We cannot make the world safe for democracy unless we also make the world safe for diversity.
AGA KHAN IVOne 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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These are moral imperatives which we must work towards and think about on a daily basis.
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In Islamic belief, knowledge is two-fold. There is that revealed through the Holy Prophet (s.a.s.) and that which man discovers by virtue of his own intellect.
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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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There appears to be momentum towards more and more misunderstandings between religions, a degradation of relations.
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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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This means trying to bring values into environments, buildings, and contexts that improve the quality of life for future generations.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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