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Jointly Sighned by Aga Khan University and Catholic
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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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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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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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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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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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