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Civil society organisations make a major contribution to human development, particularly when democracies are failing, or have failed; for it is then… - Aga Khan IV
" "Civil society organisations make a major contribution to human development, particularly when democracies are failing, or have failed; for it is then that the institutions of civil society can, and often do, carry an added burden to help sustain improvements in quality of life. I believe strongly that a critical part of any development strategy should include support for civil society. I know that Norway supports this approach and works actively with its own civil society organizations to build capacity in the developing world.
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About Aga Khan IV
The Āgā Khān IV (or His Highness Prince Karīm al-Ḥussaynī Āgā Khān IV) KBE CC GCC (13 December 1936 – 4 February 2025) was the 49th hereditary Imam (spiritual leader) of the Ismaili Muslims, comprised of ethnically and culturally diverse peoples living in over 25 countries around the world. A Harvard graduate in Islamic history, the Aga Khan succeeded his grandfather as Imam of the Ismailis in 1957. He was the founder and Chairman of the Aga Khan Development Network.
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Prince Shah Karim Al Hussaini Aga Khan (IV)
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Shah Karim
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Karim Aga Khan
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Karim al-Husayn Shah
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IV Aga Khan
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Aga Khan 4
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H.H. Karim al-Hussaini Shah, Aga Khan IV
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His Highness Sultan Karim Khan
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Prince Agha Khan
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If we judge from Islamic history, there is much to encourage us. For century after century, the Arabs, the Persians, the Turks and many other Islamic societies achieved powerful leadership roles in the world — not only politically and economically but also intellectually... The fundamental reason for the pre-eminence of Islamic civilizations lay neither in accidents of history nor in acts of war, but rather in their ability to discover new knowledge, to make it their own, and to build constructively upon it. They became the Knowledge Societies of their time.
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