My grandfather was a most gifted person, and amongst his many qualities, one of them had always particularly impressed me.
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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If our animosities are born out of fear, then confident generosity is born out of hope.
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The right to hope is the most powerful human motivation I know.
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The Islamic ethic is that if God has given you the capacity or good fortune to be a privileged individual in society, you have a moral responsibility to society.
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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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The Pope is only concerned with the spiritual welfare of his flock.
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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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These are moral imperatives which we must work towards and think about on a daily basis.
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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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There appears to be momentum towards more and more misunderstandings between religions, a degradation of relations.
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Canada has an experience of governance of which much of the world stands in dire need.
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Canada is today the most successful pluralist society on the face of our globe, without any doubt in my mind.
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This means trying to bring values into environments, buildings, and contexts that improve the quality of life for future generations.
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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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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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Pluralism is no longer simply an asset or a prerequisite for progress and development, it is vital to our existence.
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