![]() ![]() ![]() Article content Instead of emphasizing the differences that drive nations and societies apart from one another, he talked about our common humanity. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. ![]() In an angry, frightened, traumatized world, while other leaders prepared for war, the Aga Khan was laying the plans for a Global Centre for Pluralism. In fact, it was in that meeting that we discussed his idea of making Canada the home for an international centre to promote a world where human differences are valued and diverse societies thrive. Instead of emphasizing the differences that drive nations and societies apart from one another, he talked about our common humanity. Instead of bluster and confrontation, he spoke of understanding and mutual support. ![]() In that moment of tremendous global danger, while other international leaders were preaching messages of militancy and hate, while my own colleagues among Western leaders were looking – vainly, it would turn out – to military solutions, the Aga Khan spoke movingly but clearly and determinedly about the practical, on-the-ground improvements that could be made in the day-to-day lives of people in some of the world’s most troubled lands. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt.National Capital Region's Top Employers. ![]()
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