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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

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
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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Common Conflict Contribution Dissension Ethnic Failure Harmonious Increasing Man Religious Signifamnt Social World
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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Balance Barrier Contradiction Creation God Humanity Possible Provide Remember
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
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
One of the central lessons I have learned after a half century of working in the developing world is that the replacement of fear by hope is probably the single most powerful trampoline of progress.
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Certain Developing Fear Hope Lesson Most Power Probably Replacement Single Trampoline Working
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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Civilisation Clash Effort Ignorance Matter Musit Real Urgency Word
We cannot make the world safe for democracy unless we also make the world safe for diversity.
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Democracy Diversity Make Safe World
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
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
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 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
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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Accident Continous Diversity Education Enlightened Government History Investment Pluralist Product Societies World
The Pope is only concerned with the spiritual welfare of his flock.
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Concerned Flock Pope Spiritual Welfare
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
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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Death Future Great Immnmerable Read Since Strength
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
That is something unique to Canada. It is an amazing global human asset.
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Amazing Asset Canada Global Human Something Unique
These are moral imperatives which we must work towards and think about on a daily basis.
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Basis Daily Imperatives More Must Think Toward Work
My grandfather was a most gifted person, and amongst his many qualities, one of them had always particularly impressed me.
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Amongst Art Book Gifted Grandfather Many Past Person Qualities
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
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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Deprived Determination Improve Mean Motivation Poverty
The right to hope is the most powerful human motivation I know.
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Hope Human Motivation Powerful Right
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
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
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
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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Apathy Degradation Determination Enterprise Ignite Individual Renewed Spark Spirit Touch Touched Unfortunate

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