Aga Khan IV, in an interview with Robert Ivy (FAIA), in Architectural Record (31 August 2001).
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There are many interpretations of Islam within the wider Islamic community, but generally we are instructed to leave the world a better place than it was when we came into it.
— Aga Khan IV on Islam
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About Aga Khan IV
The Āgā Khān IV (or His Highness Prince Karīm al-Ḥussaynī Āgā Khān IV) KBE CC GCC (13 December 1936 – 4 February 2025) was the 49th hereditary Imam (spiritual leader) of the Ismaili Muslims, comprised of ethnically and culturally diverse peoples living in over 25 countries around the world. A Harvard graduate in Islamic history, the Aga Khan succeeded his grandfather as Imam of the Ismailis in 1957. He was the founder and Chairman of the Aga Khan Development Network.
About Aga Khan IV
The Āgā Khān IV (or His Highness Prince Karīm al-Ḥussaynī Āgā Khān IV) KBE CC GCC (13 December 1936 – 4 February 2025) was the 49th hereditary Imam (spiritual leader) of the Ismaili Muslims, comprised of ethnically and culturally diverse peoples living in over 25 countries around the world. A Harvard graduate in Islamic history, the Aga Khan succeeded his grandfather as Imam of the Ismailis in 1957. He was the founder and Chairman of the Aga Khan Development Network.
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