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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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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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Communities Community Confident Depth Educated Identity Neighbour Pluralistic Require Society Tradition
There appears to be momentum towards more and more misunderstandings between religions, a degradation of relations.
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Appear Degradation Misunderstanding Momentum Relation Towards
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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Nor do these two involve any contradiction, provided man remembers that his own mind is itself the creation of God. Without this humility, no balance is possible. With it, there are no barriers.
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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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Belief Discover Fold Holy Humility Knowledge Man Prophet Religious Revealed Virtue
Tolerance, openness and understanding towards other peoples’ cultures, social structures, values and faiths are now essential to the very survival of an interdependent world.
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Culture Faith Openness Social Structure Survival Tolerance Understanding Value
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 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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My grandfather was a most gifted person, and amongst his many qualities, one of them had always particularly impressed me.
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The Aga Khan Award for Architecture seeks to make a better place in physical terms.
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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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Canada is today the most successful pluralist society on the face of our globe, without any doubt in my mind.
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Country Doubt Fear Mind Pluralist Society Successful Today Unique
They are all different, in terms of history, and the religious compositions of the populations involved.
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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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Democracy Diversity Make Safe World
Islam is probably the one that places the greatest emphasis on knowledge. The purpose is to understand God’s creation.
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