My grandfather was a most gifted person, and amongst his many qualities, one of them had always particularly impressed me.
AGA KHAN IVIndeed, one strength of Islam has always lain in its belief that creation is not static but continuous, that through scientific and other endeavours.
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Canada has an experience of governance of which much of the world stands in dire need.
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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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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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The right to hope is the most powerful human motivation I know.
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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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They are all different, in terms of history, and the religious compositions of the populations involved.
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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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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 Aga Khan Award for Architecture seeks to make a better place in physical terms.
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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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Islam is probably the one that places the greatest emphasis on knowledge. The purpose is to understand God’s creation.
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God has opened and continues to open new windows for us to see the marvels of His creation
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If our animosities are born out of fear, then confident generosity is born out of hope.
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These are moral imperatives which we must work towards and think about on a daily basis.
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We try to avoid the single-building syndrome. You have to look at the big picture. If you try to put social and cultural development ahead of economic development, it doesn’t work. You have to do it all together.
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