The Toronto Star
“Pluralistic spirit” shared by Canadians and Aga Khan goes back to 1972, when Canada welcomed a significant Ismaili refugee populations from Uganda as they were expelled by the ruling despot Idi Amin.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper stepped out of his limousine at the Ismaili Centre in Don Mills Friday afternoon and allowed himself a rare moment of unbuttoned candour.
“It’s a good day,” he said, smoothing his jacket as he greeted the Prince Karim Al Husseini Aga Khan IV, the spiritual leader of 15 million Ismaili Muslims worldwide and a force for benevolent change across the globe, with a familiarity reserved for an old friend.
The occasion for their meeting, the ceremonial opening of the Ismaili Centre and the Aga Khan Museum, two remarkable new buildings that occupy nearly seven hectares alongside the Don Valley Parkway here, was very official. But the two men have been recently getting to know each other better and better.
Categories: Americas, Canada, Islam, Islamic Art N Exhbit, Religion
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Congratulations to Canada. Congratulations to the Ismaeli Muslim Community worldwide. There is a lesson here for many Muslim Governments who have chosen violence/coercion in matters of faith. I am pleased that Canada welcomes those Muslim leaders who know how to show gratitude to this wonderful country. “May Canada become the world and may the world become Canada” was the prayer uttered by Hazrat Khalifatul Massih 4 (ra).