The Muslim world, with its history and cultures, and indeed its different interpretations of Islam, is still little known in the West. The two worlds, Muslim and non-Muslim, Eastern and Western, must, as a matter of urgency, make a real… — 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… — Aga Khan IV Copy Share Image
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
