There appears to be momentum towards more and more misunderstandings between religions, a degradation of relations.
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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They are all different, in terms of history, and the religious compositions of the populations involved.
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These are moral imperatives which we must work towards and think about on a daily basis.
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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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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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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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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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Pluralism is no longer simply an asset or a prerequisite for progress and development, it is vital to our existence.
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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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The Aga Khan Award for Architecture seeks to make a better place in physical terms.
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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 Pope is only concerned with the spiritual welfare of his flock.
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If our animosities are born out of fear, then confident generosity is born out of hope.
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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 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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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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