The Islamic ethic is that if God has given you the capacity or good fortune to be a privileged individual in society, you have a moral responsibility to society.

There is nothing wrong with being well off as long as money has a social and ethical value and is not the object of one's own greed.

The Aga Khan Award for Architecture seeks to make a better place in physical terms. This means trying to bring values into environments, buildings, and contexts that improve the quality of life for future generations.

A proper home can provide the bridge across that terrible gulf between poverty and a better future.

There are many interpretations of Islam within the wider Islamic community, but generally we are instructed to leave the world a better place than it was when we came into it.

Tolerance, openness and understanding towards other peoples' cultures, social structures, values and faiths are now essential to the very survival of an interdependent world.

There appears to be momentum towards more and more misunderstandings between religions, a degradation of relations.