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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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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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That is something unique to Canada. It is an amazing global human asset.
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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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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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Canada is today the most successful pluralist society on the face of our globe, without any doubt in my mind.
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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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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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The right to hope is the most powerful human motivation I know.
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These are moral imperatives which we must work towards and think about on a daily basis.
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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 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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They are all different, in terms of history, and the religious compositions of the populations involved.
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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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