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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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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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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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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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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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The Pope is only concerned with the spiritual welfare of his flock.
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Canada has an experience of governance of which much of the world stands in dire need.
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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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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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There appears to be momentum towards more and more misunderstandings between religions, a degradation of relations.
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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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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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They are all different, in terms of history, and the religious compositions of the populations involved.
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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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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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Pluralism is no longer simply an asset or a prerequisite for progress and development, it is vital to our existence.
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