The greatest challenge facing the contemporary Muslim world is to bring our limited, human understanding of Islamic law into harmony with its divine spirit -- in order to reflect God's mercy and compassion, and to bring the blessings of peace, justice and tolerance to a suffering world.

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The challenge was to do a contemporary building that could face the Roman temple directly but not be intimidated by it.

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"I'd been influenced by many other cultures, so that was a big challenge to address this Korean quality in a contemporary way, " Cho said.

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The same fate awaits contemporary old-media figures unwilling to grapple with the challenge of the new media, no matter how popular they may be today.

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"It is a challenge for us all to try to put the message across in a contemporary way, " said Canon Nia.

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As a jazz pianist, Mr. Tepfer says, the challenge in recording the Goldbergs was to remain true to himself in both the baroque and the contemporary idiom.

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