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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.

Aga Khan IV

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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Equality Justice Opportunity Security Struggle Thinking
The right to hope is the most powerful human motivation I know.
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Hope Human Motivation Powerful Right
If our animosities are born out of fear, then confident generosity is born out of hope.
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Animosities Born Confident Fear Generosity Generously Hope Powerful Progress
Islam is probably the one that places the greatest emphasis on knowledge. The purpose is to understand God’s creation.
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Creation God Greatest Knowledge Probably Purpose Religious
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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Ethical Greed Long Money Nothing Object Own Social Value
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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Belief Discover Fold Holy Humility Knowledge Man Prophet Religious Revealed Virtue
A proper home can provide the bridge across that terrible gulf between poverty and a better future.
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Better Bridge Future Home Hunger Poverty Proper Provide
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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Continous Creation Endeavor Lain Marvel Open Scientific Strength Window
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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Art Concentration Deep Future Literary Past Read Thought Time Work
God has opened and continues to open new windows for us to see the marvels of His creation
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Continue Creation God Marvel Opened Window
There appears to be momentum towards more and more misunderstandings between religions, a degradation of relations.
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Appear Degradation Misunderstanding Momentum Relation Towards
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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Community Generally Instructed Interpretation Leave Religious Wider World
Pluralism is no longer simply an asset or a prerequisite for progress and development, it is vital to our existence.
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Development Existence Longer Pluralism Progress Simply Vital
They are all different, in terms of history, and the religious compositions of the populations involved.
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Composition Different Involved Population Religious Term
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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Commitment Country Diversity Multicultural People Pluralism Rest Riches Support World Year
The Aga Khan Award for Architecture seeks to make a better place in physical terms.
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Architecture Award Better Mean People Physical Place Seek Term Trying

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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