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Religion: He became spiritual leader on July 11, 1957
Leader of the Ismailis celebrates half century
It was with honors of state that the Prince Aga Khan was received yesterday at the airport of Figo Maduro, in Lisbon. The Minister of Justice, Alberto Costa, the spokesman for the PS, Vitalino Canas, and more responsible Ismaili community members in Portugal have teamed up two thousand people who received what is to their followers the direct descendant of the Prophet Mohammed.
The institutional and spiritual leader of Muslims Ismailis is in Portugal at the invitation of the Government. The visit of Aga Khan, which runs until Monday, he comes in a series of trips to various parts of the world to mark the year of his Golden Jubilee of the Year.
It was the July 11, 1957 that Aga Khan became the 49th hereditary imam of Muslims Ismailis as successor to his grandfather. This community has about 15 million Muslims around the world, eight thousand of which reside in Portugal.
The celebrations for the day when the prince became the imam of Ismailis are being prepared with the help of more than 700 volunteers and is expected to receive more than 15 thousand community members living in Portugal and other countries. According to Ismaili community, the Jubilee celebrations of the Imam is an opportunity to launch new projects for development of the social, cultural and economic.
For Portugal, is expected to create a school of excellence for children and young people who show high capacity, but with financial difficulties. According to the representative in Portugal of the Aga Khan Network for Development, Nazim Ahmad, the project is still being negotiated, given that will be installed in the greater Lisbon area and that work on an internship, to receive students from around the country .
The Aga Khan Network for Development is a group of institutions ranging from health and education to architecture, microfinance or revitalization of cities stories. The network spent more than 200 million euros a year in activities of social and economic development and operates more than 200 institutions of health care around the world.
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Aga Khan, born December 13, 1936 in Switzerland, is 49. Hereditary imam of the Muslim ismaelitas. He spent his childhood in Kenya. Up graduated at Harvard in 1959, in Islamic history. He was married to the begum Salima, who has three children, and a second amorous with the begum Inaara, who has a son, Aly Muhammad.
CAVACO OFERECEU LUNCH
The President of the Republic, Cavaco Silva, received in Belem Palace of the Prince Karim Aga Khan. The Portuguese head of state offered a lunch in honour of Aga Khan. In the afternoon, the leader of ismaelitas was received by the High Commissioner of United Nations Alliance of Civilizations and former President of the Republic, Jorge Sampaio. “The meeting served to see how it sees its alteza in each time the Alliance of Civilizations and that, perhaps, can be expected to do together in the future,” said Jorge Sampaio. The meeting, the former President of the Republic stressed the need to “find concrete things that contribute to improving the situation of each one.” For today, Aga Khan has scheduled several meetings: 11.30 meet with the Justice Minister, Alberto Costa, followed by a hearing with the chairman of the Assembly of the Republic, Jaime Gama. In the afternoon, the leader ismaelita meets with the Foreign Minister Luis Amado, and ends the day with a meeting with José Sócrates, in the Palace of St. Benedict, which will be signed several agreements.
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