Canada is today the most successful pluralist society on the face of our globe, without any doubt in my mind.
AGA KHAN IVIn 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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That is something unique to Canada. It is an amazing global human asset.
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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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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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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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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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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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If our animosities are born out of fear, then confident generosity is born out of hope.
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God has opened and continues to open new windows for us to see the marvels of His creation
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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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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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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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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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These are moral imperatives which we must work towards and think about on a daily basis.
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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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Canada has an experience of governance of which much of the world stands in dire need.
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