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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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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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We cannot make the world safe for democracy unless we also make the world safe for diversity.
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If our animosities are born out of fear, then confident generosity is born out of hope.
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The right to hope is the most powerful human motivation I know.
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The Aga Khan Award for Architecture seeks to make a better place in physical terms.
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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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Pluralism is no longer simply an asset or a prerequisite for progress and development, it is vital to our existence.
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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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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 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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Canada has an experience of governance of which much of the world stands in dire need.
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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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My grandfather was a most gifted person, and amongst his many qualities, one of them had always particularly impressed me.
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That is something unique to Canada. It is an amazing global human asset.
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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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