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.
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 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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God has opened and continues to open new windows for us to see the marvels of His creation
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These are moral imperatives which we must work towards and think about on a daily basis.
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If our animosities are born out of fear, then confident generosity is born out of hope.
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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 Aga Khan Award for Architecture seeks to make a better place in physical terms.
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None 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 appears to be momentum towards more and more misunderstandings between religions, a degradation of relations.
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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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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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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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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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A proper home can provide the bridge across that terrible gulf between poverty and a better future.
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The Islamic ethic is that if God has given you the capacity or good fortune to be a privileged individual in society, you have a moral responsibility to society.
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Tolerance, openness and understanding towards other peoples’ cultures, social structures, values and faiths are now essential to the very survival of an interdependent world.
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