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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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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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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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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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There appears to be momentum towards more and more misunderstandings between religions, a degradation of relations.
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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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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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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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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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God has opened and continues to open new windows for us to see the marvels of His creation
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They are all different, in terms of history, and the religious compositions of the populations involved.
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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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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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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.
AGA KHAN IV

Communities Community Confident Depth Educated Identity Neighbour Pluralistic Require Society Tradition
That is something unique to Canada. It is an amazing global human asset.
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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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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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