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AGA KHAN IVIslam is probably the one that places the greatest emphasis on knowledge. The purpose is to understand God’s creation.
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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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Islam is probably the one that places the greatest emphasis on knowledge. The purpose is to understand God’s creation.
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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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These are moral imperatives which we must work towards and think about on a daily basis.
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There appears to be momentum towards more and more misunderstandings between religions, a degradation of relations.
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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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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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It is a world of increasing dissension and conflict in which a significant contribution is the failure of different ethnic, tribal, religious, or social groups to search for, and agree upon, a common space for harmonious co-existence.
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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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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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My grandfather was a most gifted person, and amongst his many qualities, one of them had always particularly impressed me.
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If our animosities are born out of fear, then confident generosity is born out of hope.
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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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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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God has opened and continues to open new windows for us to see the marvels of His creation
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