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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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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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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A proper home can provide the bridge across that terrible gulf between poverty and a better future.
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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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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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Canada has an experience of governance of which much of the world stands in dire need.
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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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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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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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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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They are all different, in terms of history, and the religious compositions of the populations involved.
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Innumerable people since his death have told me how he used to read in the future, and this certainly was one of his very great strengths.
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