Aga Khan IV Quotes

The Pope is only concerned with the spiritual welfare of his flock.

My grandfather was a most gifted person, and amongst his many qualities, one of them had always particularly impressed me.

Innumerable people since his death have told me how he used to read in the future, and this certainly was one of his very great strengths.

Islam is probably the one that places the greatest emphasis on knowledge. The purpose is to understand God’s creation.

Canada is today the most successful pluralist society on the face of our globe, without any doubt in my mind.

Indeed, one strength of Islam has always lain in its belief that creation is not static but continuous, that through scientific and other endeavours.

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.

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.