Minister of Foreign Affairs Singapore, George Yeo writes about his meeting with His Highness the Aga Khan

http://beyondsg.typepad.com/beyondsg/2008/12/aga-khan.html

The Aga Khan has a deep sense of humanity. He talked about the importance of ‘cosmopolitan ethics’, based not on religious beliefs but on the common brotherhood of man which all religions subscribe to. If we concentrate on the well-being of the child, all of us can find common cause. If our starting point is a religious abstraction, the differences can never be bridged.

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