Aga Khan received today a honoris causa in the University of Evora (portugal).
Prince Aga Khan distinguished for the university of Évora
Leader spiritual of the Muslen and direct descendant of Maomé prophet
Prince Aga Khan today received the degree from doctor "honoris cause" for the university of Évora.
In the cerimónia, Adriano Moreira, National chairman of the board of Evaluation of Superior Ensino, approached the current moment of religious conflicts enhancing the qualities of Aga Khan in the promotion of the development and the peace.
Aga Khan, leader spiritual of the Muslen Shia Imami Ismaili - one of the three branches of the xiismo - and direct descendant of Maomé prophet, are founding and president of the Net of Development Aga Khan (Aga Khan Development Network).
This is one of the biggest organizations for the development of the world and has for mission to answer to the problems of the poverty and social exclusion, developing its activity in Africa Subsariana, Central Asia and of the South and in the Average East.
For its side, the director of the University of Évora, Patrician Manuel Blacksmith, enalteceu the "spread ethical and felt of universal fraternity" of the leader spiritual, underlining the vast resources spent for the development in favor of "social pluralism and of the peace" for the Net Aga Khan, a "extraordinary workmanship of económica, social, cultural and educative aid, that since the age of the 20 years develops to the intercontinental scale".
Already Aga Khan affirmed to be "a privilege to be associated to a university that if kept fidiciary office per as many centuries to the principle of that the fruits of the education and the learning are for being to the service of the humanity".
E remembered "the truily glorious times of history human being, when the worlds Muslim and Jewish-Christian had developed constructive links, enriching its civilizations and enabling its institutions of superior education with new sources of knowledge" to defend the values of pluralism.
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