Pluralism is no longer simply an asset or a prerequisite for progress and development, it is vital to our existence.
AGA KHAN IVIn 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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That is something unique to Canada. It is an amazing global human asset.
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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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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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These are moral imperatives which we must work towards and think about on a daily basis.
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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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he 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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This means trying to bring values into environments, buildings, and contexts that improve the quality of life for future generations.
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One of the central lessons I have learned after a half century of working in the developing world is that the replacement of fear by hope is probably the single most powerful trampoline of progress.
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There 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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There appears to be momentum towards more and more misunderstandings between religions, a degradation of relations.
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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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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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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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While the past was a book he had read and re-read may times, the future was just one more literary work of art into which he used to pour himself with deep thought and concentration.
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The Aga Khan Award for Architecture seeks to make a better place in physical terms.
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