Aga Khan calls for greater cultural understanding between the Muslim world and the West

Aga Khan calls for greater cultural understanding between the Muslim world and the West

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — A prominent imam speaking at Harvard University is calling for greater cultural understanding between the Muslim world and the West.

The Aga Khan, spiritual leader of Shia Ismaili Muslims, said in a lecture Thursday at the Ivy League university that society needs to actively seek out difference and diversity and learn from them.

He also said globalization should not lead to establishing a single, homogenized society where all differences are erased, but instead respecting what people have in common and what makes them different.

Source: Muslim leader calls for more understanding between cultures – seattlepi.com

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