Farhan Jumani: Pluralism – an essential element of globalization | Pamir Times

Today we live in the era of Globalization. This means we live together, well aware of others’ conditions in many ways. We share each others’ aspirations, thoughts, values and to some extent, help others to redress the untoward situation.  The whole humanity connected electronically and anything occurs to any part of world, one can find out in a single click.

Globalization has provided many opportunities but, it has also brought many challenges for humanity to deal with. Let us look in today’s context of public affairs and political thoughts of the different countries. Today, we will not see the names of the great people of the past in the heading of our newspapers and media such as Omar Khayyam the great mathematicians and astronomer, Nasir Khusrow the finest intellectual and religious theologian, the foremost philosopher of medieval Hellenistic Islamic tradition Ibn-Sina.

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Pluralism means not only accepting, but embracing human difference.
[Pluralism] sees the world’s variety as a blessing rather than a burden, regarding encounters with the “Other” as opportunities rather than as threats. Pluralism does not mean homogenization – denying what is different to seek superficial accommodation. To the contrary, pluralism respects the role of individual identity in building a richer world.

Extract from the speech by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Graduation Ceremony of the University of Alberta, June 2009.

The inability of human society to recognize pluralism as a fundamental value constitutes a real handicap for its development and a serious danger for our future…. Recognize the fact that human society is essentially pluralist, and that peace and development require that we seek, by every means possible, to invest in and enhance, that pluralism.

Extract from the speech by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Prince Claus Fund’s Conference on Culture and Development, Amsterdam, Holland, September 2002.

“Peace in the decades ahead can only be achieved when the pluralist nature of human society is understood, valued, and built upon, to construct a better future. In Islam, the pluralism of human society is well recognized, and the ethics of its multiple interpretations require that this diversity be accorded respect.”

Extract from the remarks made by Mawlana Hazar Imam at Al Khwabi, Syria, November 2001.