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. — Aga Khan IV Copy Share Image
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
