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.
AGA KHAN IVA 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.
More Aga Khan IV Quotes
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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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If our animosities are born out of fear, then confident generosity is born out of hope.
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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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Islam is probably the one that places the greatest emphasis on knowledge. The purpose is to understand God’s creation.
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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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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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These are moral imperatives which we must work towards and think about on a daily basis.
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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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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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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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We cannot make the world safe for democracy unless we also make the world safe for diversity.
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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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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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My grandfather was a most gifted person, and amongst his many qualities, one of them had always particularly impressed me.
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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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