The Muslim world, with its history and cultures, and indeed its different interpretations of Islam, is still little known in the West.
AGA KHAN IVThey are all different, in terms of history, and the religious compositions of the populations involved.
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The right to hope is the most powerful human motivation I know.
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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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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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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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Canada is today the most successful pluralist society on the face of our globe, without any doubt in my mind.
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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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A proper home can provide the bridge across that terrible gulf between poverty and a better future.
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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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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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There appears to be momentum towards more and more misunderstandings between religions, a degradation of relations.
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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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They are all different, in terms of history, and the religious compositions of the populations involved.
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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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We cannot make the world safe for democracy unless we also make the world safe for diversity.
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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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