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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Islam is probably the one that places the greatest emphasis on knowledge. The purpose is to understand God’s creation.
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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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If our animosities are born out of fear, then confident generosity is born out of hope.
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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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We cannot make the world safe for democracy unless we also make the world safe for diversity.
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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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My grandfather was a most gifted person, and amongst his many qualities, one of them had always particularly impressed me.
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The Aga Khan Award for Architecture seeks to make a better place in physical terms.
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Canada has an experience of governance of which much of the world stands in dire need.
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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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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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They are all different, in terms of history, and the religious compositions of the populations involved.
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The Pope is only concerned with the spiritual welfare of his flock.
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