The Pope is only concerned with the spiritual welfare of his flock.
AGA KHAN IVIf our animosities are born out of fear, then confident generosity is born out of hope.
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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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These are moral imperatives which we must work towards and think about on a daily basis.
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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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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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If our animosities are born out of fear, then confident generosity is born out of hope.
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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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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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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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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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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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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 appears to be momentum towards more and more misunderstandings between religions, a degradation of relations.
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One of the central lessons I have learned after a half century of working in the developing world is that the replacement of fear by hope is probably the single most powerful trampoline of progress.
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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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