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 IVNone 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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My grandfather was a most gifted person, and amongst his many qualities, one of them had always particularly impressed me.
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Canada has an experience of governance of which much of the world stands in dire need.
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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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A proper home can provide the bridge across that terrible gulf between poverty and a better future.
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The Pope is only concerned with the spiritual welfare of his flock.
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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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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 appears to be momentum towards more and more misunderstandings between religions, a degradation of relations.
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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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These are moral imperatives which we must work towards and think about on a daily basis.
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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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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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