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.
AGA KHAN IVCanada has an experience of governance of which much of the world stands in dire need.
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The Pope is only concerned with the spiritual welfare of his flock.
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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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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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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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Islam is probably the one that places the greatest emphasis on knowledge. The purpose is to understand God’s creation.
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These are moral imperatives which we must work towards and think about on a daily basis.
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Canada has an experience of governance of which much of the world stands in dire need.
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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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Canada is today the most successful pluralist society on the face of our globe, without any doubt in my mind.
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he two worlds, Muslim and non-Muslim, Eastern and Western, must, as a matter of urgency, make a real effort to get to know one another, for I fear that what we have is not a clash of civilisations, but a clash of ignorance on both sides.
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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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That is something unique to Canada. It is an amazing global human asset.
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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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We cannot make the world safe for democracy unless we also make the world safe for diversity.
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