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Texas governor Rick Perry hosting "Golden Jubilee" event with Muslim leader
Austin American Statesman ^ | 4/11/2008 | W. Gardner Selby

Posted on 04/11/2008 5:40:28 AM PDT by Ted

Texas Gov. Rick Perry plans to host a private dinner followed by fireworks near Austin on Saturday to honor the Aga Khan, a descendant of the Prophet Muhammad celebrating his 50th year as the spiritual leader of a Muslim sect.

Earlier in the day, the leaders are expected to be on hand as the University of Texas signs an agreement with Aga Khan University, which has campuses in Pakistan and other countries, fostering student and teacher exchanges between the institutions.

(Excerpt) Read more at statesman.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: aclumia; islam; jihadinamerica; jihadintexas; mosqueandstate; muslim; perry; prayerinschools; rickperry; taxdollarsatwork
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The 49th imam descended from the prophet Mohammed has led his sect of ~15 million Muslims for 50 years now, and the governor of my state is hosting a party in his honor. OK... while it's evident this imam has done lots of good charity work (refreshing), what I naturally feel compelled to ask is what is his history of denouncing islamic terrorism?
1 posted on 04/11/2008 5:40:29 AM PDT by Ted
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To: Ted

Another in a long list of reasons why my child and wallet will not be going to UT.


2 posted on 04/11/2008 5:48:18 AM PDT by mtbopfuyn (The fence is "absolutely not the answer" - Gov. Rick Perry (R, TX))
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To: Ted
But, the point is the gods of Austin want somebody else as our Gov. for this newsrag is more Stalinist than Lenin.
3 posted on 04/11/2008 5:55:50 AM PDT by kcm.org (Now unto Him)
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To: Ted

I wanted Kinky.


4 posted on 04/11/2008 5:57:08 AM PDT by Mr. Quarterpanel (I am not an actor, but I play one on TV)
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To: Ted

Where is the ACLU today? Think some prayers will be said at a public school (UT)?


5 posted on 04/11/2008 6:04:31 AM PDT by weegee (March 18th, 2008 Obama~"I did NOT listen to the sermons of that man, Jeremiah Wright...")
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To: mtbopfuyn

if you live in Texas, your wallet goes to UT even if your children do not.


6 posted on 04/11/2008 6:04:59 AM PDT by weegee (March 18th, 2008 Obama~"I did NOT listen to the sermons of that man, Jeremiah Wright...")
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To: Mr. Quarterpanel

Me too. I doubt that he would’ve engaged in this at UT.

He has engaged in interfaith encounters for young Jews and Muslims to engage each other on peaceful terms.


7 posted on 04/11/2008 6:06:12 AM PDT by weegee (March 18th, 2008 Obama~"I did NOT listen to the sermons of that man, Jeremiah Wright...")
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To: Ted
Wasn't it one of our most glamorous film stars (was it Rita Hayworth) that married the Aga Khan many years ago? Maybe they didn't get married--maybe it was just a well-publicized affair, but I remember something happened along these lines.

This would probably have been in the 50's, so of course, it wasn't this particular Aga Khan.

8 posted on 04/11/2008 6:06:42 AM PDT by basil (Support the Second Amendment--buy another gun today!)
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To: Ted

Nine year-old Ayesha couldn’t make the ceremony because of her trauma.


9 posted on 04/11/2008 6:08:40 AM PDT by SeafoodGumbo
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To: Ted
what is his history of denouncing islamic terrorism?

The Aga Khan is the leader of the Ismailis who are considered heretics by Sunnis and by Shi'ites, especially by Wahhabi Sunnis.

The Aga Khan has fiercely denounced the Islamic Revolution in Iran as fascist and violative of basic human rights.

He has called for complete religious freedom for all Christians, Hindus, Baha'is and other non-Muslim groups living in the Muslim world.

His great-great grandfather is famous for putting an end to Muslim pogroms in India against Hindus.

The Aga Khan is as good a guy as a Muslim can be.

10 posted on 04/11/2008 6:16:22 AM PDT by wideawake (Why is it that those who call themselves Constitutionalists know the least about the Constitution?)
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To: basil
Rita Hayworth was married to the current Aga Khan's father, Aga Khan III.

The current Aga Khan IV is the son of II and II's first wife, Joan Yarde-Fuller.

The Aga Khan is half-English and his heir, the presumptive Aga Khan V, is his son by his first wife Sally Croker-Poole.

The Aga Khan V is three-quarters English and has been raised in the UK from birth.

11 posted on 04/11/2008 6:21:36 AM PDT by wideawake (Why is it that those who call themselves Constitutionalists know the least about the Constitution?)
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Sorry, it should have read: is the son of III and III's first wife

However, I was wrong.

I had forgotten that the current Aga Khan is the grandson of the Aga Khan III, because the Aga Khan's father died in 1960 at the age of 49.

His father, Prince Ali Khan, would have been the Aga Khan IV, but the Aga Khan III died in 1957 and Prince Ali Khan - the heir presumptive - was already unwell and so he abdicated in favor of his 21 year old son, the current Aga Khan IV.

12 posted on 04/11/2008 6:25:57 AM PDT by wideawake (Why is it that those who call themselves Constitutionalists know the least about the Constitution?)
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A couple of more fun facts if you aren't already bored to tears.

Prince Ali Khan was half Persian and half Italian.

His son, the current Aga Khan, is half English, a quarter Italian and a quarter Persian.

His son, the presumptive Aga Khan V, is three quarters English, one eighth Italian and only one-eighth Persian.

However, the presumptive Aga Khan V is almost 40 and has not yet married or produced an heir.

His younger brother - a naturalized American citizen - is marrying an American woman of Mayflower pedigree named Kristin White.

If they have a son and his brother never does, the Aga Khan VI will be only 1/16th Persian.

13 posted on 04/11/2008 6:34:25 AM PDT by wideawake (Why is it that those who call themselves Constitutionalists know the least about the Constitution?)
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14 posted on 04/11/2008 6:38:39 AM PDT by Vaquero (" an armed society is a polite society" Heinlein "MOLON LABE!" Leonidas of Sparta)
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To: Ted
The governor is celebrating with him as he is nation building in texas

He seek (s)to bond men and women of this pluralist country[meaning the United States] to replace their fragility in their narrow spheres by the strength of civilised society bound together by a common destiny.
the Aga Khan at the inauguration of the Ismaili Jamatkhana and Center with Texas Governor Rick Perry
15 posted on 04/11/2008 6:47:49 AM PDT by hedgetrimmer (I'm a billionaire! Thanks WTO and the "free trade" system!--Hu Jintao top 10 worst dictators)
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16 posted on 04/11/2008 6:48:40 AM PDT by Dick Vomer (liberals suck....... but it depends on what your definition of the word "suck" is.,)
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To: basil

I think it was ALI Khan and yes, they did marry and (I believe) have a daughter.


17 posted on 04/11/2008 7:03:39 AM PDT by llandres (I'd rather be alive and bankrupt than dead and solvent)
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To: wideawake

Religious dynasty. A primary reason there are schisms among muslims.


18 posted on 04/11/2008 7:05:10 AM PDT by weegee (March 18th, 2008 Obama~"I did NOT listen to the sermons of that man, Jeremiah Wright...")
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To: wideawake

Hayworth left her film career in 1948 to marry the Pakistani Prince Ali Khan, who was the vice-president of the United Nations General Assembly representing Pakistan. He was also the son of Aga Khan III, the leader of the Ismaili sect of Shia Islam. They had one daughter, Princess Yasmin Aga Khan (who cared for her mother until her death).


19 posted on 04/11/2008 7:12:15 AM PDT by llandres (I'd rather be alive and bankrupt than dead and solvent)
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To: Ted

Take it from a native Texan: RICK PERRY IS A DO-NOTHING, EMPTY SUIT, LITTLE PUNK WHO HIGHLY OVERESTIMATES HIMSELF AND WHO IS AN EMBARRASSMENT TO THE STATE OF TEXAS AND TO HIS ALMA MATER; TEXAS A&M.

If he runs for reelection, I’ll vote for a Democrat before I vote for him.


20 posted on 04/11/2008 7:18:02 AM PDT by no dems (Barack Obama's Pastor is nuttier than a squirrel turd.)
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