The Muslim world, with its history and cultures, and indeed its different interpretations of Islam, is still little known in the West.
AGA KHAN IVThere appears to be momentum towards more and more misunderstandings between religions, a degradation of relations.
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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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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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This means trying to bring values into environments, buildings, and contexts that improve the quality of life for future generations.
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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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Pluralism is no longer simply an asset or a prerequisite for progress and development, it is vital to our existence.
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If our animosities are born out of fear, then confident generosity is born out of hope.
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The Pope is only concerned with the spiritual welfare of his flock.
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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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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 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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A proper home can provide the bridge across that terrible gulf between poverty and a better future.
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That is something unique to Canada. It is an amazing global human asset.
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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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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 Aga Khan Award for Architecture seeks to make a better place in physical terms.
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