The Muslim world, with its history and cultures, and indeed its different interpretations of Islam, is still little known in the West.
AGA KHAN IVWhile 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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Canada is today the most successful pluralist society on the face of our globe, without any doubt in my mind.
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They are all different, in terms of history, and the religious compositions of the populations involved.
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The Pope is only concerned with the spiritual welfare of his flock.
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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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That is something unique to Canada. It is an amazing global human asset.
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The right to hope is the most powerful human motivation I know.
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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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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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This means trying to bring values into environments, buildings, and contexts that improve the quality of life for future generations.
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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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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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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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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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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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