Innumerable people since his death have told me how he used to read in the future, and this certainly was one of his very great strengths.
AGA KHAN IVCanada is today the most successful pluralist society on the face of our globe, without any doubt in my mind.
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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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Canada has an experience of governance of which much of the world stands in dire need.
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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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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 search for justice and security, the struggle for equality of opportunity, the quest for tolerance and harmony, the pursuit of human dignity.
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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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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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There appears to be momentum towards more and more misunderstandings between religions, a degradation of relations.
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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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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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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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This means trying to bring values into environments, buildings, and contexts that improve the quality of life for future generations.
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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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The Muslim world, with its history and cultures, and indeed its different interpretations of Islam, is still little known in the West.
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