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If our animosities are born out of fear, then confident generosity is born out of hope.

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They are all different, in terms of history, and the religious compositions of the populations involved.
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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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This means trying to bring values into environments, buildings, and contexts that improve the quality of life for future generations.
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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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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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Canada is today the most successful pluralist society on the face of our globe, without any doubt in my mind.
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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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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 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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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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Pluralism is no longer simply an asset or a prerequisite for progress and development, it is vital to our existence.
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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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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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