies in the world. The Aga Khan Foundation and the other development agencies that operate in close conjunction provide long-term solutions to poverty, hunger, illiteracy and other problems that are plaguing the developing world.
In addition, they also have mandates that include the environment, education, culture, architecture, micro-finance and rural development.
Traditionally, one receives gifts on one’s birthday.
Honourable senators, the greatest gift that we can offer His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan is to renew our commitment to building a pluralistic society, one that is based on the values of justice, equality and tolerance. Together we must work to improve not only our own lives but also the lives of those who are the most vulnerable in society.
The Aga Khan has often described his vision of a world where difference is not seen as weakness but instead as a powerful force for good.
Honourable senators, I want to live in that world. The Aga Khan has given us all so much. Let us continue to work to make his vision a reality.
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Ismailimail 
Well done Mobina Jaffer. You make us proud too.
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Honourable Mobina S.B. Jaffer, Q.C.
your emotional and thought full
statement gives many our community young members
courage to com up with fresh breath and commitments,
to work for society as per Guidance of His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan
to make his vision a reality.
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Tuely inspiring feelings and reflections on HH’s vision and the AKDN’s contributions to the humanity. Leaders like Hon Mobina always work for furtherance of the noble objectives of HH. My sincerest regards & YAM.
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Dear Mobina Jaffer,
Very nice statement on the event of 75th Birthday of His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan who has devoted His whole life for the betterment of all of us and we proud to be Ismailis
Regards
Karim Khan
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I am proud to be an Ismaili Muslim, receive guidance directly form the true Imam, the Imam whom the Prophet of Islam Mohammad (MPBUH) had given the authority and power to guide and inter prate the faith of Islam. Not only the Canadian Ismailies are fortunate one, but all over the world the Islamili global community is fortunate enough, because for the last 1400 years we receive are receiving true guidance and blessings from the Imam of the time.
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