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.
AGA KHAN IVCanada 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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My grandfather was a most gifted person, and amongst his many qualities, one of them had always particularly impressed me.
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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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A proper home can provide the bridge across that terrible gulf between poverty and a better future.
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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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The Pope is only concerned with the spiritual welfare of his flock.
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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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Islam is probably the one that places the greatest emphasis on knowledge. The purpose is to understand God’s creation.
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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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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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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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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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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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We cannot make the world safe for democracy unless we also make the world safe for diversity.
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They are all different, in terms of history, and the religious compositions of the populations involved.
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