“We sometimes give too little attention to the schools which prepare young children for life itself - in all of its holistic dimensions. And yet the evidence accumulates steadily showing that an investment made in the earliest, pre-school years can bring enormous dividends as a child proceeds from one level of education to another.”

Mawlana Hazar Imam, Mombasa, Kenya, August 14, 2007
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“Ultimately, our refuge must be in the promise of the all-encompassing mercy of our Lord Allah, the most beneficent, the most merciful.”                                                                                     

Mawlana Hazar Imam, Karachi, Pakistan, December 3, 2005
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“As I look at the Ummah, I conclude that every, and all those peoples, if they wish to achieve a better life for themselves in the generations ahead, must absolutely achieve peace within their societies, and because we are Muslim, conflict must be replaced by a peace which is predicated on the ethics of our faith… through dialogue, through compassion, through tolerance, through generosity, through forgiveness and through kindness.”

Mawlana Hazar Imam, Tajikistan, 1995
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“The Shi‘a doctrine of the Imamate… was founded on the belief in the permanent need for a divinely guided Imam who, after the Prophet Muhammad [peace be upon him and his family], would act as an authoritative teacher and a spiritual guide for humankind… After Imam ‘Ali, the Imamate was transmitted from father to son by nass [designation], among the descendants of Imam ‘Ali and Fatima; after Imam Husayn, it would continue in the line of his descendants until the end of time.”

From “What is Shi‘a Islam?” by Prof. Azim Nanji and Dr. Farhad Daftary
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