My grandfather was a most gifted person, and amongst his many qualities, one of them had always particularly impressed me.
AGA KHAN IVOne 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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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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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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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 is today the most successful pluralist society on the face of our globe, without any doubt in my mind.
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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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Tolerance, openness and understanding towards other peoples’ cultures, social structures, values and faiths are now essential to the very survival of an interdependent world.
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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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That is something unique to Canada. It is an amazing global human asset.
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They are all different, in terms of history, and the religious compositions of the populations involved.
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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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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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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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Unless these unfortunates can be touched with the spark which ignites the spirit of individual enterprise and determination, they will only sink back into renewed apathy, degradation and despair. It is for us, who are more fortunate, to provide that spark.
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The Aga Khan Award for Architecture seeks to make a better place in physical terms.
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