This means trying to bring values into environments, buildings, and contexts that improve the quality of life for future generations.
AGA KHAN IVCanada has an experience of governance of which much of the world stands in dire need.
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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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God has opened and continues to open new windows for us to see the marvels of His 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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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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That is something unique to Canada. It is an amazing global human asset.
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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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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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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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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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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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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 appears to be momentum towards more and more misunderstandings between religions, a degradation of relations.
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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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