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.
AGA KHAN IVThey are all different, in terms of history, and the religious compositions of the populations involved.
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If our animosities are born out of fear, then confident generosity is born out of hope.
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There appears to be momentum towards more and more misunderstandings between religions, a degradation of relations.
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They are all different, in terms of history, and the religious compositions of the populations involved.
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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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This means trying to bring values into environments, buildings, and contexts that improve the quality of life for future generations.
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Canada has an experience of governance of which much of the world stands in dire need.
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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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A proper home can provide the bridge across that terrible gulf between poverty and a better future.
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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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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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Canada is today the most successful pluralist society on the face of our globe, without any doubt in my mind.
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Indeed, one strength of Islam has always lain in its belief that creation is not static but continuous, that through scientific and other endeavours.
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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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The Aga Khan Award for Architecture seeks to make a better place in physical terms.
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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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