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The Promise of World Peace
This document issued in 1985 by the Universal House of Justice is unfortunately still very relevant to conditions today. It is heartening to see the brilliance and relevance of this document even 37 years after it was first published. We encourage those with an interest in lasting peace to review and discuss this document. It is available at the following LINK
"To the Peoples of the World:
"The Great Peace towards which people of goodwill throughout the centuries have inclined their hearts, of which seers and poets for countless generations have expressed their vision, and for which from age to age the sacred scriptures of mankind have constantly held the promise, is now at long last within the reach of the nations...."
Visits with `Abdu'l-Baha
A series of short Booklets featuring stories of `Abdu'l-Baha'is life and talks. LINK
The Halifax Baha'i Community is delighted to participate in and to sponsor Interfaith Harmony Halifax 2025. The Events will begin in early February 1st 2025.
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A Statement of the Baha'i International Community on the Occasion of the 75th Anniversary of the United Nations. New York—21 September 2020
"At the centenary of the United Nations, might it not be possible for all the inhabitants of our common homeland to be confident that we have set in motion a realistic process for building the global order needed to sustain progress in the coming centuries? This is the hope of the Bahá’í International Community and the goal toward which it labors. We echo the poignant appeal long ago voiced by Bahá’u’lláh about the leaders and arbiters of human affairs: “Let them take counsel together and, through anxious and full deliberation, administer to a diseased and sorely afflicted world the remedy it requireth.”
In 1991 the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States issued a statement on the ongoing Racism issues in that country. It still resonates today and provides a much-needed perspective. READ the full Statement.
31 Resources Related to Racism
BahaiBlog.net has produced a series of talks, interviews and other materials on the subject of racial unity and intolerance. See the materials HERE
The Universal House of Justice issues a major statement on World Peace
“Universal peace is the destination towards which humanity has been moving throughout the ages under the influence of the Word of God that has been progressively imparted by the Creator to His creation….”. (See full Letter HERE).
The Universal House of Justice has also made available "The Promise of World Peace" a seminal document on this topic. Available HERE