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.
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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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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Canada is today the most successful pluralist society on the face of our globe, without any doubt in my mind.
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The right to hope is the most powerful human motivation I know.
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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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They are all different, in terms of history, and the religious compositions of the populations involved.
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That is something unique to Canada. It is an amazing global human asset.
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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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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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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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This means trying to bring values into environments, buildings, and contexts that improve the quality of life for future generations.
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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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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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God has opened and continues to open new windows for us to see the marvels of His creation
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The Pope is only concerned with the spiritual welfare of his flock.
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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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