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 IVThat is something unique to Canada. It is an amazing global human asset.
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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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They are all different, in terms of history, and the religious compositions of the populations involved.
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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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Indeed, one strength of Islam has always lain in its belief that creation is not static but continuous, that through scientific and other endeavours.
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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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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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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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These are moral imperatives which we must work towards and think about on a daily basis.
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That is something unique to Canada. It is an amazing global human asset.
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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 Aga Khan Award for Architecture seeks to make a better place in physical terms.
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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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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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A proper home can provide the bridge across that terrible gulf between poverty and a better future.
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