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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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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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These are moral imperatives which we must work towards and think about on a daily basis.
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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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There appears to be momentum towards more and more misunderstandings between religions, a degradation of relations.
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he two worlds, Muslim and non-Muslim, Eastern and Western, must, as a matter of urgency, make a real effort to get to know one another, for I fear that what we have is not a clash of civilisations, but a clash of ignorance on both sides.
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Pluralism is no longer simply an asset or a prerequisite for progress and development, it is vital to our existence.
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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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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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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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We try to avoid the single-building syndrome. You have to look at the big picture. If you try to put social and cultural development ahead of economic development, it doesn’t work. You have to do it all together.
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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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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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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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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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Canada has an experience of governance of which much of the world stands in dire need.
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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 is today the most successful pluralist society on the face of our globe, without any doubt in my mind.
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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 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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Islam is probably the one that places the greatest emphasis on knowledge. The purpose is to understand God’s creation.
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They are all different, in terms of history, and the religious compositions of the populations involved.
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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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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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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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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 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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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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