International Press reporting Aga Khan’s visit to India – “clash of ignorance”

International Press reporting Aga Khan’s

visit to India

“clash of ignorance”

International Herald Tribune – France

Aga Khan sees no clash of civilization between Muslims and Christians

Reuters UK

West and Islam in “conflict of ignorance” -Aga Khan

Gulf Times – Qatar

“in my view, it is a clash of ignorances which is to blame,” said the Ismaili leader.

Stuff – New Zealand

“It is not a conflict of civilisations. It is an enormous gap ofunderstanding. And because that understanding is not there, the abilityto predict, anticipate, reflect becomes that much more difficult,”

Peninsula On-line Qatar

“I disagree with this assessment. In my view it is a clash of ignorance which is to blame,”

Gulf News – United Arab Emirates

West and Islam in ‘conflict of ignorance’

Scottsman – United Kigdom

Islam, he said, was a “highly tolerant faith” but this was not always understood.

“The knowledge of the different civilisations of the Islamic world,the knowledge of the pluralism of that world, the plurality ofinterpretations of Islam, of the languages of Islam, of the democraciesof Islam is very, very shallow indeed.”

“And I think that is a significant contributor to misunderstanding,” he said.

Indian Muslims – California

Study of world cultures will help contain violence: Aga Khan

Gulf Daily News – Bahrain

Aga Khan rules outclash of cultures

Al Arab Online – UK

Instead, many societies are turning in on themselves. “What is at the heart of the issue is … rejectionism,” he said. “I am deeply worried about that. All education systems need to come to terms with these issues, to educate people about other societies and civilisations.”

It is going to be a long and slow process,” he added, “but we can’t continue the way we are.”