"I have to say, very frankly, that I don’t accept the notion that the faith of Islam is associated with terrorism. I have to say very frankly that in my interpretation, just about every area where we have conflict, in the Islamic world and outside, is essentially driven by political issues. Either historic issues that we have inherited, problems which have not been solved: 1947 Partition in India, the Middle East, what is it? It’s the result of the First World War. Decades ago. These are problems which we’ve inherited which have not been solved. And I think we need to give more time to a) solving those problems. And, secondly, predicting where things can go wrong. A lot of these issues are actually predictable, but they are not addressed in good time." - Imam Shah Karim al-Husayni Aga Khan IV DD TV (Delhi Doordarshan) Interview, Rajiv Mehrotra (New Delhi, India), 27 November 2004 http://www.nanowisdoms.org/nwblog/7089/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juyOaSsD6ZY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7EE2g0c6mU #Ismailis #Ismailism #AgaKhan #AhlAlBayt #ProudIsmaili #HazarImam #OneJamat #Pluralism
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