Islam is probably the one that places the greatest emphasis on knowledge. The purpose is to understand God’s creation.
AGA KHAN IVThere 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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A proper home can provide the bridge across that terrible gulf between poverty and a better future.
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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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We cannot make the world safe for democracy unless we also make the world safe for diversity.
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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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The Aga Khan Award for Architecture seeks to make a better place in physical terms.
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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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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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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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These are moral imperatives which we must work towards and think about on a daily basis.
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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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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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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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If our animosities are born out of fear, then confident generosity is born out of hope.
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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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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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