pluralism
Aga Khan hails Canada for getting pluralism right - 2010-10-15
Posted October 16th, 2010 by heritageIn a world where technology and human migration push people of differing backgrounds increasingly “in each other’s face,” spiritual leader the Aga Khan hailed Canada as a country that has got pluralism right.
The religious leader — imam — of the world’s 14 million Shia Ismaili Muslims praised this country for allowing citizens to keep their identity as they become Canadian.
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Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan: The LaFontaine-Baldwin Lecture - 2010-10-15
Posted October 16th, 2010 by heritageThe Right Honorable Adrienne Clarkson, Mr. John Ralston Saul, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, Mesdames et Messieurs:
When I first received this invitation, I was deeply honored. But I was also, perhaps, a bit intimidated.
I was impressed by the Lecture’s prestigious history, the contributions of nine former Lecturers, and the Lecture’s focus on Canada’s civic culture.
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Obama appoints First Ismaili Muslim Eboo Patel to his Inter Faith Council - 2009-02-11
Posted February 16th, 2009 by heritageEboo Patel was featured on FACES OF FAITH ( Promoting Religious Tolerance ) Interview on CNN.
Washington: The US President, Barack Obama, on Thursday appointed an Indian American to his new advisory council on inter faith relationships.
Eboo S Patel, founder and executive director of the Chicago-based Interfaith Youth Corps, would be a member of the President's Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships.
The council announced Thursday it would have 25 members, who will be appointed for a one-year term. However, fifteen members to the council were announced today.
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Faith and Pluralism - 2006
Lecture by Mahmood Eboo at Chataqua on Dec 11, 2006
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SPEECH AT THE SIGNING OF THE FUNDING AGREEMENT FOR THE GLOBAL CENTRE FOR PLURALISM - 2006-10-25
Posted July 10th, 2007 by heritageBismillah-ir-Rahman-ir-Rahim
Prime Minister Harper
Honorable Ministers
Your Excellencies
Distinguished Guests
Ladies and Gentlemen
It was just eighteen months ago that the Government of Canada announced its decision to partner with the Ismaili Imamat and the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) in our Global Centre for Pluralism. What we welcomed at that time was a multi-faceted partnership—financial, yes, but also institutional and intellectual.
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2006-03-03-euro
February 12, 2006 Evora, Portugal: H. H. The Aga Khan speaking at the symposium said,"But even to attribute the problem to ignorance is in no way to minimise its importance, he said. “In a pluralistic world, the consequences of ignorance can be profoundly damaging.
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