The Muslim world, with its history and cultures, and indeed its different interpretations of Islam, is still little known in the West.
AGA KHAN IVIt 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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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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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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If our animosities are born out of fear, then confident generosity is born out of hope.
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That is something unique to Canada. It is an amazing global human asset.
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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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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 Pope is only concerned with the spiritual welfare of his flock.
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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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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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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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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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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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Islam is probably the one that places the greatest emphasis on knowledge. The purpose is to understand God’s creation.
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Canada has an experience of governance of which much of the world stands in dire need.
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There appears to be momentum towards more and more misunderstandings between religions, a degradation of relations.
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