Indeed, one strength of Islam has always lain in its belief that creation is not static but continuous, that through scientific and other endeavours.
AGA KHAN IVThe Pope is only concerned with the spiritual welfare of his flock.
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The Pope is only concerned with the spiritual welfare of his flock.
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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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There appears to be momentum towards more and more misunderstandings between religions, a degradation of relations.
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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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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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They are all different, in terms of history, and the religious compositions of the populations involved.
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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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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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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.
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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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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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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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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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We cannot make the world safe for democracy unless we also make the world safe for diversity.
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