Islam is probably the one that places the greatest emphasis on knowledge. The purpose is to understand God’s creation.
AGA KHAN IVhe two worlds, Muslim and non-Muslim, Eastern and Western, must, as a matter of urgency, make a real effort to get to know one another, for I fear that what we have is not a clash of civilisations, but a clash of ignorance on both sides.
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The Aga Khan Award for Architecture seeks to make a better place in physical terms.
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These are moral imperatives which we must work towards and think about on a daily basis.
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The Pope is only concerned with the spiritual welfare of his flock.
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It is a world of increasing dissension and conflict in which a significant contribution is the failure of different ethnic, tribal, religious, or social groups to search for, and agree upon, a common space for harmonious co-existence.
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My grandfather was a most gifted person, and amongst his many qualities, one of them had always particularly impressed me.
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None of these situations are identical. You cannot take one set of issues from one country and apply it to another.
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This means trying to bring values into environments, buildings, and contexts that improve the quality of life for future generations.
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A secure pluralistic society requires communities that are educated and confident both in the identity and depth of their own traditions and in those of their neighbours.
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They are all different, in terms of history, and the religious compositions of the populations involved.
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A proper home can provide the bridge across that terrible gulf between poverty and a better future.
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The Muslim world, with its history and cultures, and indeed its different interpretations of Islam, is still little known in the West.
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The Islamic ethic is that if God has given you the capacity or good fortune to be a privileged individual in society, you have a moral responsibility to society.
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There is nothing wrong with being well off as long as money has a social and ethical value and is not the object of one’s own greed.
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The search for justice and security, the struggle for equality of opportunity, the quest for tolerance and harmony, the pursuit of human dignity.
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Tolerance, openness and understanding towards other peoples’ cultures, social structures, values and faiths are now essential to the very survival of an interdependent world.
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