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University of Portugal Sign Agreement

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Aga Khan University and Catholic University of Portugal Sign Agreement of Academic Collaboration July 12, 2008

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AKDN - 12 July 2008 - Lisbon, Portugal - Aga Khan University (AKU) and the Catholic University of Portugal (UCP), today signed an agreement of academic collaboration as part of their efforts to foster international understanding and scholarly cooperation between diverse cultures and faiths. Areas of collaboration between the two universities will include culture, law, religion, ethics, health sciences, education and human development through joint research, training initiatives, and exchange programmes for faculty and students. Professor Manuel Braga da Cruz, Rector of the UCP and Firoz Rasul, President AKU, signed the Memorandum of Understanding at the Ismaili Centre in Lisbon.

His Highness the Aga Khan meets with Professor Jose Mariano Gago, Minister for Science, Technology and Higher Education after the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Aga Khan University (AKU) and the Catholic University of Portugal (UCP). Also present are Professor Manuel Braga da Cruz, Rector of the UCP, Firoz Rasul, President of AKU and His Eminence D. José Policarpo the Cardinal Patriarch of Lisbon and Chancellor of the University.

The historic signing ceremony was attended by His Eminence D. Jose Policarpo, the Cardinal Patriarch of Lisbon and Chancellor of the University, D. José Policarpo, and His Highness the Aga Khan, Imam (Spiritual Leader) of the Ismaili Muslims and Chancellor of the AKU. Rector da Cruz and President Rasul noted that the partnership between the two Universities conveyed a collective commitment to go beyond common boundaries, to build bridges between diverse faiths and peoples by connecting different parts of the world together through the universal language of scholarship. The partnership is an opportunity to address shared concerns, identify common interests and foster greater understanding on issues of global concern.

Aga Khan University’s Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations, based in London, will lead the collaboration, working with the Faculties of Law and Theology, and the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Catholic University of Portugal. Initial projects will include comparative study of the impact of religion on the evolution of legal systems as it relates to the law of the land and its bearing on civil society; cultural studies; health sciences education and training; joint research, training and consultation on bioethics; and discussion on human development frameworks. Collaboration will include exchange programmes, research initiatives, and the organisation of symposia, lectures series, conferences, short courses and continuing education programmes.

Professor Manuel Braga da Cruz and Firoz Rasul exchange agreements after the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Aga Khan University and the Catholic University of Portugal.

Chartered in 1983, Aga Khan University is an institution of the Aga Khan Development Network. AKU is a private, autonomous university recognised for its research, teaching and service at an international standard in medicine, nursing, teacher education, medical care and community service. The university has campuses and programmes in eight countries in South Asia, the Middle East, Europe and Africa, including Faculties of Health Sciences with a Nursing School, Medical College and teaching hospitals in Karachi and Nairobi, Institutes for Educational Development in Karachi and Dar es salaam, an Examination Board and an Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations. AKU is a non-denominational institution open to all, irrespective of religion, ethnicity, gender, national origin or financial standing.

The Portuguese Catholic University is a public educational institution, established by the Congregation of Catholic Education, under the Concordat between Portugal and the Apostolic See, and recognised by the Portuguese State in 1971. It currently has approximately 11.000 students attending all three cycles of study (University degree, Masters’ degree and PhD) in all of its 4 major centres, located in Lisbon, Braga, Oporto and Viseu. It is also attended, on an annual basis, by over 2.000 professionals seeking its well reputed programmes for executives. The scientific areas developed by the University cover a variety of themes ranging from Theology to Art, Philosophy, Human Sciences, Social Sciences, Health Sciences, Engineering, Architecture, Educational Sciences, Biotechnology, Entrepreneurial Sciences, and Law. Integrated within UCP units, there are 22 study centres, Cabinets and Institutes which are essentially dedicated towards pure and applied investigation. As from 1998, the University has its own publisher, named UCEditora.

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Portugal: His Highness the Aga Khan held meetings with various government officials July 12, 2008

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AKDN - 11 July 2008 - On the second day of his visit to Portugal, His Highness the Aga Khan held meetings with various government officials, including the Minister of Justice, Alberto Costa, as well as the President of the Assembly of the Republic Jaime Gama. Later that day, the Aga Khan held a meeting with Foreign Minister, Luis Amado and then met with Prime Minister Jose Socrates at the Prime Minister’s Palace. Here, the Aga Khan and the Foreign Minister signed an Agreement of International Cooperation between the Ismaili Imamat and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Portuguese Republic. Photo Credit: Gary Otte / AKDN

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Aga Khan and Foreign Ministry sign agreement on international cooperation July 12, 2008

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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Portuguese Ismaili Imamat sign today an agreement for international cooperation within the framework of the visit to Portugal of institutional and spiritual leader of Muslims Ismailis, Karim Aga Khan.

The cooperation, through the Aga Khan Network for Development, may occur in states and regions of Asia and Africa considered to be of interest to the Portuguese government and where that network is deployed.

In addition to regular consultations on matters related to the sites concerned, the agreement to be signed today after a meeting with the prime minister, José Sócrates, stipulates that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Portuguese diplomatic services can benefit from the resources of the Network countries there is a wave diplomatic or consular representation Portuguese.

Over the past 50 years, the Aga Khan has led the growth of one of the largest private networks worldwide development aid, giving up the Network for the Aga Khan Development (AKDN) to a large number of activities in education, health and rural development, cultural and economic.

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His Highness the Aga Khan with Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Socrates and other dignitaries July 12, 2008

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Leader of the Ismailis celebrates half century July 11, 2008

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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.

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UN High Commissioner for the Alliance of Civilizations meets with His Highness the Aga Khan July 11, 2008

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Alliance of Civilizations

Jorge Sampaio meets with Aga Khan

The former President of the Republic Jorge Sampaio and Prince Aga Khan, spiritual leader of Muslims and institutional ismaelitas, held a meeting today in Lisbon to talk about “the importance of the Alliance of Civilizations”.

“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,” explained Jorge Sampaio, currently the UN High Commissioner for the Alliance of Civilizations .

To leave the meeting, held at Hotel Ritz in Lisbon, the former President of the Republic underlined that the “vision of Aga Khan and what he represents are very important in the context of the Alliance of Civilizations to the management of pluralism and cultural diversity and intercultural dialogue. “

“Currently there is a great challenge and there is a great way for go. To begin with we must find political solutions to political problems,” he said, stressing that “dialogue on cultural diversity can be a before and after” for political solution of processes difficult.

Jorge Sampaio stressed the need for “concrete and definitive finding things that contribute to improving the situation of each one, especially in those places and places where there are conflicts on a larger scale.”

“When the poverty rife, oil rises, all this shaking. Shaking And also the conflict that can not be resolved by a simplistic way,” explained the current UN High Commissioner for the Alliance of Civilizations.

Questionado by Lusa on the trials of Iranian missiles in the Persian Gulf in recent days, Jorge Sampaio refused to make any comment.

The Aga Khan’s visit to Portugal, which runs until next Monday at the invitation of the Portuguese government, he comes in a series of trips to various parts of the world to mark the year of its golden jubilee of - the 50 anniversary since it is became Imam, spiritual leader of the Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims, a community of 15 million Muslims, of whom eight thousand are currently living in Portugal.

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