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. Nor do these two involve any contradiction, provided man remembers that his own mind… — Aga Khan IV Copy Share Image
You cannot take one set of issues from one country and apply it to another. They are all different, in terms of history, and… — Aga Khan IV Copy Share Image
There are those... who enter the world in such poverty that they are deprived of both the means and the motivation to improve their… — Aga Khan IV Copy Share Image
Pluralist societies are not accidents of history. They are a product of enlightened education and continuous investment by governments and all of civil society… — Aga Khan IV Copy Share Image
A secure pluralistic society requires communities that are educated and confident both in the identity and depth of their own traditions and in those… — Aga Khan IV Copy Share Image
Tolerance, openness and understanding towards other peoples' cultures, social structures, values and faiths are now essential to the very survival of an interdependent world. — Aga Khan IV Copy Share Image
None of these situations are identical. You cannot take one set of issues from one country and apply it to another. They are all… — Aga Khan IV Copy Share Image
If our animosities are born out of fear, then confident generosity is born out of hope. One of the central lessons I have learned… — Aga Khan IV Copy Share Image
My grandfather was a most gifted person, and amongst his many qualities, one of them had always particularly impressed me. While the past was a book he had read and re-read may times, the future was just one more literary work of art into which he used to pour himself with deep thought and concentration. Innumerable people since his death… — Aga Khan IV Copy Share
The Aga Khan Award for Architecture seeks to make a better place in physical terms. This means trying to bring values into environments, buildings,… — Aga Khan IV Copy Share Image
My duties are wider than those of the Pope. The Pope is only concerned with the spiritual welfare of his flock. — Aga Khan IV Copy Share Image
Canada is today the most successful pluralist society on the face of our globe, without any doubt in my mind... That is something unique… — Aga Khan IV Copy Share Image
