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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 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
Canada is today the most successful pluralist society on the face of our globe, without any doubt in my mind.
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Country Doubt Fear Mind Pluralist Society Successful Today Unique
The Pope is only concerned with the spiritual welfare of his flock.
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Concerned Flock Pope Spiritual Welfare
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
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
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
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
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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Another Apply Country Identical Issue One Religious Set Take
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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Culture Different History Ignorance Indeed Interpretation Known Little Real Religious Two West World
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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Avoid Big Building Cultural Development Economic Look Picture Single Social Syndrome Together Trying
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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The right to hope is the most powerful human motivation I know.
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Hope Human Motivation Powerful Right
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
Tolerance, openness and understanding towards other peoples’ cultures, social structures, values and faiths are now essential to the very survival of an interdependent world.
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Culture Faith Openness Social Structure Survival Tolerance Understanding Value
Canada has an experience of governance of which much of the world stands in dire need.
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Agree Country Dire Experience Governance Need Religious Space Upon World
This means trying to bring values into environments, buildings, and contexts that improve the quality of life for future generations.
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Bring Building Context Environment Future Generation Mean Quality 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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