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PLEASE CLICK: Photos of Visits by Mawlana Hazar Imam and Prince Aly Khan to Mozambique in the late 1950’s

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EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS BY PAPA JAN: HUNZA AND UGANDA
(from Muslim Harji Collection, to be published week of Monday, February 8, 2016)

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Hunza. Photo by Papa Jan (late Abdul Mohamed Ismaily). Copyright.

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EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS BY AZHAR CHAUDHRY
(from Sultan Jessa Collection, to be published week of Monday, February 15, 2016)

Nairobi, Kenya. Photo: Azhar Chaudhry. Copyright.

Date posted: Saturday, February 6, 2016.

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A MUST READ PIECE FOR CHRISTIANS AND MUSLIMS ALIKE

“Given a right understanding of the foundations of Islam and Christianity, and the spiritual values which they have proclaimed, it should not prove very difficult to build a bridge of mutual respect and co-operation between the two great religions. Unfortunately, it is a fact that the close similarity between the two remains largely unknown to the West.”

Islam: The Religion of Equality and Universal Brotherhood by Prince Aly S. Khan

Photo taken at the opening on 15th September 1959 of the 14th session of the United Nations General Assembly. Seated at the head of the delegation of Pakistan is Mr. Manzur Qadir, then Minister for Foreign Affairs. At right is Prince Karim Aga Khan’s father, the late Prince Aly Khan, Permanent Representative to the United Nations. Photo: United Nations Photo Library. Please click for article.

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