CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — 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.
And he reminded Muslims that a central tenet of Islam is celebrating the “common humanity” among the world’s population.
Source: Muslim leader calls for more understanding between cultures – The Washington Post
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