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.
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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Islam is probably the one that places the greatest emphasis on knowledge. The purpose is to understand God’s creation.
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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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These are moral imperatives which we must work towards and think about on a daily basis.
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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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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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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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There appears to be momentum towards more and more misunderstandings between religions, a degradation of relations.
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Canada has an experience of governance of which much of the world stands in dire need.
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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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Pluralism is no longer simply an asset or a prerequisite for progress and development, it is vital to our existence.
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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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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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Indeed, one strength of Islam has always lain in its belief that creation is not static but continuous, that through scientific and other endeavours.
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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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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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