The Muslim world, with its history and cultures, and indeed its different interpretations of Islam, is still little known in the West.
AGA KHAN IVIf our animosities are born out of fear, then confident generosity is born out of hope.
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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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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 are those… who enter the world in such poverty that they are deprived of both the means and the motivation to improve their lot.
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Indeed, 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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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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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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Unless these unfortunates can be touched with the spark which ignites the spirit of individual enterprise and determination, they will only sink back into renewed apathy, degradation and despair. It is for us, who are more fortunate, to provide that spark.
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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 Aga Khan Award for Architecture seeks to make a better place in physical terms.
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They are all different, in terms of history, and the religious compositions of the populations involved.
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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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The right to hope is the most powerful human motivation I know.
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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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Canada has an experience of governance of which much of the world stands in dire need.
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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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