ISLAMIC WORLD'S MOST FORWARD-THINKING ARCHITECTURE - 2002-04-06

Vancouver Sun: 'Cutting through the sectarian, cultural and linguistic divisions within the Islamic world, the Aga Khan Architecture Awards promote dialogue and co-operation between groups and countries that are otherwise hostile. The Aga Khan-spiritual head of the world's 17 million Ismaili Muslims (including a thriving Canadian community, largely arriving as refugees under threat from East African despots) -- describes the evolution of contemporary Islamic societies as 'pluralist and humanist,' two descriptors that seldom appear in western press accounts.' writes Trevor Boddy in the Vancouver Sun