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.
AGA KHAN IVThey are all different, in terms of history, and the religious compositions of the populations involved.
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Pluralist societies are not accidents of history. They are a product of enlightened education and continuous investment by governments and all of civil society in recognizing and celebrating the diversity of the world’s peoples.
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The Pope is only concerned with the spiritual welfare of his flock.
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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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My grandfather was a most gifted person, and amongst his many qualities, one of them had always particularly impressed me.
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The right to hope is the most powerful human motivation I know.
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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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This means trying to bring values into environments, buildings, and contexts that improve the quality of life for future generations.
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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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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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That is something unique to Canada. It is an amazing global human asset.
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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 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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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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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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If our animosities are born out of fear, then confident generosity is born out of hope.
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