Indeed, one strength of Islam has always lain in its belief that creation is not static but continuous, that through scientific and other endeavours.
AGA KHAN IVThe 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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Pluralism is no longer simply an asset or a prerequisite for progress and development, it is vital to our existence.
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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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My grandfather was a most gifted person, and amongst his many qualities, one of them had always particularly impressed me.
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These are moral imperatives which we must work towards and think about on a daily basis.
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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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Islam is probably the one that places the greatest emphasis on knowledge. The purpose is to understand God’s creation.
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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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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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God has opened and continues to open new windows for us to see the marvels of His creation
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They are all different, in terms of history, and the religious compositions of the populations involved.
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There appears to be momentum towards more and more misunderstandings between religions, a degradation of relations.
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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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Canada has an experience of governance of which much of the world stands in dire need.
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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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