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.
AGA KHAN IVThe 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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The right to hope is the most powerful human motivation I know.
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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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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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A proper home can provide the bridge across that terrible gulf between poverty and a better future.
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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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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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Nor do these two involve any contradiction, provided man remembers that his own mind is itself the creation of God. Without this humility, no balance is possible. With it, there are no barriers.
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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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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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That is something unique to Canada. It is an amazing global human asset.
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My grandfather was a most gifted person, and amongst his many qualities, one of them had always particularly impressed me.
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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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We cannot make the world safe for democracy unless we also make the world safe for diversity.
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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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Islam is probably the one that places the greatest emphasis on knowledge. The purpose is to understand God’s creation.
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