We cannot make the world safe for democracy unless we also make the world safe for diversity.
AGA KHAN IVThe Pope is only concerned with the spiritual welfare of his flock.
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he two worlds, Muslim and non-Muslim, Eastern and Western, must, as a matter of urgency, make a real effort to get to know one another, for I fear that what we have is not a clash of civilisations, but a clash of ignorance on both sides.
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They are all different, in terms of history, and the religious compositions of the populations involved.
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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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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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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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There appears to be momentum towards more and more misunderstandings between religions, a degradation of relations.
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The right to hope is the most powerful human motivation I know.
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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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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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The Aga Khan Award for Architecture seeks to make a better place in physical terms.
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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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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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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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Canada has an experience of governance of which much of the world stands in dire need.
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