Canada is today the most successful pluralist society on the face of our globe, without any doubt in my mind.
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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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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Pluralism is no longer simply an asset or a prerequisite for progress and development, it is vital to our existence.
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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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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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They are all different, in terms of history, and the religious compositions of the populations involved.
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Canada has an experience of governance of which much of the world stands in dire need.
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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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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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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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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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If our animosities are born out of fear, then confident generosity is born out of hope.
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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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God has opened and continues to open new windows for us to see the marvels of His creation
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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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