Indeed, one strength of Islam has always lain in its belief that creation is not static but continuous, that through scientific and other endeavours.
AGA KHAN IVWe cannot make the world safe for democracy unless we also make the world safe for diversity.
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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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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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God has opened and continues to open new windows for us to see the marvels of His creation
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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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My grandfather was a most gifted person, and amongst his many qualities, one of them had always particularly impressed me.
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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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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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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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These are moral imperatives which we must work towards and think about on a daily basis.
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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 right to hope is the most powerful human motivation I know.
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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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We cannot make the world safe for democracy unless we also make the world safe for diversity.
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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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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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