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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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Islam is probably the one that places the greatest emphasis on knowledge. The purpose is to understand God’s creation.
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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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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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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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This means trying to bring values into environments, buildings, and contexts that improve the quality of life for future generations.
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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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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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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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My grandfather was a most gifted person, and amongst his many qualities, one of them had always particularly impressed me.
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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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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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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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There are many interpretations of Islam within the wider Islamic community, but generally we are instructed to leave the world a better place than it was when we came into it.
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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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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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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 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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If our animosities are born out of fear, then confident generosity is born out of hope.
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There appears to be momentum towards more and more misunderstandings between religions, a degradation of relations.
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That is something unique to Canada. It is an amazing global human asset.
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The Pope is only concerned with the spiritual welfare of his flock.
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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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Pluralism is no longer simply an asset or a prerequisite for progress and development, it is vital to our existence.
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