There appears to be momentum towards more and more misunderstandings between religions, a degradation of relations.
AGA KHAN IVThey are all different, in terms of history, and the religious compositions of the populations involved.
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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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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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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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Innumerable people since his death have told me how he used to read in the future, and this certainly was one of his very great strengths.
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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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This means trying to bring values into environments, buildings, and contexts that improve the quality of life for future generations.
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That is something unique to Canada. It is an amazing global human asset.
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If our animosities are born out of fear, then confident generosity is born out of hope.
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One of the central lessons I have learned after a half century of working in the developing world is that the replacement of fear by hope is probably the single most powerful trampoline of progress.
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The right to hope is the most powerful human motivation I know.
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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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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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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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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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A proper home can provide the bridge across that terrible gulf between poverty and a better future.
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