The Muslim world, with its history and cultures, and indeed its different interpretations of Islam, is still little known in the West.
AGA KHAN IVThe 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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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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The Pope is only concerned with the spiritual welfare of his flock.
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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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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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They are all different, in terms of history, and the religious compositions of the populations involved.
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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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A proper home can provide the bridge across that terrible gulf between poverty and a better future.
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Canada has an experience of governance of which much of the world stands in dire need.
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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 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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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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That is something unique to Canada. It is an amazing global human asset.
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The Aga Khan Award for Architecture seeks to make a better place in physical terms.
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