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Here's how Aga Khan responded to an anti-Pakistan question in India

News Desk

Feb 07

 

 

Prince Karim Aga Khan, the spiritual head of Shia Ismailis around the world, passed away on Tuesday at the age of 88 in Portugal. 

 

Tributes poured in from around the world for the billionaire philanthropist who ran hospitals, charities and universities, many of which are located in Pakistan. 

 

In 2013 Aga Khan visited India where he gave an interview to NDTV's Shekhar Gupta.  During the show, Gupta asked him an anti-Pakistan question.

 

"I feel sort of a little bit ashamed asking this question, given how liberal you are, how Catholic in your view and how much a citizen of the world you are," Shekhar Gupta began, before moving on to ask, "Why do we find that the angriest Muslims in the world come from Pakistan?" 

 

However, Gupta's hopes of getting the Aga Khan to talk against Pakistan were dashed quickly by the smiling Prince. 

 

"I wouldn't agree with that," he said, dismissing the Indian journalist's quest for an anti-Pakistan statement. "I think there is anger in many many Muslim countries. Because I think the Ummah feels targeted, essentially for 9/11," he stated. 

 

After a short moment of silence he told Gupta politely, "So I don't think that comment, if I may say so, is fair."

 

A flustered Gupta was quick to say, "Its wonderful that you disagree."

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