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.
AGA KHAN IVInnumerable 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.
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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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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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This means trying to bring values into environments, buildings, and contexts that improve the quality of life for future generations.
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That is something unique to Canada. It is an amazing global human asset.
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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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Canada is today the most successful pluralist society on the face of our globe, without any doubt in my mind.
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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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The Aga Khan Award for Architecture seeks to make a better place in physical terms.
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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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Canada has an experience of governance of which much of the world stands in dire need.
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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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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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They are all different, in terms of history, and the religious compositions of the populations involved.
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