That is something unique to Canada. It is an amazing global human asset.
AGA KHAN IVIndeed, 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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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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Pluralism is no longer simply an asset or a prerequisite for progress and development, it is vital to our existence.
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Canada has an experience of governance of which much of the world stands in dire need.
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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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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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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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My grandfather was a most gifted person, and amongst his many qualities, one of them had always particularly impressed me.
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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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They are all different, in terms of history, and the religious compositions of the populations involved.
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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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We cannot make the world safe for democracy unless we also make the world safe for diversity.
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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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Canada is today the most successful pluralist society on the face of our globe, without any doubt in my mind.
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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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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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