If our animosities are born out of fear, then confident generosity is born out of hope.
AGA KHAN IVThe Pope is only concerned with the spiritual welfare of his flock.
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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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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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None of these situations are identical. You cannot take one set of issues from one country and apply it to another.
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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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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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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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There appears to be momentum towards more and more misunderstandings between religions, a degradation of relations.
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A proper home can provide the bridge across that terrible gulf between poverty and a better future.
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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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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 Pope is only concerned with the spiritual welfare of his flock.
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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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My grandfather was a most gifted person, and amongst his many qualities, one of them had always particularly impressed me.
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Canada has an experience of governance of which much of the world stands in dire need.
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