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.
AGA KHAN IVPluralism is no longer simply an asset or a prerequisite for progress and development, it is vital to our existence.
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That is something unique to Canada. It is an amazing global human asset.
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They are all different, in terms of history, and the religious compositions of the populations involved.
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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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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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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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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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My grandfather was a most gifted person, and amongst his many qualities, one of them had always particularly impressed me.
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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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If our animosities are born out of fear, then confident generosity is born out of hope.
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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 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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God has opened and continues to open new windows for us to see the marvels of His creation
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These are moral imperatives which we must work towards and think about on a daily basis.
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