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.
AGA KHAN IVGod has opened and continues to open new windows for us to see the marvels of His creation
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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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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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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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The right to hope is the most powerful human motivation I know.
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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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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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These are moral imperatives which we must work towards and think about on a daily basis.
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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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The Aga Khan Award for Architecture seeks to make a better place in physical terms.
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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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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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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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My grandfather was a most gifted person, and amongst his many qualities, one of them had always particularly impressed me.
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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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