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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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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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There are those… who enter the world in such poverty that they are deprived of both the means and the motivation to improve their lot.
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The Pope is only concerned with the spiritual welfare of his flock.
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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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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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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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The right to hope is the most powerful human motivation I know.
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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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Canada has an experience of governance of which much of the world stands in dire need.
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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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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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This means trying to bring values into environments, buildings, and contexts that improve the quality of life for future generations.
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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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Community Generally Instructed Interpretation Leave Religious Wider World
Islam is probably the one that places the greatest emphasis on knowledge. The purpose is to understand God’s creation.
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