There are those… who enter the world in such poverty that they are deprived of both the means and the motivation to improve their lot.
AGA KHAN IVThere are many interpretations of Islam within the wider Islamic community, but generally we are instructed to leave the world a better place than it was when we came into it.
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Pluralist societies are not accidents of history. They are a product of enlightened education and continuous investment by governments and all of civil society in recognizing and celebrating the diversity of the world’s peoples.
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We cannot make the world safe for democracy unless we also make the world safe for diversity.
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The right to hope is the most powerful human motivation I know.
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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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Canada has for many years been a beacon to the rest of the world for its commitment to pluralism and for its support for the multicultural richness and diversity of its peoples.
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There appears to be momentum towards more and more misunderstandings between religions, a degradation of relations.
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In Islamic belief, knowledge is two-fold. There is that revealed through the Holy Prophet (s.a.s.) and that which man discovers by virtue of his own intellect.
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Innumerable people since his death have told me how he used to read in the future, and this certainly was one of his very great strengths.
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If our animosities are born out of fear, then confident generosity is born out of hope.
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The Aga Khan Award for Architecture seeks to make a better place in physical terms.
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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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Pluralism is no longer simply an asset or a prerequisite for progress and development, it is vital to our existence.
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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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Canada is today the most successful pluralist society on the face of our globe, without any doubt in my mind.
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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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