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.
AGA KHAN IVThe right to hope is the most powerful human motivation I know.
More Aga Khan IV Quotes
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They are all different, in terms of history, and the religious compositions of the populations involved.
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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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This means trying to bring values into environments, buildings, and contexts that improve the quality of life for future generations.
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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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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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Pluralism is no longer simply an asset or a prerequisite for progress and development, it is vital to our existence.
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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 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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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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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 Aga Khan Award for Architecture seeks to make a better place in physical terms.
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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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God has opened and continues to open new windows for us to see the marvels of His creation
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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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