Aga Khan, billionaire and prince of the poor

Translated from French, with slide show pictures at the source

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Aga Khan, billionaire and prince of the poor

He is at the same time supreme Imam, businessman and pioneer of the assistance to the poor. On July 11, 2007, Karim Aga Khan IV will celebrate his golden jubilee: fifty years with the head of an empire which is also one of the most effective networks of development of planet.

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  1. I was deeply moved and felt a great sense of pride when viewing these fabulous photographs illustrating the many many outstanding accomplishments of the Aga Khan Development Network over the past 50 years.

    Happy Golden Jubilee!
    Karima

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  2. Magnificent is the right word. This collage of pictures strikes a good balance between the remote past, the recent past and contemporary activities. It shows eminently recognisable pictures of the familial line and also a great selection of pictures showing especially three hallmarks of this Imamat so far, the humanistic, educational and architectural dimensions of Islam, among others.

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  3. HAZAROO SAAL NARGIS APNI BE-NOORI PE ROTI HAI

    BARHI MUSHKIL SE HOTA HAI CHAMAN MEI DEEDAWAR PAYDA

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  4. All the work has been wonderful and it satisfy us for being the member of this wonderful community who is well organized and disciplined. The fact is we are known by all magnificent achivement of His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan

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  5. “GOLDEN JUBILEE MUBARAK”

    HAZAROO SAAL NARGIS APNI BE-NOORI PE ROTI HAI

    BARHI MUSHKIL SE HOTA HAI CHAMAN MEI DEEDAWAR PAYDA

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  6. I feel i am so lucky to see Golden Jubliee and also salute him for devooting us 50Years of his life and gettin ismilies to be on the top i a proud to be an ismili

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  7. We were all blessed by this happy, auspicious occasion.
    All I can say is we can feel Mowla’s unfathomable love, affection, devotion, care and the knowledge that we are always in HIS heart whether we are infront of Him or far. He has done so much for us and we are all so proud of Him and so grateful and so lucky that He is our Imam and May Allah’s peace and love be upon Him and His Descendants.
    HAPPY KHUSHYALI!

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  8. I agree with parisa….
    Im proud to be an ISMAILI…
    and if reborn, i would always want to be an ismaili

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  9. The actual Islam I see here being Ismaili, the Islam of peace, the Islam of devotion, Islam of sacrifice, Islam of following the only one Guider who is descendant from Hazrat Ali (A.S).

    I find Jihad here in the form of helping poor, in the form of rendering services whether its educational, economical, or social…..all over the world.

    I am very very thankful (shukar) to Allah to have such an Imam who has devoted whole his life in improving quality of lives of the mankind in developing, under developing and even in developed countries.

    May Maula fills all our lives with spiritual and material happiness, and showers all his blessings. HAPPY GOLDEN JUBILEE and IMAMAT DAY MUBARAK

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  10. Very well said Zahid !

    I’ve been so enamored with all the efforts and planning for the celebrations on the Imamat Day and even on celebratory weeks preceding the Imamat Day. Awsome work ! Hats off to all our Volunteers throughout the world !

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  11. the great day of ismaili muslims!
    how happpy we r today that v r going to celeberate the 50anniverisary of our beloved imam and the leader of the muslim community.his work for huminity is accoladed all over the world.his life mission is to serve th huminity……..
    fahim baig hunzai

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  12. Golden Jubilee Mubarak to all my spritual brothers, sisters……. and to the whole Ismaili jammat of the wolrd………. may GOD bless our beloved Imam……may He will have been given long life……..and guaide us in future…….. we are the lukkiest muslim community of the Islam………….Again Happy Golden Jubilee………….and my message to my spritual brother and sisters is, always be united….. be helpfull for each others ever need.

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  13. please post any pics of celebrations in ur part of the worlds it will bring tremendous joy to the entire ismaili community to share ur joys in pictures as well

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  14. Hi and YAM 2 all,
    Wishing u all a glorious and prosperous 50th Imamat year, May Moulla Bapa’s Blessings and good wishes be with us and help us in both good and bad times.

    Again, wishing u a 50th Imamat ni Mubarakan.

    may Allah Bless us all.

    Amen

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  15. I feel grateful to Him, Thank His Highness for all his efforts, he made for the whole humanity and wish for Him the most happy life, and wish for us his followers his satisfy.

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  16. 1st of all i would like to congratulate all my roohani sisters and brothers the golden jubilee of our hazir imam i am feeling proud and lucky to be the the maternal son of such imam who guides us to siratul mustaqeam.and helps us in difficult time we love u hazir imam.

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  17. 1st of all i would like to congratulate all my roohani sisters and brothers the golden jubilee of our hazir imam i am feeling proud and lucky to be the the maternal son of such imam who guides us to siratul mustaqeam.and helps us in difficult time we love u hazir imam.

    Wishing u all a glorious and prosperous 50th Imamat year, May Moulla Bapa’s Blessings and good wishes be with us and help us in both good and bad times.

    Again, wishing u a 50th Imamat ni Mubarakan.

    may Allah Bless us all

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  18. Dear Brothers & Sisters,

    I would like to congratulate on your imam’s 50th anniversery of imamat. No doubt the ismaili community in the world has his own identity, and leader of the community also deserves to get the faith on his personality and his work. He is the spiritual leaders of ismaili’s but he is also the only muslim leader of the world, who teaches love, harmoney, faith on God almighty and do social work for humanity.

    I also salute and pay my gratitude on the eve of celebration of 50th anniversery.

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  19. Golden Jubilee Mubarak to all ismaili community
    I fee we are very lucky to be born ismaili and we should help our less fortunate brothers and sisters because in this way we can offer our shukarana

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  20. My dear Religion Sisters and Brothers, Fathers and Mothers, Suns and Daughters.
    With all my heart I would like to congratulate You with Golden Jubilee of Our Beloved Hazir Imam.
    All the best and I wish you be worthy murid of Hazir Imam.

    Always yours, Sherali

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  21. Yaa Ali Madad,

    Dear Ismaili Brothers and Sisters,

    My heartiest congratulations for the Golden Jubileeof our beloved imam of the time.

    I would like that each murid should give their time and knowledge as a gift to imam

    Malik

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  22. hamdu lillah we are the most lucky human beings who are living in the time of a living hazir imam.nothing could be better than his presence over the mankind.he has devoted his whole life for the well wishes for the whole world.he has blessed us with schools,colleges,universities,hospitals,nursing home,medical help thru agakhan focus organization .he is the king of mankind with out wearing a crown.

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  23. The actual Islam I see here being Ismaili, the Islam of peace, the Islam of devotion, Islam of sacrifice, Islam of following the only one Guider who is descendant from Hazrat Ali (A.S).

    I find Jihad here in the form of helping poor, in the form of rendering services whether its educational, economical, or social…..all over the world.

    I am very very thankful (shukar) to Allah to have such an Imam who has devoted whole his life in improving quality of lives of the mankind in developing, under developing and even in developed countries.

    May Maula fills all our lives with spiritual and material happiness, and showers all his blessings. HAPPY GOLDEN JUBILEE and IMAMAT DAY MUBARAK

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  24. ya ali madad
    i feel very happy and pride because iam ismaili
    and iam very happy bacause iam communicating with ismailis
    thanks for that grate pictures i felt very happy when i saw them
    happy golden jubilee to all of ismaili jamat around the world
    i like to communicate with ismailis from athor countries and i like to have ismailis friends so please write to me on my mail if you dont mind to be my friend
    your sister from syria Batraa

    batraa3@hotmail.com

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  25. Ya-Ali-Madad ..

    I am so lucky to see Golden Jubliee and also salute him for devooting us 50Years of his life and gettin ismilies to be on the top. With all my heart I would like to congratulate You with Golden Jubilee of Our Beloved Hazir Imam.May Maula fills all our lives with spiritual and material happiness, and showers all his blessings. HAPPY GOLDEN JUBILEE and NAVROZ MUBARAK

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  26. I’m so exited tha hazir imam is coming to chicago on april 16th. and I’m so thankfull that i have a loveing family THANK YOU HAZIR IMAM FOR THE WONDERFULL THING THAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR ME

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  27. Zabaan Pe Hamesha Ali Hi Ali Hai, Ali Zindagi Bandagi bhi Ali hai.
    Jo Koi Pooche Aashiqon Ka thikana Kehna Mushkil Khusha ki gali hai.

    From a proud Ismaili to all other Ismailis.

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  28. Hi and YAM 2 all ISMAILIS
    Wishing u all a glorious and prosperous 50th Imamat year, May Moula Bapa’s Blessings and good wishes be with us and help us in both good and bad times.

    Again, wishing u a 50th Imamat ni Mubarakan.

    may Allah Bless us all.

    Amen
    .
    jameel.khowaja@yahoo.com

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  29. salam
    mubarak golden jublee for all jamat of the world
    moula is always kind is murid always share our duty is do
    the advise of moula

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  30. We have to Thank GOD who sent Imam between us and also able us to celebrate his GOLDEN JUBILEE with all of joy and we also prey for his long life. HAPPY GOLDEN JUBILEE to all the jamat.

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  31. Ya Ali Madad…
    I felt that we r very lucky who born under the leadership of IMAM, I think we should thanks to GOD. & also very very HAPPY GOLDEN JUBILEE to all our jamat….

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  32. YA ALI MADAD TO ALL THE MURIDS OF IMMAM .I WISH VERY HAPPY
    GOLDEN JUBILEE AND 51 THAKKHAT NASHINI MUBARAK.I AM VERY LUCKY TO SEE SUCH AMAZING AND KIND DAY.THANKS ALLAH

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  33. Awwww…..Hazarimam looks soooo happy!!! I agree with the comment above, I too am proud to be an ismaili. Happy golden Jubilee to all my ismaili brothers and sisters all over the world. May mowla grant you health, happiness and Barakat. AMEEN.

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  34. this is the time that IMAM will do something for the jamahat especailly and for the humanity as a whole, we will see it soon. Golden Jublee is the symbole of that please remember this…..

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  35. I hope you all have a great golden jubilee year!! May mowla fulfil all of your wishes. AMEEN. Khushali Mubarak to all my spiritual brothers and sisters!!!!!

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  36. YA ALI MADAAD
    I felt that we r very lucky who bron under the leadership of IMAM .I think that we should thanks to GOD & also happy golden jubilee to all Isamailis.
    To all my ismaili brothers & sisters all over the world .may mowla grant u health,happyness&barakat.AMEEN

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  37. YA ALI MADAD TO ALL,
    First of all, I would like to say mubaraki to each and every one of my spritual brothers and sisters around the world for all the memorable darbaars which we had. As khalid bhai mentionned above, We are all very lucky that we are born ismaili. We should always say shukrana to our beloved mawla for giving us health, barakaat and these happy moments. My brothers and sisters, As we all know, our imam spent all his life for our progress materialy and spritualy ( for the progress of our Jamat world wide).What can we offer to him to our Mawla to make him more and more happier. Cogratulating each other, wshing each other the golden jubilee year is great but let’s think about, What can we offer to our father,A person who always thinks (24 hours) about his jamat? Is it volunteery service………

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  38. What I can say is only that I feel very very proud to be a Ismaili because I am the mureed of such a graceful and Karim Immam who is guiding us not only spritually but also contiuously thinking about the Muslim Ummah as a whole to bring them prosperity, happiness, eternal peace and his Loving blessing for all.

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  39. DR. Hussain Khowaja (mehrwani) (Tarr Khowaja)
    YAM
    I proud to be ismailies & i shere the letter of HAZARAT ALI writes in his instruction to MALIK AL ASHTAR
    Infuse your heart with mercy,love & kindness for your subjects be not face of them a verious animal counting them as easy to pray, for they are of two kinds: either they are your brothers in relegion or your equals in creation errar catches them (evil deeds) are comitted by them intentially and by mistake so grant them your pardan and your for giveness to the same extend that you hope GOD will grand you his pardan and his forgiveness for your above them,and he who appointed you is above you and GOD is above him who appointed you GOD has sought from you the fulfilment of their requirements and he is trying you with them

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  40. kisi pe ali ka saya kisi pe mohammed ka saya hum ne to in dhono ka noor shoah karim ma paya .golden jublee mubarak dewanoo

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  41. NaVrOz MuBAraK:->

    this is a day for all ismailis to just devise and to colloborate work to geather in order to achieve imam’s wish and filful imams desire which he has on all ismailis.
    we should celebrate this day with happiness just avoid all resent feelings from our heart, It is a time to just prove infront of the world how strenghtn and one we are.

    may maula blessed us with happiness, ong life and success in every part of life.
    (AAmen)

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  42. Ya Ali madaad, for ismali jamat, my name shoaib hussain and i am lucky, i am ismali and i am so happy because i am under our spiritual leader Prince Karim Aga Khan. Who is imam of the ismalis, Happy Golden Jubilee.

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  43. I’m Syed Irshad Murtaza, Student of Bachelor.
    As being an Ismaili let me share my such feelings regarding our faith, with my brothers and sisters under islam. How lucky we Ismaili people are, that we have such Imam of the time who guides us about religious particulars as well as for the betterment of our material life. Just saying, proud to be Jamat of Prince Karim Agha Khan . Many many Happy Golden Jubilee to all Ismailies. May Maula Shower his choicest blessings on us……Aameen.
    Thank you.

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  44. YAM I M VERY PROUD TO BE ISMAILI . HAZAM IMAM WHO GIVE GUIDINACE TO US AND IN ANY MOMENTS OF U R LIFE, WEATHER IT IS HAPPINESS OR SADNESS, HE IS WITH US.I LOVE U MAWLA BAPA.

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